Paddy McGuinness leaves Inside the Factory fans CRINGING after replacing host Gregg Wallace as he makes a VERY crude joke amid the Masterchef star’s sexual misconduct scandal.

Paddy McGuinness left Inside The Factory viewers cringing as he made a series of double entenders after replacing axed host Gregg Wallace.

The comedian, 51, was announced as a new presenter after Gregg left the show amid complaints about his alleged “inappropriate jokes” with female staff members about their weight during filming.

Gregg then stepped down from MasterChef after almost 20 years amid an investigation into his alleged misconduct, with Grace Dent replacing him as judge.

Making his debut on the BBC Two show on Sunday, Paddy visited the Guylian chocolate factory in Belgium and at one point made a crude quip as he tended to hazelnuts.

While observing the praline making process, he said, “Okay, it’s time to mix my nuts with the sweets.”

Racing to is designed around double meanings like confetti. Double meaning or double standard? »: “The amount of innuendo from Paddy McGuinness given that he replaced Gregg Wallace is incredible.”

But Paddy’s debut apparently divided fans as some exclaimed: ‘Paddy McGuinness gets in there, great to see you in Inside The Factory’: Inside The Factory is underway without Gregg Wallace in sight, fabulous’: “Nice to see Paddy McGuinness taking Gregg to Wallace’s Place on BBC 1:

While others were less impressed: “I can’t believe they took Gregg Wallace off Inside The Factory and replaced him with Paddy McGuinness”: “I love Greg Wallace on the show. It’s alarming today how one person’s career can end so easily while others continue to get away with it’: ‘Did the BBC replace Gregg Wallace with Paddy Effing McGuinness ?

Ahead of his debut, Paddy shared his thoughts on having to wear a hairnet to visit factories: “Actually, for me, there’s not a lot of hair to cover. You know, 20 years ago, when I had a nice thick head of hair, that would have been a thing!

He also admitted to being nervous about working with co-host Cherry Healey for the first time, in an interview with The Sun.

He said: “That’s always the tricky part, you hope you get it right.” But I’m telling you now, Cherry and I laugh so much.

“As soon as I met her we had the greatest conversation and got along like that.

“It’s a testament to her that when I completed my Children in Need challenge, she came to Kendal to surprise me. She even brought me a lasagna she had made!”

“I arrived in this big heavyweight for the first shot. I said to myself, “I got my HGV license doing Top Gear, now I’m going to the place where I worked about 30 years ago, and I’m hosting another show for the BBC.

“When I was that 16-year-old kid walking to work with a butt my mom made for me, who would have thought that all these years later all these amazing things would be happening in my life.

“It was one of those moments where I said to myself, ‘B****yh***, life, huh? It has its twists and turns.’

Gregg left the show last year after allegations surrounding female workers at the Nestlé factory, where he was filming at the time.

Sources said he had been “rude to staff” and spoke to them in a “derogatory manner, particularly towards women”. But he later denied the accusations, saying the claims were “inaccurate.”

The show visits factories across the country to see how our favorite products are made.

In the upcoming ninth season, Paddy and Cherry visit a host of new factories producing some of our favorite foods on a large scale, from sliced ​​bread to flapjacks and sausage rolls.

In a Christmas special, broadcast on Sunday December 22, the duo visit a chocolate factory in Belgium to find out how they produce four million individual chocolate shells every day.

Gregg faces accusations of inappropriate behavior on five shows over a 17-year period.

Staff and former contestants, including celebrities such as Emma Kennedy and Kirsty Wark, claimed the former greengrocer made them feel uncomfortable on set.

Gregg was accused of a range of inappropriate behavior, including walking around the set naked except for a sock over his penis, changing in front of female staff, and even groping crew members.

Other allegations include sharing intimate details about his sex life, becoming obsessed with a staff member who was dating women, asking her about “logistics” and flirting with younger women on the board.

Gregg has resigned from MasterChef while an external investigation is carried out by production company Banijay UK.

The Times reported that he allegedly offended some female employees at the Nestlé UK factory in York by making comments about their weight during a “friendly” conversation.

The comments were not of a sexual nature but were deemed “inappropriate” and a complaint was filed with Voltage TV, the production company responsible for developing the show.

“He was rude to staff and continued to speak in a derogatory manner, particularly towards women.

“He had an interview and was appalled that he had caused such offence,” a source said.

Voltage TV asked Wallace to tone down his language and filming continued – but his behavior apparently did not change.

Staff reportedly informed management that they did not want the series to return as long as Wallace remained at the helm.