Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

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Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

I can understand her being upset that her shows have been axed, apparently ratings were falling, However, I find it hugely disappointing that she has brought race/religion into it. No one is entitled to a BBC show and I think she has had a bloody good run. AIBU?

I don't think she was "given" her success because of bake off it probably boosted her into the spotlight but people are allowed to use these sorts of programmes as a springboard, I mean competing in great brittish menu did Tom Ketterridge no harm! Yes he is a trained chef but it boosted his media career.

No. It’s because tv moves on and they had lots of other, more modern and relevant, chefs to step into the role.

I think that you and I agree. My point was that while whiteness doesn't completely shield anyone from poverty, the narrative about 'gratitude' doesn't come into play because poor white people are white. It is their poverty that attracts that attitude, not their whiteness.

Mary was off the TV for decades - she was dropped and then revived

It happens

I have never seen any of her shows. I know who she is and that is about all. And I disagree - she didn't bring race into this. She didn't say she was entitled to a show. She said that she was entitled to feel what she feels and that it was racist and inappropriate for people to tell her that she should be grateful. Be clear, the BBC gave her shows in it's own interests, and stopped employing her when it was no longer in their interests - just like any employer. If there is a single person on this thread that has felt grateful that their employer got rid of them, please do let us all know.

She is right to call people out. I am fed up to the back teeth of privileged people telling others that they should be grateful... grateful for what they get because they were poor, from an immigrant family, disabled, etc., etc.

I really like Nadiya but I kind of agree with this. Also not clear on how she's been treated unfairly - by the BBC or by people commenting she should be grateful? Because I agree with her that comments like that are patronising and probably come from a place of thinking it's so magnanimous to give a brown Muslim woman a TV show in the first place. In other words, racism.

But she won't have helped her career by addressing it in this way unfortunately. Media is brutal and she did have a good run; people react badly to anything perceived as sour grapes, and unfortunately anything 'bringing race into it' massively triggers a lot of people who don't want to confront those issues. So it won't be good news for her brand; pretty unfair, but that's how it is. I think being publicly gracious and professional is the best course of action any celebrity, but it's just a fact that the backlash against her will be worse because of her race and religion. I hope she finds something else though, because she's lovely.

Its never the same thing is it..... if your excuse is skin colour!

Always putting it down the racial aspect is lazy. Her management comapny should have been more on the ball.

Every TV presenter has a time limited shelf life and you have to be fleet of foot to stay relevant....(like Jeremy Clarkson)

She's just soooo over.
Just bloody face facts, ALL channels need ratings even the licence funded BBC.
And all good things end!

Hopefully she will have invested wisely and can put her talents to use elsewhere instead of being bitter and playing the race card.

And this is from an ex BBC employee. Saying the BBC doesn't chase ratings is lying!
And the BBC has being practicing positive discrimination for many years. You'll find minority ethnicities are disproportionately represented per capita of the population.

But if the numbers dont work there's no excuse for keeping a programme running.

People’s shows are axed all the time, regardless of their ethnicity. A straight British-born white man should also be able to reflect and appreciate that they were fortunate to have a ten year career at the bbc, and “you should be grateful” comments would be applicable to that man moaning, too. Most tv careers don’t last forever as broadcasters choose to freshen up the schedule.

Wouldn't many people say a white winner of Bake off should be grateful if they had earned millions of pounds purely because they were a winner of that show. She was an amateur baker, just cooking for family. I would be grateful if I got that break In that respect race wouldn't come into it.

I bet Jamie Oliver is grateful for the break he got after the success of the first series of The Naked Chef

i'm not sure why race comes into this. There are dozens of tv chefs of all races who no longer make cooking programmes. The long careers that Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson have had are rare. Even Mary Berry had a long time away from tv until Bake Off revived things. But ultimately it's all about ratings and selling programmes overseas.

having now watched the video i think she makes a fair point
gratitude is ingrained in her - and she is Allowed to want more
it is a personal video

That she thinks she was treated unfairly is part of what’s she’s saying though.

If there is a single person on this thread that has felt grateful that their employer got rid of them, please do let us all know.

It‘s not quite comparable though. Usually, simply being employed somewhere doesn’t give you the visibility and the opportunity to build your brand like a BBC show does.

no she is reacting to the use of the phrase, you should be grateful, it touches a nerve in her.

so, on balance, op you are being unreasonable.

How many bake off winners have had a 10 year tv career?

should she be grateful or should she want more?

I really like her, but all her receipes were full of sugar or salt. Now I have a sweet tooth as much as the next person, but it was just ridiculous. Most of the receipes I couldn’t imagine anyone making, not when we’re all trying to be healthier.

I'm surprised she came back from that embarrassment of a cake made for the late Queen.
The Queen receives birthday cake from Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain | Daily Mail Online

so she experiences this as a woman as well as from a race angle. this is intersectionality and what allows us to consider these things with nuance.

Why was it "an embarrassment of a cake", @PiggyPigalle ? The late Queen seemed to like it?

I don't think there is anywhere that says cake is healthy!

Surely both can be fine at the same time? Grateful for the opportunities she has had, and still want to continue to do more?

wanting more doesn’t mean that being grateful is not possible

Yes, I don't think Nadiya has claimed that her cakes should constitute a main part of a diet!

sounds like a spoiltbrat done well out of her programmes get over it😂😂😂😂