What is this bullshit?

boxer shorts exist!

Trying to make out that autism caused or contributed to his predatory behaviour is vile. I'm autistic and have sensory issues, but never have I felt the urge to be a sex pest.

What is it with celebrities blaming neurodivergent conditions for shitty behaviour. It'd be nice for once if an arsehole just put their hands up and admitted they were in fact behaving like an arsehole, and they did so because they were in a position of power and could get away with it.

"T. rex blames big teeth for slaying of lawyer."

As a neurodiverse person with a neurodegenerative condition who also likes a tight vest and loathes scratchy labels and fabrics, I think he's a knob.

I feel I want to repeat 'being neurodiverse doesn't make you an arsehole, being an arsehole does' ad nauseam. I work with young people, many are neurodiverse. We set out a code of conduct with quite a long list of things indicating acceptability or otherwise /1

We ask all the youngsters to read it and ask us questions if there's anything they don't understand. One neurodiverse 14yo read it quickly, then asked 'so it's basically don't be a dick, is that right?' They then shrugged and said 'fair enough'. Old, entitled, gobby men...urgh!

Yep. "Don't be a dick" is a pretty good rule of thumb.

"Are these friends in the room with us right now?"

He needs to shut the fuck up and make some reparations. I also hate underwater, switched bras for pull on sports tops, and only wear pants if i really must. And somehow...I manage.

also, I submit that if you "can't wear underwear", you'd be extremely careful about taking your trousers off with young female work colleagues in the room.

I can't wear wool. I can count the number of times this has caused me to accidentally get my jangles out in public on the fingers of absolutely no hands at all.

Exactly. Ridiculous defence. Also, reported everywhere simply as ‘dropped his trousers’ rather than ‘exposed himself’.

tbf, "exposed himself" is an allegation of a crime and you'd have to be very careful saying that

As someone with two young kids with AuDHD diagnosed, I have absolutely no interest in discussing it with the ‘it’s all made up’ demographic. However, the ‘autism is actually an excuse for TV star’s totally inappropriate behaviour whilst not wearing pants’ demographic can actively fuck off.

Yep, my son has AuDHD & seeing it used as an excuse for being a dick makes me livid.

Thing is, my daughter is massively hypersensitive (we had to purchase ALL new pants recently.) I am too, but as I’m 53, I don’t notice any more that I am very particular about clothes, I just buy comfy ones. BUT I am also perfectly aware that getting my cock out in a dressing room is, um…’not ok’.

Funny how you can actually be both Not Keen on wearing pants and know that dropping your trousers in front of others is a Bad Thing

As a friend just pointed out, my son drops his trousers relatively frequently. (And sometimes his pants too, I'm afraid.) But... He. Is . Five. No nazi salutes yet either, Elon (although as soon as they find out they're bad I imagine they'll be goosestepping round the kitchen & demanding uniforms.)

*diagnoses

Perhaps one day, a man will say “on reflection, my behaviour was inappropriate and I apologise to everyone affected”.

the heat death of the universe will happen first

So that’s what The Sweatless One’s PR adviser is doing now…

Just want you want to hear about before bed. Gregg going commando

Just imagine Gregg and his free floating Eggs.

50 women, I believe, have complained about Gregg Wallace's inappropriate behaviour. Kirsty Wark complained about inappropriate comments. He said he knew of his "condition" for 20 years. He should have sought help 20 years ago. He's an arsehole.

”Seeking help” wouldn’t have made a difference because no symptom of Autism makes you a handsy pervert.

Both may have existed 20 years ago. He could have asked for help for his pervey side.

If he's going commando, his awful arsehole is going to leave skidmarks all over his trousers. Seriously, though, what an utter wanker.

Amid all the horrible lies in this short bit of text, we should also take a second to consider that The Times actually thinks we would believe Gregg Wallace has any friends

meanwhile normal men who have this issue just wear boxers

And don't flash and grope their colleagues while making lurid remarks. He's delusional if he thinks anyone's buying his whiny excuses.

I actually thought this was from the onion when I first saw it

It’s galling that Wallace is using autists as human shields for his being a shit, which is entirely neurotype-independent.

yes, quite

We were discussing this as well. The stories coming out of his camp suggest that something a lot worse is about to explode. And no, "he was just a green grocer" isn't enough of an excuse.

"Cheeky scamp" my arse

Speaking as a parent of not one, but two, autistic children who have strong clothing preferences and avoidance, bollocks is it. How the victim dresses is not an excuse; how the perpetrator dresses is not an excuse.