"It's obvious to me I need to take some time out now while this investigation is underway," the TV presenter says after stepping down

After a separate video in which Wallace discounted his accusers as “middle-class women of a certain age,” a spokesperson for the British government called his response “inappropriate and misogynistic” during a background briefing, which prompted Wallace’s apology. In his latest video, a more contrite Wallace said he will be taking a “time out.”