Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

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I don’t think so, she, like everybody in television isn’t entitled to a job for life. If the ratings for her show had remained high she wouldn’t have been cancelled.
I’m sure she still has plenty of opportunities she may be better concentrating on taking advantage of those whilst her profile remains high. Instead of whinging about how it’s all so unfair. That wild be true for anyone regardless of their background

Her video is giving that nurse from lockdown vibes. I feel for her as she's obviously hurt but working in the media is fickle if ratings are low then of course the show will be cancelled.

This exactly. She needs to deal with it and get over herself, and be bloody grateful she had the chances she had.

Pp are saying she’s had shows for ten years, books and Tesco deal. Why is that in line with this happens ‘all the time’?

Yes they would. Anyone who has made a great living out of TV work should be grateful. Mary Berry frequently says how grateful she is - she even stayed with BBC after Bake Off went to Ch 4 to show her gratitude to the channel.
Everyone is saying 'be grateful' as not everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame', and 'not everyone gets given such backing and publicity'.

Bringing race into it - when we know the BBC have been discriminating against, for example, white middle aged men - is petty and ungrateful. I guess the viewing public must all be racist for not wanting to watch a recipe made with banana skins or her sprinkling cheesy puffs into her dishes. Maybe she needs to take a long hard look at why her show isn't watched.

Well if you had watched video you’d know. Not that she’s moaning.

And right now it’s you who’s looking like a numpty.

What on earth are you going on about?

You must have meant to @ someone else in, because I have no clue why you're responding to me like this.

You implied it, didn't you? Stop being disingenuous and own your words.

Another example of being shot to fame for reasons other than her ability is Bryony from Bake Off. She has a very obvious disability (deformed/partial hand) and a knack for self promotion. She, much like NH, ticked a minority representation box at just the right time. If she'd had two hands (and especially as she didn't even win BO but came fourth) she'd probably still be doing whatever day job she did before she appeared on it, instead of getting steady work as a TV presenter who is merely adequate. When the work eventually slackens off on account of her being a fairly mediocre presenter I don't know what she'll blame it on, but it won't be on her malformed hand, which was the very thing that got her the gig in the first place.

What is she moaning for then?

Yep this. ^ 100% this.

She does have a job.

She’s just launched a range of cakes with Tesco and she published another cookery book not so long ago.

I never said she did.

The chefs that endure, travel the world learning about different cuisines. Weekends in Europe working with locals and cooks/chefs in homes and restaurants . It's them observing, learning along with us that I enjoy.

She should stop whining, no one is owed a BBC show. Get a job, Nadiya ❤

The amount of posters who’ve very obviously not watched the video and listened to her saying why she was saying what she did is staggering.

Maybe this is part of a strategy to shift over to a role hosting a hardhitting talk show?

Where’s your proof to back this statement up?

I’ve never watched her show, although I remember her a bit from bake off or wherever she first turned up. I assume it was popular at first but is now not, so not convinced she’s been treated unfairly.

But in terms of “be grateful” I completely agree that is a phrase aimed at women and POC and it is offensive. A white man in the same situation would have been told “well done for a great ten years” before being asked what he intended to do next. She should be proud of what she achieved, not “grateful”. It’s not like the original show was some kind of charity project, it was put on for ratings.

It's not exactly "losing a job" though. She would have a contract to produce X number of series and that has now ended, something she knew would happen with no guarantee of renewal. She/her agent should have been looking for her next opportunity - and maybe they have been and all this is just to get some publicity

It's nothing to do with her being brown or a woman at all. It's the fickle nature of sudden celebrity, as hundreds of non-brown men have probably found out before her. It's just that they can't blame their shooting star eventually turning into a damp squib on anything in particular and certainly not on their race or their religion or their sex or the fact that they are from an immigrant background.

To be fair to her, I don't doubt she is perfectly nice, but she has just made a silly mean remark about her followers on Instagram and the BBC because she is upset at her show being cancelled. 'Gratitude' is these days related to mindfulness. I doubt her Instagram followers are massive racists ( I think I am one of them, and Indian, although its been a while since I've been on my account)

She’s always seemed to have a bit of a chip on her shoulder and been defensive…other Bake off contestants would have loved to been in her situation, she should be grateful

Her husband is very handsome too…stop moaning woman 😅

This is absolutely correct.