MasterChef Sackings Ruin Gregg and John’s Friendship

and 's 20-year friendship has reportedly been 'completely destroyed' by their MasterChef sackings.

The former co-hosts 'turned on each other when the ship went down', a new report has claimed - as the new series of the show now fronted by Anna Haugh and returned to TV last week.

Gregg, 61, was dismissed by the broadcasting giant last July after an investigation into 83 historical allegations of workplace misconduct, with 45 accusations against him subsequently upheld. 

John, 60, was then given the boot after an allegation emerged he had used 'extremely offensive racist language in 2018', which he claims to have 'no recollection of'.

Now a new report has claimed that the pair no longer speak and are not watching the new MasterChef series.

A source told The Sun: 'Neither of them watched the new MasterChef. It is all still too painful and raw. They're not over what happened.'

'The fallout from their sackings has been very sad for all involved. When the ship went down, they turned on each other. There was a lot of finger-pointing about who was to blame. John feels especially sore that he got dragged into Gregg's mess.

'It is still very bitter and neither of them has been willing to pick up the phone. The silence between them is deafening and that is not going to change any time soon.'

The insider added to the publication that John's wife Lisa Faulkner has been his 'rock' during his 'year of hell'.

Representatives for both John and Gregg have been contacted by the Daily Mail for comment.  

Earlier this month Gregg revealed he is moving to after being forced to sell his 'enormous' £1million Kent mansion following his BBC axing.

The ex broadcaster took to Instagram recently to confirm his 'new chapter' as he prepares to quit the UK in order to head to travel Italy with his family. 

Gregg further announced his plan to homeschool his young son – who is autistic and non-verbal.

However, Gregg's Italian adventure isn't the only home he is purchasing as he revealed he is planning to buy a 'much more modest' house in Yorkshire – close to where his daughter lives.

Speaking in a recent social media video, he said: 'We are decluttering the house and we are going to put it on the market.

'We plan to buy a much more modest house in Yorkshire where my daughter lives and then spend five months of each year in Italy.

'My wife is Italian. I've always loved Italy and we plan to move around and rent in different places which is quite an adventure and with the help of my autism specialist mates, I am going to homeschool Sid as well.