Gregg Wallace mulls over huge career move after BBC MasterChef sacking

Gregg Wallace is reportedly plotting a "secret survival plan" after the BBC announced they had "no plans to work with him in future" leaving his TV career in shambles after he was axed from MasterChef. According to DailyMail, a source close to the star said the greengrocer has vowed to relaunch himself independtly on a range of different digital platforms. It is understood that the dad-of-three hopes to follow in the career footsteps of Russell Brand, who has amassed a lucrative career now boasting 6.8million subscribers on YouTube.

After the 60-year-old broadcaster shared his five-page statement following his sudden exit from the BBC culinary show over his inappropriate behaviour on set, he made it clear that he is determined to keep working. It comes after a report, conducted by legal lawfirm Lewis Silkin on behalf of production company Banijay, substantiated 45 of the 83 allegations against him.

The BBC later confirmed that they had no intention of working with him again in the future, leaving the presenter frantically seeking a new agent as he plans his return to the spotlight using social media to air his upcoming self-made content about food and healthy living.

It is believed Gregg is said to fear financial ruin after severl of his businesses were forced into administration with huge piles of debts after previously admitting "losing everything" was the worst experience of his life.

The broadcaster, who has had three expensive divorces from his ex-wives, now lives in a five-bedroom farmhouse in Kent which he shares with three generations of his family, including his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, in-laws and his young son who suffers with autism.

A source told the outlet: "He is telling people he needs to get straight back to work whatever it takes for financial reasons, and seems to think he can follow in the footsteps of other people who have lost prominent jobs in mainstream TV and go it alone.

"His biggest fear is locsing everything he has worked so hard for and going bust. He also wants to get himself a new agent pretty quickly and land some commercial deals - he's had big endorsement arrangements in the past which have paid a fortune, but it's hard to imagine any big brand wanting to snap him up at the moment."

One star who has managed to claw back their career from the ashes is comedian Russell Brand who is said to be making thousands of pounds a week, according to his biographer. His success comes despite being dropped by his agent and having his revenue streams being blocked by YouTube.

The comic was cancelled after The Sunday Times and Channel 4 revealed sexual misconduct claims in their Dispatches documentay, which the actor has vehemently denied. Russel has denied all the allegations made against him, including rape, assault, and emotional abuse and claims all encounters were consensual.

The outlet claimed that Russell is still raking in up to £25,000 per week from his "off-grid" business ventures. Russel Brand's first biographer, Tanith Carey, previously claimed: "Brand may no longer be welcome on primetime TV, but even before his mainstream career was torn apart by the allegations, he was concentrating on gettign a cult following on alternative social media channels wherre he had more control.

"Brand now has a solid and devoted social media following, many of whom aren't bothered at all by the sexual allegations - and who see them as part of the establishment's conspiracy to silence him."

The biographer also claimed that Russell was taking his career in a new direction which seems to be bringing in piles of money. She went on: "He is finding re-branding himself as a serious revolutionary and a spiritual guru can also be lucrative."