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Matt Lucas has lasted three seasons on The Great British Baking Show, and that’s three seasons too many. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. But fool me three times? The joke is up, man!
In Lucas’ first season on GBBS, I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt—maybe he needed some time to work through the kinks of the baking series. In the second season, when I still couldn’t be bothered to laugh at his jokes, I hoped I was the problem, that I was just being too picky. But with this most recent season, in which the host made racist jokes and quipped around about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one thing was made clear: It’s time for Matt Lucas to get the boot.
Before you rush to tell me I’m wrong, and that Lucas deserves one more chance at the GBBS hosting gig, let the people speak for themselves. Fans of the show have bonded over Matt’s absolute destruction of it, coming together to figure out a way to ensure he doesn’t come back for another season.