- Grace Dent shared on Loose Women that she cried upon discovering she would replace Gregg Wallace on MasterChef.
- She explained her emotional reaction by saying it had been her dream job since she was a little girl and she knew her parents would have been proud.
- Dent was confirmed to take over from Wallace in December, after he stepped back from the show.
- Wallace's departure followed various allegations of sexual comments and inappropriate behavior, which he and his representatives vehemently deny as false.
- Watch the video in full above.
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