Matt Lucas ends run as Great British Bake Off host

Matt Lucas has said "farewell" to the Great British Bake Off tent, as the comedian confirmed he was stepping down as a presenter of the show.

In his statement, Lucas said the decision came after trying to balance the requirements of Bake Off and other projects such as Sky Max comedy Fantasy Football League. "I wish whoever takes over all the very best and I can't wait to tune into the next series without already knowing who won!" Love Productions, which makes the programme, said it was thankful to Lucas for his work on the show, including during Covid, "which required a great sacrifice and an enormous dollop of humour".

So what.

I think ‘comedian’ is a bit of a stretch. George Dawes won’t be missed…

That is a real pity!

Never watched it since it left the BBC

Another talent lost before their time.

You might want a more up-to-date photo, mate...

3 years is hardly a run, it's more of a small hop.

Did he fall down the grid?

Stop the presses

At last. Couldn’t stand the bloke. His time was up a long time ago. The less we see of him the better.

The BBC are all over Bake off news, Tory peer Mone and her obscene corruption, not so much.

Yeah, But, No, But.... Who will take his place? RealMattLucas

That was Matt Lucas? I just thought that Sandi had really let herself go! BritishBakeoff GreatBritishBakeOff

Thank goodness, it was pointless having the two of them “presenting”as it bought about really dated, cringe jokes and embarrassing commentary.

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Many will find him funny but he never suited the role as presenter on GBBO

And this is news, ?

Should never have left the BBC. Give me Sue & Mel with Paul & Mary. LoveProductions love money too much. Now they have only a 5.2m audience but plenty of advertising money

The dough probably wasn't enough

Yeah, I know, yeah.

All the things happening in the world and this is news

funny looking fella

The whole Caroline Flack suicide 'be kind on social media' movement didn't last long, I see from some of the tweets about Matt.

GBBO now needs to end. Enough.

You provide such important news .....keep up the good work

Thank god

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