Gregg Wallaces Son Sid: Non-Verbal, Needs Support

revealed his autistic son Sid, is non-verbal and still uses nappies as he hits out at the lack of support.

The former MasterChef host, 61, and his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, 38, known as Anna, revealed that Sid had been diagnosed with autism and a global developmental delay in 2022.

Taking to his Instagram on Saturday, Gregg gave fans an update on his seven-year-old, sharing a sweet photo of his son and Anne-Marie at home.

Alongside the image, he penned: 'This is our little Sid. He has just turned seven he is non-verbal and still in nappies. 

'Expert help and advice is not easy to find as any parent of a neurodivergent child will tell you. 

'That is why we set up. AltogetherND.co.uk'

In 2024, Gregg revealed his pride in an update on his autistic son Sid's communication progress.

He shared a sweet video of his son counting to ten with his grandmother.

Captioning the clip 'Sid & Nonna' and tagging UK national charity Ambitious About Autism, the video saw Sid sitting on his grandmother's lap and counting as they clapped together.

At the end of the clip, Gregg and other family members could be heard cheering while the clip sparked a wave of comments from the TV star's supportive followers.

On Mother's Day in March, Gregg revealed that Sid had spoken his first words as he shared a video of his son reciting numbers from a Montessori Sensory Board and wrote: 'Sid is counting! It's his first words!'

The family's exciting update comes after Gregg hit back at 'unfair' backlash over his Saturday regime, where he said he 'wouldn't have chosen' to have his son.

In February of that year, he lifted the lid on his typical weekend routine and opened up about his 5-stone weight loss and gym regime for The Telegraph's My Saturday column.

However, Gregg became emotional during an Instagram live shortly after publication due to the backlash and said the comments have been 'cruel,' 'nasty' and 'unfair'.

He said: 'There are just two things I want to address here with Sid. People said 'So you spend an an hour and a half with your son, but then spend two hours on your computer'. No - I'm with my son in the house all the time...

'I just didn't write down 'Had a tickle with Sid, playing around the living room' - you're not logging every minute of the day. I just logged the blocks. So, it didn't mean that's all I saw him that day.'

Gregg added: 'If you're living in a house with someone, you're interacting with them all the time. Not only that - that is a snapshot of one Saturday. I hope that makes sense to everybody.

'And the other thing as well - and I'm almost going to cry over this - people saying that Sid was unwanted. It took us two years to conceive with Sid. Two years.'

The TV personality explained that his wife Anna, who is 22 years younger than him, wanted a family, he said at the time he wouldn't have chosen to have children at his age before he met her.

Gregg was already a single parent with two children whom he brought up on his own, and he confessed that he and Anna almost went into fertility treatment before she fell pregnant with Sid.

He concluded that the comments have been 'cruel,' 'nasty' and 'unfair' and that the interview was 'innocent', while reminding fans that everyone is human and that he was 'deeply saddened'.