From baps to soggy bottoms, the Great British Bake Off isn’t afraid to get a little cheeky.
Dame Prue Leith took things to another level this week though when she dropped a rude comment on morning television during a chat about King Charles.
The 84-year-old judge and baking guru is in the US promoting a new series of shows, and he’s unleashed a clanger that should be censored.
On Thursday’s Live With Kelly and Mark, Dame Prue recalled having a cup of tea for the late Queen Elizabeth.
Kelly Ripa then asked her how King Charles took her tea, but Dame Prue wasn’t sure she could get away with giving an honest answer.
‘Um, I have to wonder if she likes, um, what my wife calls her,’ she began, before stuttering and thinking again.
He teased: ‘Maybe I can’t say this on morning television.’
Kelly tells her to ‘say whatever she wants’, so Dame Prue just goes for it, and seems to describe the monarch’s choice as ‘hippie s**t’.
A pink oval covered his lips and a beep masked the offending words, but it was clear what was being censored.
‘Love it,’ Kelly said as the audience burst out laughing, and co-star Mark Consuelos added: ‘I am!’
Kelly hailed the Bake Off judges as ‘American treasures’, as she quickly clarified her assessment of the King Charles beer selection.
‘I’m just explaining. I really don’t know how Prince Charles, now King Charles, likes tea,” she said. ‘But he’s very green, and very concerned about the environment, so maybe he likes chamomile tea or one of those hippie teas!’
While ‘s**t’ isn’t a word you’d expect (even censored) on morning television, it doesn’t compare to the latest episode of Bake Off which was possibly the most indecent in the show’s history.
During pudding week’s technical challenge, Dame Prue tasked bakers with recreating spotted dicks and custards – stop laughing!
At one point, a giggling Alison left everyone in hysterics as she told the contestant: ‘You have two and a half hours so get the dick ready.’
‘I’ve never seen a spotted dick, I’ve never tried it,’ Baker Dylan said, when he read the recipe, while Christiaan commented: ‘My girlfriend told me that spotted dick is very good.’
But the jokes don’t stop there, as Gill says, while tying the suet with string: ‘I need a finger, I’ve got a wife, that’s all it takes.’
‘Innuendo bingo,’ viewer @caterinajones wrote on X during the episode, while @stef_a88 said: ‘Absolute filth on #gbbo this week. Make fun of me.’
‘Double entenders in #GBBO are now more like single entenders. Gill: “I need a finger. That’s why I have a wife.” Pure filth,’ @jonhopswan added.
And @ceejAfterHours wrote: ‘I can’t wait to see America’s reaction to the #GBBO technical challenge when it airs statesideā¦’
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