Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

She's made a shit ton of money for the BBC and now they're turning their backs because she's not being a good, quiet little Muslim for them so that they can tick their diversity box without actually standing by their talent or understanding what it actually means to have a genuine multicultural offering.

I love her and I hope she's proud of herself for standing up for her principles.

The hairy bikers travelled around the world a lot. Stepping back to allow other amateur cooks and chefs to shine. That was their strength not their roots imo.

Well I think she’s shot herself in the foot

No one will want to produce any future series if she brings out the race and religion card every time

10 years is a good innings

i don’t think she was worth that

Indeed. Did the Hairy Bikers tick a ‘hairy and northern’ box? Jamie Oliver a ‘cheeky chappy with an annoying vocab’ box? Nigel Slater a ‘feathery stroker from North London who wraps things in paper a lot’ box? Mary Berry a ‘Thatcherite traditionalist’ box?

I think she is using that as an excuse. You can't rant about a feeling she has to prove it. She has been cancelled because of her ratings. Look what Jamie Oliver has done he has a YouTube channel,which I follow and he promotes for Tesco supermarket. Maybe that's what she needs to do. I personally don't watch cookery programmes and I prefer to get ideas from YouTube.
She'll find a way but she needs to get off the racism band wagon. It's too easy to use the race card.

Ten years is a long time for someone who was merely needed to “tick a diversity box”.

She's made a shit ton of money for the BBC and now they're turning their backs because she's not being a good, quiet little Muslim for them so that they can tick their diversity box without actually standing by their talent or understanding what it actually means to have a genuine multicultural offering.

I love her and I hope she's proud of herself for standing up for her principles.

Does Nadiya even need a platform like the BBC anymore? I'm not saying she has no right to be disappointed that her show wasn't renewed - it's human nature. But doesn't this mean she's now free to monetise her recipes on YouTube, Instagram, etc.? Wouldn't easily searchable three-minute videos be more profitable for a lifestyle brand than a half-hour BBC show? You get all those influencers who have never appeared on traditional TV once but have made millions of pounds via TikTok and so on.

Why would I "stamp my feet" as you so childishly put it?

It's all the "Brit" incomers that hate each other's problem, not mine.

Look at this thread? A boring basic slop cooking woman gets a massive leg up on TV and makes millions of the back of it but it's misery all round and micro aggressions that nobody can ever understand if you weren't from that particular country being forced to speak to someone from another country. Multiplied by 60 countries.

What a shit show!

You can all fight like rats in a sack over your entitlements, I'm not sticking around to watch.

Awww are you stamping your feet because "Brit" isn't special any more? It's a shame because your ancestors were so very keen to spread the "Brit" love....

She isn't complaining about her show being axed if I understand correctly. She is complaining about people saying she should be grateful that in spite of being the child of immigrants she has had a good run on the BBC.

Of course, she isn't being unreasonable.

The amount of gratitude expected from immigrants and their descendants (especially if they aren't white) just for pretty much living and being like everyone else is ridiculous.

She isn't complaining about her show being axed if I understand correctly. She is complaining about people saying she should be grateful that in spite of being the child of immigrants she has had a good run on the BBC.

Of course, she isn't being unreasonable.

The amount of gratitude expected from immigrants and their descendants (especially if they aren't white) just for pretty much living and being like everyone else is ridiculous.

I don’t understand where she received the comments from. Wouldn’t she have staff to read DM’s? Or wouldn’t they be closed.

Here you go, @Tandora
a little insight to British culture and attitude to success.

Errrrr. For the very last time - yes she understands British culture as she is British. You are the only person bringing 'culture' into this conversation - entirely of your own accord, with no prompting from anyone else.

Nadiya was talking about her experiences as a person from an immigrant background - how she's expected to always express gratitude for everything she has in life, even the simple fact of just being here, because of her immigrant background. That is what her video was about - have you even watched it?? Please watch it. Please educate yourself. It's really important to be sensitive about these issues because they massively affect people.