Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

I don't think you have to step out of line.

It's like what happened to Stacey Solomon.
When she said something about how her team deserved an award or something and there was a huge backlash.

If TV personalities want to continue to work in the public eye they need to consider their brand.

And straight to camera complaints/ rants or just an objection to perceived injustice especially on social media doesn't always come across well.

Again, not the point being made.

Shhh that doesn't suit the narrative

You have never heard of her? Have you been living under a rock for the last 10 years or so?!

I love Nadiya and I completely understand her point. She doesn't have to feel "grateful" for being talented and hardworking.

Ps it's easier not to "bring race and religion into everything" if your race/religion don't have much impact on everything.

I agree with this. People definitely wouldn’t be telling her to be grateful if she was white, however I don’t understand why she was treated unfairly by the BBC. It doesn’t say what her issue is, just that it was axed because of low ratings. She may well have been treated unfairly but I don’t know the reason why this is.

I watched one of her shows & like her, she's very personable & relatable hence why she is popular.

I think any gratitude should at least go both ways - the BBC should be grateful for Nadiya working for them. Presumably she helped them make money for at least a while because of her appeal to audiences. (Maybe they have thanked her/are grateful - don't mean to make assumptions.)

Yes, I agree. I hope she can do more of that kind of thing. She's very natural and friendly.

She should probably go into comedy. That "but are you ok?" thing was the funniest thing I'd seen in ages.

I don’t think she has been treated unfairly by the BBC, their decision not to continue a show with her is not race related. If they had decided to keep doing a show despite the decline in ratings it likely would have been race related!

undoubtedly she has faced racism online across platforms but that it not the reason her show was not renewed.

Yes her programmes were good a feelgood and interesting watch.

Bake off is still a form of reality show, lots of them require particular skills.

I mean Bake off is for people with talent and skill she didn't roll off love island into 5 minutes of fame!

Agree - she has such a natural, warm presenting style. Her series where she toured the UK with emphasis on local food was a nice watch too. Her interactions with people always seem far more genuine than many other cookery types.

Wilful ignorance or poor comprehension skills?

She’s apparently responding to comments that we have not seen.
Hard to tell if she’s being unreasonable, but it doesn’t sound like she is. I’m sure she is grateful to the BBC, but she’s allowed to also be upset with them for cancelling her shows, regardless of whether it is the right decision for the organisation or not. It’s been her career for the last 10 years - she’s bound to be upset.

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. That's not racism in the slightest, that's how it is for everyone. I found her whinging very tedious.

Good on her for calling out the inherent racism in the "you should be grateful" comments.
Unconscious bias should be called out and put into the open for all to see and understand. It's the only hope of shifting the dial.
Did those people think they were being racist? No, of course not. They thought they were helping.

She's allowed to feel how she feels though.

Media and fame is incredibly fickle & anyone who makes a career off a reality show is lucky .

I think she’s had a good run. I can’t even remember any of the other bake off winners although a runner up has a bakery near me which is really nice but £££s I’ve got her rubs for chicken as flavoursome but not spicy (dc).

I don’t think she needs to show gratitude but it’s a bit like any employer when your fixed contract job comes to an end. Utterly gutting when they don’t renew but game face on.

The problem with publicly having a go at your former employer is you burn bridges. Loads of people seem to pop back up on bbc.

Do you think Nadiya stepped out of line?

As I understand it, she’s not objecting to her shows being cancelled, she’s objecting to the language and expectations around this being different. It makes uncomfortable hearing because it highlights the insidious racism that’s still very much in existence, but that doesn’t mean she is wrong or unreasonable for highlighting it, quite the opposite. A previous poster commented that by speaking out she’s probably damaged chances of further opportunities. She’s an intelligent woman, she almost certainly knows this but has chosen to speak out anyway knowing that she has a platform from which she can try to influence things for the better. That’s not stupid, it’s brave.

I am assuming the comments were also about her culture a Muslim woman being "allowed" ? I don't know i am a white woman it is just how i read it.