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Gregg Wallace has admitted he was hurt by the “cruel” response
Masterchef judge Gregg Wallace went viral this week after revealing his typical Saturday routine. He's not the first celebrity to reveal more about their inner lives than they perhaps intended.
It's fascinating what celebrities get up to when they're off duty, and occasionally one obliges by revealing details of a typical 24 hours.
But sitting down and writing a “day in the life” article is no easy task. How honest is too honest? Should you mention your diva-esque daily habits? Do your hobbies make you seem too hypocritical?
The 59-year-old wakes up at 5 a.m. and reads for an hour before checking enrollment numbers for his health program.
Then he goes to the gym, where he can go to the swimming pool and sauna earlier. All of these exercises mean he has “less than 18 percent body fat and a six-pack abs.”
He also manages to incorporate “writing diaries, formulating manifestos, setting goals and reading self-help books” into his routine.
Breakfast with his assistant takes place at 10am at the local Harvester pub, and just two hours later he is back home to enjoy lunch, which his wife has “ready on the table”.
He then spends 90 minutes in the afternoon with his four-year-old non-verbal autistic son before playing strategy computer games “for two hours alone in my home office.”
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Wallace has a French fry breakfast with his assistant at a Harvester pub
These afternoon activities wouldn't raise many eyebrows if he hadn't admitted, “I'm a much better father now that I'm older, although I wouldn't have chosen another child at my age.” I've always been very honest with Anna, but it's what she wanted and I love her. Maybe a weekend newspaper supplement wasn't the best place to admit it.
“It's possible Gregg Wallace will never stop trending,” one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Times columnist Caitlin Moran invoked comedian Steve Coogan's pompous presenter Alan Partridge. “The general consensus seemed to be, 'This is the most Alan Partridge-esque life that Alan Partridge didn't actually lead,'” she wrote.
Wallace's routine was “hilariously banal,” the Guardian's Michael Hogan explained on Tuesday. “The man has no self-confidence and skin as thick as his manifesting diary. Right now the Greggster probably thinks his interview went viral because it's inspirational lifestyle content.”
However, Wallace later admitted he was hurt by the “cruel” response, particularly his frank comments about his family.
“People said, 'So you spend an hour and a half with your son, but then you spend two hours on the computer,'” Wallace said on Instagram.
“No. I'm in the house with my son all the time. I just didn't write down, 'Had fun with Sid playing around in the living room.' You don't log every minute of the day. I just logged the blocks.
He added: “So that didn't mean that was all I saw.” [of] him that day. When you live in a house with someone, you are constantly interacting with them.
“Not only that – this is a snapshot of a Saturday. And the other thing – and this almost makes me cry – people say Sid is unwanted. It took us two years to get pregnant with Sid. Two years.” .”
“Chat with Guru”
The reaction didn't stop Wallace from posting a snapshot of another day and sharing his schedule for Friday on Instagram. This included the treadmill at 5:15 a.m., an Insta live at 7 a.m., a “chat with the guru” at 7:30 a.m., and then a full day of filming with a break for “30 minutes of reading and 20 minutes of nap.” .
Wallace isn't the only celebrity whose daily routine goes viral.
In 2021, Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orland Bloom took center stage when he told the Sunday Times: “I like to earn my breakfast, so I just eat some green powders that I mix with Brain Octane Oil, a collagen powder for my hair.” and nails and some protein.
He added that he is 90% plant-based, which led him to tell readers, “Sometimes I look at a cow and think it's the most beautiful thing ever.”
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Orlando Bloom not only dreams of roles for herself, but also for women and minorities
Bloom is certainly a hard-working actor, telling the newspaper he spent “a lot of time dreaming about roles for myself and others – for minorities and women.” He “tried to be a voice for everyone.”
The list of impressively crazy daily routines is long – US actor Mark Wahlberg revealed in 2018 that he woke up at 2.30am to prayers, training, golf, “cryo chamber recovery” and two breakfasts, all before some people went out got up from bed.
He was more energetic than the late Princess Margaret, who apparently only left her bedroom at 12.30pm, when she sat down for a four-course lunch with the Queen Mother.
And singer Barbara Streisand has spoken about spending time trading on the stock market between 6:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Overshare if you dare
Despite the risk of appearing a little ridiculous, celebrities also want to appear interesting and real.
PR expert Anna Berman tells the `: “Even with media training, celebrities will have their own opinions and quirks that PRs don't want to completely erase, otherwise an interview could seem a little robotic and inauthentic.”
She adds that her job is to “provide guidance as to whether something might be perceived as inappropriate,” but it's important to remember that “anything a celebrity says is likely to be viewed as inappropriate because.” She literally lives a “lifestyle that is not normal”.
“It really depends on whether the celebrity is aiming for a reputation as a likeable person or if they are comfortable publicly acknowledging and admitting their privilege.”
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Tom Hollander delivered a hilarious, dry take on the “day in the life” genre
Of Wallace's article, Berman says he probably “intended to provide unique answers, but it seemed a little strange.” Maybe he even wanted attention to some degree.
“I don’t think a publicist would approve something like that unless it was intentional. Maybe he’s about to announce something big and wanted to get the word out.”
According to Berman, our fascination with the personal lives of celebrities is unknown.
“Most of the details we have about celebrities are the more glamorous elements of their lives like movie premieres and holidays that they post on social media, but everyday life remains a mystery to us.”
Not every celebrity's typical day is full of excitement. The day in the life of actor Tom Hollander was deliberately banal and expressionless.
The Bafta-winning actor told The Sunday Times in 2020 that he woke up around 3am or 4am. But unlike other Hollywood stars, he wakes up early because he has to “pee.”
Noting that “life wasn't as busy as it used to be,” he said he spent his mornings examining his bald spot, weighing himself and sucking in his stomach. He also took a nap, ate too much lunch and listened to ` Radio 4 is The Word at One to hear “politicians lie or reports of the end of the world”.
We got another glimpse into his afternoon activities. “If it's sunny I might go for a bike ride along the canal, if it's raining I might masturbate and doze.”
Sometimes there really is too much information, even about the lives of celebrities.
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