Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

I won't link incase it brings up my IG in some way but go to 5th June video. She has a mauve top on and it's towards the end where she says I wasn't supported and it was hard.

I was interested in where the grateful comments appeared and looking at the comments under that post it could be it.

The more recent video that has made the press could be in response to those comments.

Could you link the video you mean? As I looked and couldn't find any. All the latest seemed to be about Palestine?

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.

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.

If you look at her videos you’ll see what prompted the posts she seems to be focusing on.

It was that she hadn’t been supported. A ten year career is opportunity though.

You probably shouldn’t have mentioned it at all because she’s British. She understands British culture and her ethnicity has no bearing on that. 😊

Yes thank you I should have written second generation immigrant or from an immigrant background. She was talking about her experience as a person from an immigrant background - how she's always supposed to be grateful, just for the simple fact of even being here.

But they also picked them as they were 2 middle aged men so the commissioners were likely thinking how can we improve our ratings with the male demographic? Cooking shows were probably a bit aimed towards the older female (delia) or the younger crowd (Jamie O). When those 2 came on the radar of the channel they thought great - 2 easy going blokes doing the food that would appeal to easy going blokes and they also are on bikes so we can get them touring.

Yes exactly. It’s tough but clearly people are keen due to the high pay and they get to do what they enjoy.

Yes this exactly. When one door closes, another one opens. No need for her to be sour about her stint at the BBC finishing. She needs to get over it, stop blaming everyone but herself, accept the fact that her show was boring and had low viewing figures, and move on!

If she keeps on moaning, she will really struggle to find any more work, as people won't want to touch her, because they'll be afraid of being called racist if they employ her and then want to get rid of her because her show (or her slot in someone else's show) is not popular.

Yep this. ^ 100%.

It’s always been the deal with TV work that they pick you up, over-expose you to get the most out of you then drop you for the Next Big Thing. While you’re riding high they pay you telephone numbers and then it stops and it’s up to you to plan for that moment - usually by gracefully accepting the situation and taking less prestigious or high-profile work.

This has always been how it is. How has Nadiya managed to miss the memo?

She’s not an immigrant. She’s British.
She was born in Luton.

What an odd thing to say.

Some word vomit going on here .

Racism is the card she is paying, that is the chip she has.

.......!!! Wtaf.

She's racist - that's the "chip she has"??? Because... she's a brown, immigrant woman very daring to talk about her experience as a brown, immigrant woman??

And that's not allowed, because it offends you..... because......?

"She's not "playing the diversity card". What card? "Chip on her shoulder"? This is racism."
No it is not racism. Racism is the card she is playing, that is the chip she has.

It would be helpful if you actually made a point. Any point. Instead of sniping from the sidelines.

Farage then. I wonder how many of his messages are swamped with people reminding him to be grateful and humble? 😆

The grateful comments seem to be under a video where she says she has been let go and hasn’t been supported.

She has had opportunities. Ten years in a show. Not everyone gets that.

I actually know her in passing, myself, and rarely watch Bakeoff. It's very easy to not have heard of her especially if you're not a TV person. You're not wrong.

I find it hugely disappointing that she has brought race/religion into it.

I assume you're a woman. Would you say the same if she only brought up sex?

I assume you're non-muslim and not from an ethnic minority. Do you only find it hugely disappointing when whai's 'brought into it' is a category you don't belong to or can relate to?

Trump isn’t British

The British ideals of remaining humble and grateful and not blowing your own trumpet are not the same as theirs.

Just continuing to demonstrate the point.

Not in this case. That's false equivalence.

Let's normalise not making the equivalent of (any class of) ethnic minority to be 'poor white'. That seems like some sort of racism or unconscious bias on its own.

Poor white = Poor (insert ethnicity).
Middle class white = Middle class other ethnicities.

Of course poor people from any ethnicity are told this. That's shouldn't be the point here seeing as Nadia isn't poor.