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The ‘Great British Baking Show’ Boris Johnson Bit Was Incredibly Distasteful<!-- wp:html --><p>Mark Bourdillon/Netlix</p> <p>The baking tent was supposed to be <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-great-british-baking-show-is-my-self-care">our safe space</a>. What’s going on?</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/not-even-the-great-british-baking-show-can-cheer-us-up-anymore"><em>The Great British Baking Show</em></a><em> </em>has finally returned to Netflix. After premiering on Britain’s Channel 4 earlier this week, the competitive-yet-delightful baking throwdown crossed the pond to us today, introducing a whole baker’s dozen of new players. Fans are already choosing their favorites—Syabira, you’re my girl!—but the <em>GBBS </em>hive has also found a black sheep in the delightful group.</p> <p>Dawn, a 60-year-old IT Manager, has taken the cake for least favorite competitor in just her first week on the program. Sorry, Dawn! It’s not you—it’s your career. Folks are furious over the fact that the competitor had a pretty laissez-faire attitude about her old job working for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/boris-johnson-quits-as-decades-of-bullshit-finally-catch-up-with-him">ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-great-british-baking-show-boris-johnson-bit-was-incredibly-distasteful?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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The baking tent was supposed to be our safe space. What’s going on?

The Great British Baking Show has finally returned to Netflix. After premiering on Britain’s Channel 4 earlier this week, the competitive-yet-delightful baking throwdown crossed the pond to us today, introducing a whole baker’s dozen of new players. Fans are already choosing their favorites—Syabira, you’re my girl!—but the GBBS hive has also found a black sheep in the delightful group.

Dawn, a 60-year-old IT Manager, has taken the cake for least favorite competitor in just her first week on the program. Sorry, Dawn! It’s not you—it’s your career. Folks are furious over the fact that the competitor had a pretty laissez-faire attitude about her old job working for ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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