Jack Whitehall left The One Show hosts Roman Kemp and Alex Jones squirming as he unleashed a series of scathing swipes at Gregg Wallace. 

Appearing live on the BBC talk show on Monday, Jack, 36, couldn’t help but make a dig at the MasterChef presenter as he quipped that he loved ‘middle-class women of a certain age’.

In recent days, Gregg, 60, has faced allegations of making ‘inappropriate Sєxual jokes,’ asking for the phone numbers of female production staff, undressing in front of women and standing ‘too close’ to them while working on his shows. 

Jack – who appeared on the show to to promote his latest Holiday special, Jack In Time For Christmas – revealed that Christmas crooner Michael Buble is involved in his new flick and gave him the chance ‘to do something that is good to appeal to a different audience.’

The funnyman then described his latest viewers as ‘a demographic I think is much maligned but one that I love, but is middle-class women of a certain age.’

Gregg ignited a fresh wave of outrage on Monday after he went ‘rogue’ and posted a video to Instagram to blame ‘middle class women of a certain’ age for his downfall.

Jack Whitehall left The One Show hosts Roman Kemp and Alex Jones squirming as he took unleashed a series of scathing swipes at Gregg Wallace 

Appearing live on the BBC series on Monday, Jack, 36, could help but take a swipe at the MasterChef presenter as he quipped that he loved ‘middle-class women of a certain age’

Leaving Roman and Alex awkwardly stunned, Jack quipped: ‘I absolutely love them. They love a bit of Michael Buble. I got him on the show, he is an absolute granny magnet.

‘I love that we’re giving this lovely gift to middle-class women of a certain age,’ he added.

Looking unsure, Alex laughed it off as a joke and replied: ‘We will move past that’.

And this wasn’t the only time he took a jab at the presenter, as later in the show he disrupted an interview with Amir Khan and Kiran Rao to make another joke at Gregg’s expense.

‘And it appeals to middle-class lost ladies of a certain age, which I like,’ he joked of their new flick – Lost Ladies.

‘Yes it does Jack, yes it does,’ Alex finished, before streaming a small clip from the film.

But while Jack may have thought his jokes were topical and humorous, BBC views were left divided. 

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one penned: ‘Am I hearing things or did Jack Whitehall just say on @BBCTheOneShowthat a demographic he loves and that is much neglected is middle-aged, middle-class women?!’ 

In recent days, Gregg, 60, has faced allegations of making ‘inappropriate Sєxual jokes’, asking for the phone numbers of female production staff, undressing in front of women and standing ‘too close’ to them while working on his shows

Jack – who appeared on the show to to promote his latest Holiday special, Jack In Time for Christmas – revealed that Christmas crooner Michael Buble is involved in his new flick and gave him the chance ‘to do something that is good to appeal to a different audience’

The funnyman then described his latest viewers as ‘a demographic I think is much maligned but one that I love, but is middle-class women of a certain age’

And this wasn’t the only time he took a jab at the gracer-turned-presenter, as he later in the show disrupted an interview with Amir Khan and Kiran Rao to make another joke at Gregg’s expense

But while Jack may have thought his jokes were topical and humerous, BBC views were left divided

‘Oh dear, Jack, just leave the Greg Wallace references alone, will you?’ 

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‘The Gregg Wallace joke, awkward.’

‘Loved Jack’s comment about “women of a certain age,” he’s so risqué.’ 

‘Enjoying Jack Whitehall’s references to appealing to middle class women of a certain age on The One Show.’

Gregg took a step back from hosting MasterChef last week after hosting the show after nearly 20 years. 

His choice to step back comes as allegations of inappropriate comments he made towards staff and celebrity guests over 17 years are being investigated.

Gregg has defended himself against all the allegations made against him. 

After his controversial social media reply on Monday, Gregg apologised for his comments and said he was ‘not in a good head space’ when he posted the rant. 

Banijay UK, the show’s production company, previously said the complaints were made to the BBC by ‘individuals in relation to historical allegations of misconduct while working with Gregg Wallace on one of our shows’.

The company said Gregg was ‘committed to fully co-operating throughout the process’.