Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

You clearly read none of the comments, didn't read the article or watch the video. Because that is not what was said. And if she is a failure, then I want to be a failure too. But why let facts get in the way of a racist rant?

Bake Off brought Mary Berry back into the limelight, only people of a certain age or people who bought her books would have known who she was before then.

I absolutely do not get this thing that people dont have to be grateful.
She should be grateful, We should all be more grateful if you ask me.
Grateful she got an opportunity, grateful she was able to work that to her advantage, grateful people watched her, grateful its improved her life and her famillies. And now its over, or changing. Thats life.
So many people these days arent bloody grateful enough and always want more. When are we going to be happy with enough?
You can be disappointed that its over, but grateful you had it.
I do not think thats a bad thing.
Fuckall to do with race colour or creed.

@bridgetreilly scraps that have helped her earn her millions. I’d like scraps like that!

Gah, I absolutely hate it when people blame their race/religion, for failure. How must your brain work, if you reduce everything to that? You must never acknowledge any failure on your own part, or take any responsibility for ANYTHING. And yet, quite often the same people are given an advantage in job applications and in their careers, in the name of "inclusion". Oh, the irony.

She is exactly right. She shouldn’t have to act as if they did her a massive favour: the BBC used her for their own benefit, and now it’s no longer good for them they dropped her. That’s okay, that’s how businesses work. But she doesn’t have to be pathetically grateful for the scraps they deigned to throw her.

If people ‘responded to critics’ that are not seen and just in comments not statements we’d be in a cycle of grievance all the time. Some do do this as part of their message, I can think of a couple on IG who do, but it’s so relentless for anyone that it’d fill up papers to cover it.

I agree with this - and also with

She can be as disappointed as she wants - privately. Publicly she should be professional and gracious if she wants to carry on with a media career.

Not many Bake Off winners achieve a single TV series, let alone 10 years. If she wants her TV career to continue, she should be professional in public and in private sit with her agent, analyse why her ratings were falling and work out the next steps.

Hasn't she done well for having a cooking show on telly for 10yrs!

She maybe needs to access counselling to help work through some of the negative attitudes that her family forced on her as a child. She seems to be projecting massively here.

That’s an interesting point.
I‘m an immigrant in the UK and I‘ve been noticing people saying things like „we‘re lucky enough to be able to do X/ we‘re grateful for the opportunity to do Y“ quite frequently.

I don’t know much about her. The only thing I recall is the dreadful, lopsided cake that she made for the Queen’s last Jubilee.

I absolutely love Nadiya and I agree with her. I shall continue to support her whatever she does next. God forbid a brown Muslim woman should have opinions!

Well clearly it’s those “few” that she’s addressing. (I’d argue that it’s likely a lot more than a “few” but, as someone with brown skin, I’m also more likely to notice how many people are like this than someone who doesn’t have to deal with it every day would be.)

I agree there’s no need for her to feel grateful. But that doesn’t mean it’s right, necessarily, for her to feel she’s been treated unfairly. If the ratings weren’t good, why should the show be continued?

Maybe if more white Brits were like you, the world would be a marginally better place.

actually and more broadly I think "Be grateful for what you have/have had" is a shit thing to say to anybody. For Nadiya, hearing it like the background music of her life must be particularly triggering but even without the race and gender overlay I remember wanting to KILL the person who, when my husband died, said "you have to be grateful for the years you had together"

I love her and I think she has great screen presence. But it’s so ill advised to put yourself on camera looking whiny when there are a thousand and one ways her agent could get work for her. Jeez if some of the deadhead talentless Gordie/Chelsea/Essex Shore lot can still be working on TV doing gogglebox and amateur reportage stuff, I’m sure she can!

Precisely

I've no doubt there are a few who are nasty enough to think she's just an ungrateful immigrant, but there'll always be ugly views around and that hardly taints those who see this as simply an idea who's time has expired

@85reasons Masterchef?

She was never in Masterchef.

Loose Women is in turmoil. Viewing has changed so much.

Interesting about the grateful comment. I am white and I was headhunted into an amazing part time consulting role a while ago. The role grew and grew and eventually they needed someone full time so I passed over to someone new. I am extremely grateful for that opportunity. I will always be very thankful I got a good role, the hours I wanted on good pay. I am sad it is over but onwards and upwards. What is wrong with being grateful for an amazing opportunity?

Yes, it's nearly always to do with falling ratings . After ten years , it's not a surprise .

I like her, always have , and watch her programmes now and again . I think she should have said she was sad to leave the programme , other things are irrelevant .

She’s had way more fortune than most people who won * edit * Bake Off - I imagine she puts all her good fortune down to talent, but any bad fortune down to race.

It is really quite entitled to think that you deserve a show which is losing ratings to continue to be commissioned. Just ask any of the thousands of currently unemployed TV freelancers who are in the same predicament. The industry is on its knees - and unscripted shows like these are the ones suffering most.

I also find the quote ambiguous.
Fwiw, my own family were immigrants and although I wasn’t told to never voice any frustration, it was actually my mum who told me to be grateful for the opportunities our host country was offering us.

I’m white and British born. I understand as much as I can because I can think, listen,learn and empathise….