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Dame Prue Leith still has absolutely no clue who’ll replace Matt Lucas on Great British Bake Off-Cydney Yeates-Entertainment – Metro
Matt Lucas announced his departure in December.
Dame Prue Leith is sad to see Matt Lucas leave the tent (Picture: Channel 4)
Great British Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith has expressed her sadness over Matt Lucas’s decision to exit while adding she has absolutely no idea who will replace him.
Little Britain star Matt announced in December that he had stepped down from hosting the popular Channel 4 competition alongside Noel Fielding after his three series, explaining he could no longer commit to the programme’s schedule.
It’s been a delicious experience and I can’t imagine a more fun way of spending my summers, but it’s become clear to me that I can’t present both ‘Fantasy Football League’ and ‘Bake Off’ alongside all my other projects,’ he said in his statement.
‘I am cheerfully passing the baguette on to someone else.’
Voicing her devastation at Matt’s departure, Dame Prue admitted: ‘I’m very, very sad he’s leaving.’
Matt announced his Bake Off departure in December after three series (Picture: Channel 4)
Speaking to Sage magazine, she added: ‘I totally understand why, because Bake Off takes up four months of the year and he’s extraordinarily talented and wants to do more writing, more theatre.’
Dame Prue joined Bake Off in 2017 as a judge alongside Paul Hollywood.
When asked who she thought could step into his shoes, the 82-year-old continued: ‘Not a clue. Although who wouldn’t want to work on Bake Off? It’s the best job on television. It absolutely changed my life.’
Last month, Dame Prue joked that ‘everybody in telly’ had been keen to tell her they were ‘available’ for Matt’s gig since the vacancy became available.
Appearing on The One Show, she said: ‘Almost everybody who’s in telly has said to me, “I’m available” – as if I had anything to do with the casting!’
She then went on to pay tribute to her ex co-star, echoing his intense workload.
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‘What I think about Matt Lucas is I’m really sad because I love the guy,’ she continued. ‘He’s such fun ad he got on so well with Noel [Fielding], they were just a brilliant pair.
‘But I do understand why because if you’re close to Matt then you know he never stops working and he has so many projects and people keep asking him to do things.’
Great British Bake Off is expected to return to Channel 4 next autumn.
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