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To feel let down by Sandi Toksvig's Bake Off Comments?

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BishyBarnyBee · 11/10/2024 17:00

Sandi has given a few interviews saying her brain was atrophying on Bake Off and she had to leave for her own sanity. I know she's a comedian so her words are partly for effect - but it's so disrespectful to the people who love the show.

Richard Osman tweeted "I honestly don't think you should present shows you wouldn't watch" and I think that's right. She's really gone down in my estimation.

It would have shown more integrity to not take the huge pay cheque in the first place rather than phone it in for 3 years and then rubbish the show that's been paying your mortgage for you.

For the record, it's quite possible to be a very intelligent and well educated person and still be interested in cake - or at least, in other people, which is what that role is really about.

I've gone right off her!

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 11/10/2024 18:00

The non-chef (for want of a better word) have always been a bit superfluous haven't they? I've never understood why they were there. They don't seem to do very much.

LostTheMarble · 11/10/2024 18:00

Alalalala · 11/10/2024 17:55

Oh god please tell me Miriam Margolyes isn’t TWAW 😩

Sandi Toksvig is a MRA handmaiden and it’s such a fucking shame.

Edited

She is one leg over the fence. Won’t fully denounce JKR but is very much of the ‘well it doesn’t hurt anyone’ line of thinking.

Flumpi · 11/10/2024 17:59

And I’m just going to put it out there, love Noel and have fancied him for years - slag him off and I’ll fight ya 🤣🤣🤣

SmileyHappyPeopleInTheSun · 11/10/2024 17:58

Perhaps she justifying why she really wasn't very good at it.

Alison Hammond* *to my surprise is so much better I thought she be all wrong but no she's great even makes Noel Fielding seem okay.

Kiell Smith-Bynoe was a breath of fresh air on sewing bee as well.

I think maybe some comedians like her just don't suit the format well and I expect it's different being part of the team to watching or even being a competitor as PP have said.

Flumpi · 11/10/2024 17:57

I actually agree.

always loved Sandi and once met her in real life. She was so wonderful to talk to!

but love a bit of Bake Off as well.

I think totally fair enough if it wasn’t for her but she’s starting to sound a bit snobby about it imo

wulves · 11/10/2024 17:57

ST always struck me as being quite up her own bum so not overly surprised.

worriedgal · 11/10/2024 17:56

I loved her since watching number 73 with her on Saturday mornings when I was a kid .
My dh works with her and she's honestly horrible .
He's shattered my childhood!

Mirabai · 11/10/2024 17:55

I don’t like GBBO so I understand her pov but I think don’t do a Ratners on your own show. It’s a bit of a downer.

Alalalala · 11/10/2024 17:55

Oh god please tell me Miriam Margolyes isn’t TWAW 😩

Sandi Toksvig is a MRA handmaiden and it’s such a fucking shame.

LostTheMarble · 11/10/2024 17:55

Frankensteinslittlefriend · 11/10/2024 17:52

Oh I love Miriam, she’s so terrible she makes me chuckle.

It’s utterly boring now. The ‘old woman will say naughty words at any moment’ act is simply that. She’s a walking pantomime who is happy to throw younger women who are same sex attracted under a bus because it doesn’t affect her now.

TheKeatingFive · 11/10/2024 17:53

She's just on a complete downward spiral if you ask me. Shame.

Though, to be fair, I haven't watched BO since the Mel, Sue and Mary days.

Frankensteinslittlefriend · 11/10/2024 17:52

LostTheMarble · 11/10/2024 17:51

Yes, exactly the same as Miriam Margolyes (who is now just a shouty mouth piece).

Oh I love Miriam, she’s so terrible she makes me chuckle.

Tiddlywinkly · 11/10/2024 17:51

PaminaMozart · 11/10/2024 17:06

I do not give a toss about ST and GBBO.

However, she dropped WAY down in my estimation when she started talking nonsense about gender politics and getting on a soapbox claiming that Transwomen are Women.

This, but also what she said about GBBO.

It's ok to not love a job and grit your teeth while you find something else, but she grit her teeth for 3 years so it must have been a pretty good pay packet and not THAT bad and don't then complain publicly about a much loved show.

LostTheMarble · 11/10/2024 17:51

PaminaMozart · 11/10/2024 17:06

I do not give a toss about ST and GBBO.

However, she dropped WAY down in my estimation when she started talking nonsense about gender politics and getting on a soapbox claiming that Transwomen are Women.

Yes, exactly the same as Miriam Margolyes (who is now just a shouty mouth piece).

HellonHeels · 11/10/2024 17:48

PaminaMozart · 11/10/2024 17:06

I do not give a toss about ST and GBBO.

However, she dropped WAY down in my estimation when she started talking nonsense about gender politics and getting on a soapbox claiming that Transwomen are Women.

This!

Also she's tedious.

Frankensteinslittlefriend · 11/10/2024 17:48

Prescottdanni123 · 11/10/2024 17:44

@SpiggingBelgium but herjob was to interact with the contestants. We're they atrophied her brain too?

The show is filmed over literally days, what do you think they do, interview them constantly 😂

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 11/10/2024 17:46

menopause59 · 11/10/2024 17:39

Gogglebox is great

Yes I really like it! but it's people watching people on tv iykwim

EngineStartStop · 11/10/2024 17:44

It’s a job. People take jobs they don’t like to get paid money. They’re entitled to have an honest opinion about whether they enjoyed the job. It’s not disrespectful to have a negative view.

VictoriaSpungecake · 11/10/2024 17:44

AppropriateAdult · 11/10/2024 17:11

I'm no great fan (of Sandi or of Bake Off), but wasn't she talking about how tedious it was to make it, rather than what an awful show it is to watch? Those are very different things. I can well imagine that standing around for hours waiting for cakes to bake would be really really boring work, no matter how well paid.

Yes, she said that the presenters just stood around at a long table for ages and didn't even get to taste the cakes, but had to watch the judges stuff their faces and hand out sugar crusted handshakes. Only a cakeaphobe would not be driven to rage at not being able to taste the cakes on display - can you imagine the heavenly smell of that tent?

Prescottdanni123 · 11/10/2024 17:44

@SpiggingBelgium but herjob was to interact with the contestants. We're they atrophied her brain too?

Prescottdanni123 · 11/10/2024 17:41

Disrespectful to the people who compete in it too. Who she presumably she spends a lot of time chatting with and getting yo know

mynewhouse · 11/10/2024 17:40

@ThatAgileGoldMoose

Yes, that was the one. I just found it really boring and I thought the tone of it was a bit..pompous is not quite the right word but it’s the best one I can think of.

menopause59 · 11/10/2024 17:39

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 11/10/2024 17:08

Wasn't she on Gogglebox? The epitome of brain rot TV that she wanted to feature in.

Gogglebox is great

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 11/10/2024 17:38

It would have shown more integrity

She's a tv presenter. I've worked for companies selling products I don't buy (nothing unethical, just products I have no interest in). I don't consider it a lack of integrity

collegeK · 11/10/2024 17:37

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