Nadiya Hussain responds to critics

[PruthePrune]

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?

The entertainment industry is a fickle place.
Anyone who gets a chance to have a platform and make alot of money/fame from it IS VERY LUCKY. And yes, they should be thankful for it. It is something that the vast majority of people or any colour or sex will ever get.

Bloody hell if this is true she should be bloody grateful!
I have worked for 47 years in average pay jobs but have a nice house because I was able to buy in the 1980’s before prices skyrocketed. Perhaps younger people should stop telling me to be grateful for that?

This. ^ They are never allowed to complain, and are constantly asked to 'check their privilege.' 🙄

I agree @PruthePrune that Nadiya is well out of order here. As has been said, she is lucky that she was given the chance at all. I can't think of any other Bake Off winners who were given the same chances as her. (Indeed most reality TV stars have not had the same chances.) Very poor attitude from her. I thought she was OK too. Gone right off her now I have.

Plenty of people have their shows cancelled because of poor viewing figures and I don't hear them whining about it. Steph from Steph's Packed Lunch for instance. Her show was cancelled after 3 seasons as very few people watched it, but she didn't throw her toys out of her pram, and blame everyone but herself.

Agree. I had a couple of her books from pre bake off days Fast Cakes being one. In the blurb it said she ran aga courses and wrote for GH or similar.
Not really the point but I didn't really rate Mary Berry as a baker - Fast Cakes is full of duff recipes. Obviously she came across as a great personality on Bake Off.

I agree, and I also think it’s possible to both want more and be grateful for what you’ve achieved so far.

Exactly this

Where did I mention “disadvantage”? (I would actually argue against your point anyway, having also worked in ED&I for several years, but it’s not the point of the thread and frankly, I can’t be arsed to debate it with people who refuse to understand systemic racism). The fact that you work in ED&I and still fail to comprehend the point being made is very concerning, but also explains why ED&I initiatives tend to have such little impact.

The thread is about the expectation for her to be “grateful”, not about any “disadvantage” she may or may not be facing. So “Oh please” right back at ya.

Has anybody got a link to prove that her ratings were dropping? Genuine question, because I can’t find anything.

The BBC have also said that they won’t rule out working with her again.

We have no idea why she’s been dropped ‘unfairly’. She hasn’t said, and nor has the BBC given any reason for it.

This happens with any presenter though. It’s pretty brutal. You can make a lot of money but can be dropped at any time.

It's a combination of ratings and value for money. If she was really drawing the viewers in, she wouldn't be dropped!

It is incredible to me that people still throw around the expression ‘playing the race card’.

But have you got proof of that @Mildorado , that’s what I’m looking for.

So you're saying that she has to be sweet and smiling at all times, or she will lose the goodwill she has built up? Just wow. You may not realise it, but that stance says a lot more about you than it does about her.

I remember wanting to KILL the person who, when my husband died, said "you have to be grateful for the years you had together"

But surely this would have been an add-on to an expression of condolences? It’s the sort of thing I might have said in an attempt to add a little ‘light at the end of a tunnel’ in a difficult conversation. I very much doubt that whoever said this meant to upset you, @godmum56 … I’m very sorry for your loss but many people simply don’t know what to say when trying to sympathize with or comfort a bereaved person.

People come and go…

As the saying goes “no one is indispensable”.

You only have to look at Megan and Stacey recently that people who complain generally don’t come off well.

I know it’s different but if you’ve watched the David Beckham documentary you’ll see he’s a master in forgiveness and bouncing back. He’s never griped, despite being treated appallingly very publicly but just lies low for a while and then comes back stronger.

I see, I read that on the BBC news website.

I think she had way too long a run at it, she was a pretty good amateur Baker and a nice person but presumably so are lots of people. I thought she was underwhelming

Exactly - I take grateful to mean thankful and appreciative. We are at our heart a Christian country and as a result that sort of psyche is part of our culture isn’t it. Being told to be thankful and appreciative. I know it was constantly in assemblies at school! I think we just have it ingrained in us to be grateful for good things that come our way

Very true about David Beckham, and the same with Kate Moss and Nigella Lawson.

Hussain spoke of her experiences growing up in an immigrant household: “Gratitude became something that I was expected to wear like a uniform. Anytime I voiced frustration or sadness or wanted more, I could feel the invisible pressure.”

Back in the 70's and 80's we were ALL told to be grateful for what we had, we were scared of misbehaving, because there were real consequences and punishments, and we did what we were told, otherwise we'd get a clip round the ear. The snowflake generation hadn't been born yet. I expect Nadia's parents were aware of the stark contrast, between their own childhoods in Bangladesh, and the privileged upbringing that Nadiya was enjoying.

She can now retire at age 46, with her several million, whilst the rest of us have to work until we are 67.

Someone hand me the world's smallest violin.

What convenient excuse would a white cook have were their show axed for poor ratings? Popular TV programmes get axed all the time when ratings drop, why does she think she's a special case?

But people get dropped all the time on tv, usually to do with ratings but not always. Someone else probably got shunted out of the limelight to give space to Nadiya’s programmes. You see it all the time, a personality becomes flavour of the month and they are everywhere, and then replaced by someone else. Alison Hammond seems to be all over the screens at the moment, probably replacing Holly Willoughby

So just say you’re sorry for their loss — don’t say something monumentally stupid and insensitive thst tries to tell someone newly bereaved how they ‘should’ or ‘must’ be feeling, or to tidy up their emotions into something palatable.

And often sneered at by the liberal ruling class.

Link? Because I can’t find anything.