Former
Great British Bake Off finalist tweets Diana Ross’s I’m Coming Out and hits out
at ‘misogynists’ who accused her of flirting with judge to reach TV final
The Guardian, Jamie Grierson, Thursday 2 April 2015
Ruby Tandoh was a finalist in the Great British Bake Off in 2013. Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images |
Former
Great British Bake Off finalist Ruby Tandoh has come out as gay, with a little
help from a Motown superstar.
The
23-year-old, who lost out in the fourth Bake Off final in 2013 to designer
Frances Quinn, tweeted a link to Diana Ross’s disco hit I’m Coming Out and
revealed she had told her parents about her sexuality.
me to my parents today. feeling lucky and joyful and f r e e. over and Out.
https://t.co/dHrlMsLlOg
— Ruby Tandoh (@rubytandoh) 2 april 2015
She also
hit out at “misogynists” who had accused her of flirting with one of the BBC
show’s judges, Paul Hollywood, to reach the final three in the show - claims
she responded to at the time in the Guardian.
Tandoh said
on Twitter: “p.s. for those who thought I fancied Paul Hollywood or that I’d
ever bang him to get ahead - Joke’s on you, you massive shitting misogynists”.
Hollywood
denied claims that he had given her preferential treatment because of her
looks.
Writing in the Guardian in October 2013, Tandoh said: “I am tired of defending myself
against the boring, inevitable accusations of flirting with Paul Hollywood, of
emotionally manipulating the judges and of somehow surfing into the final on a
tidal wave of tears.
“I’d rather
eat my own foot than attempt to seduce my way to victory, and even if I had any
intention [of] playing that card, it’s insulting to both the judges to suggest
that they’d ever let their professional integrity be undermined in that way.”
Originally
from Southend and now living in North London, Tandoh, who published a cookbook
Crumb: The Baking Book last year, studies philosophy and history of art at UCL
and also writes the Ruby Bakes series for the Guardian.
After
dozens of well-wishers replied to Tandoh’s post, she later wrote on Twitter:
“so grateful for all the positivity- it’s so emboldening to those still
mustering the courage to come out. a huge rainbow-coloured THANK YOU.”
The Great British Bake Off, which first aired on 17 August 2010, has spawned five series
and won two Bafta awards. The final of the last series gained an overnight
viewing figure of 12.29 million.
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