THE Great British Bake Off’s cringey Mexican Week has fallen as flat as a tortilla — and even been accused of hurting British trade relations.
Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas wore ponchos and sombreros and made jokes which left a bad taste in some viewers’ mouths.
Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas wore ponchos and sombreros and made jokes which left a bad taste in some viewers’ mouths
Taking the Miguel… In the snaps, Noel said: ‘I don’t feel like we should make Mexican jokes because people will get upset.’ Matt replies: ‘What, not even Juan?’
The British Mexican Society branded Tuesday’s Channel 4 show “irritating”.
A spokesperson added: “It is unhelpful when we are trying to establish better relations with a country such as Mexico for trade deals etc.”
GBBO tweeted photos of Noel and Matt which fans branded cringey and even called racist.
In the snaps, Noel said: “I don’t feel like we should make Mexican jokes because people will get upset.”
Matt replies: “What, not even Juan?”
Viewer Karen Geiger said: “The most treasured British institution, racism.”
Thorn Coyle fumed: “This isn’t funny, it’s offensive.”
Chicano Marine said: “Meh… it’s more the clothing that makes it cringey than the actual joke.”
But one viewer insisted: “Literally not a single Mexican person is upset by this.”
Professor Ana Elena González-Treviño, of King’s College London, said: “Collating Mexican cuisine with a simplistic, outmoded and ignorant stereotype puts an end to the merit that may have been in the inclusion of the Mexican theme in the first place.”
