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Comic burnt by double snub
Daily Record
|October 06, 2025
JENNY Eclair has revealed she was snubbed not once but twice for her dream gig on The Great British Bake Off.
Despite being promised a shot at it after losing out to fellow comedian Matt Lucas in 2020, it was Alison Hammond who joined Noel Fielding as his successor.
Jenny said: “Id have loved to present Bake Off! I was second to Matt, you know. It came down to me and him.
This story is from the October 06, 2025 edition of Daily Record.
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