Nadiya seemed really humble at the start, amazed to have won Bake Off. But she didn’t stay particularly humble for long. That isn’t a crime, just as her confidence grew it came with a bit of an attitude. However she claims to have been let go by the BBC because she is a Muslim, but her religion was what gave her the opportunity in the first place. The media at that time wanted the plaudits for bringing forth a Muslim baker. She was no better than others who have won but who have never been given the opportunities she had after the show, she was favoured precisely because she was someone from an unusual background for that genre of tv. Her cake she made for the Queen was an embarrassment. She was overpromoted.
Tick box tv was a thing then, and still is now. Look at shows like Pottery Throw Down or Sewing Bee - it isn’t about the best sewers as contestants, it’s who is the best older lady sewer, the best stay at home dad sewer, the best drag artist sewer. Pottery TD used to have a pottery transwomen as the technician, they were not British, I think from the Netherlands, and I am sure they could have found someone from Britain, but it seemed like they wanted a tick box person, in this case a transwomen.
Nadiya had a good run. She has a couple of million in the bank, noteriety. She could take the opportunity to do something for herself, create content that she has total control of. The BBC letting her go wasn’t racist, just as SCD letting Karen Hauer go on SCD isn’t ageist (which is also getting a lot of traction) but making room for new talent. Loads of people get moved on from jobs. If she wants to change things she should take control and do her own thing. Can’t feel too sorry for her, her season in the sun has gone, but her millions in the bank should give her a warm fuzzy feeling.