Prue Leith and her fellow The Nice British Bake Off judges and hosts have been slammed on social media for the México-themed week of the present that lowered the wealthy Mexican tradition and delicacies into stereotypical imagery. Following the backlash, decide Leith is now speaking in regards to the controversy.
“There would have been completely no intention to offend. That’s not the spirit of the present,” she mentioned in an interview with The New Yorker.
Not delving an excessive amount of into the polemic across the Mexican-themed episode, Leith talked in regards to the the nice of the present and the “complete phenomenon of Bake Off” and the way she finds it “completely extraordinary.”
“That is somewhat a cliché factor to say, however I do suppose that it’s a drive for good, more often than not. Every part we do in life is a bit disturbing—we’re at all times in need of time, we’re in need of cash, there are all kinds of horrible issues occurring all around the world,” she added.
Leith continued saying Bake Off was a “secure house the place the worst factor that may occur is anyone will drop their bake. And everyone can be sympathetic! No person will cheer, no person will say, ‘Oh, good, you’re out of the way in which, and now I’m going to win.’ There’s none of that nastiness that you simply typically get in competitions.”
To advertise the themed episode hosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding made jokes that have been then shared on the present’s official Bake Off Twitter web page, which many followers didn’t discover humorous.
This was not the primary time that the present has been referred to as out for its insensitivity to different cultures. Again in 2020, the present produced a “Japenese Week” episode with comparable backlash from viewers.
