• News
  • Life
  • TV & Film
  • Beauty
  • Style
  • Home
  • News
    • Celebrity
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
    • Royal Family
  • Life
    • Animals
    • Food & Drink
    • Women's Health
    • Mental Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Travel
    • Real Life
  • TV & Film
    • True Crime
    • Documentaries
    • Netflix
    • BBC
    • ITV
    • Tyla Recommends
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Make-up
    • Skincare
  • Style
    • Home
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
Submit Your Content
Great British Bake Off star Laura Adlington felt suicidal after being trolled for weight while on the show

Home> TV & Film

Updated 14:07 14 Sep 2022 GMT+1Published 10:12 14 Sep 2022 GMT+1

Great British Bake Off star Laura Adlington felt suicidal after being trolled for weight while on the show

Laura has spoken out about her experience with social media trolls during the show.

Lucy Devine

Lucy Devine

Great British Bake Off star Laura Adlington says she felt suicidal after she appeared on the Channel 4 baking show, where she was cruelly attacked by online trolls over her weight.

Speaking about the abuse, Laura, 32 - who appeared on the 2020 series of the show - explained how it became particularly unbearable on the week of the final.

"When it was all really kicking off was on the week of the final. People were just being awful and it was really personal stuff as well," she explained to Em Clarkson and Alex Light on the Should I Delete That? podcast.

"It was personal stuff like infertility and other personal things. People were saying things like 'It was no wonder you can't have a baby'.

Advert

Instragram/@laura.adlington

"It just got really bad. I remember thinking, not I want to kill myself, but I remember crying in bed and being like, this would just be so much easier if I was not here, if I did not exist. That was a really low point for me."

Laura explained that after the show, she 'lost her confidence' due to all the negativity.

"I think after Bake Off, I really lost my confidence, because there was so much horribleness around it," she said

Advert

"And someone gave me some really bad advice, saying stay on Twitter because you might get work from it. But it was so bad for my mental health. It was awful."

Speaking about her experience, Laura also claimed she never received any 'promised support' from the show.

“We filmed Bake Off in a heatwave. I was seven weeks away from home. I was honestly mentally and physically exhausted," she added.

“We didn’t really have any support from the counsellors that they promised or anything and by the end of the filming, I was literally [left feeling] like I’m done. I don’t even want to do it."

Advert

Laura appeared on the 2020 series of the show.
Channel 4

Laura is now on a mission to help people all of shapes and sizes feel confident in their own skin. She also launched her Go Love Yourself Podcast earlier this year.

In January, Laura discussed how she had worn a bikini on the beach for the first time ever, while on holiday in Mexico with her husband Matt.

"Today I wore a bikini on the beach for the first time ever," she said.

Advert

"And, for the first time in my entire life, I can honestly say I feel at peace with my body, instead of at war with it.

"It’s not a perfect body but it’s mine, and I want to feel the sun on it."

Tyla has reached out to Channel 4 for comment.

A spokesperson said: “The welfare of the bakers is paramount and support is provided throughout the process and beyond.

Advert

“Whilst filming in the covid secure bubble, support was constantly available to all the bakers, including from professionals over zoom and the phone.”

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@laura.adlington/Channel 4

Topics: Celebrity, TV And Film, Health

Lucy Devine
Lucy Devine

Lucy is a journalist working for Tyla. After graduating with a master's degree in journalism, she has worked in both print and online and is particularly interested in fashion, food, health and women's issues. Northerner, coffee addict, says hun a lot.

X

@lucedevine

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

5 hours ago
12 hours ago
a day ago
2 days ago
  • 5 hours ago

    Daniel Radcliffe made devastating admission about Harry Potter scenes that only he would notice

    Radcliffe played the film franchise's titular character for nine years

    Entertainment
  • 12 hours ago

    Controversial Love Island star Harrison quits villa in unexpected move amid backlash

    The 22-year-old footballer from Derby is said to have left the show

    Entertainment
  • a day ago

    Drake and Josh star leaves fans in shock after revealing how much money he makes from show now

    Drake Bell co-starred on Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh between 2004 and 2007

    Entertainment
  • 2 days ago

    Real Housewives of London star reveals one question for King Charles but immediately gets shut down

    The trailer for the highly-anticipated series dropped on Tuesday (15 July)

    Entertainment
  • Great British Bake Off fans shocked after finding out Prue Leith's age
  • Great British Bake Off viewers all saying the same thing after spotting hilarious detail
  • Great British Bake Off takes dramatic turn as Alison Hammond falls to floor sparking chaos
  • Ex-Great British Bake Off host Sandi Toksvig has incredibly blunt reason for why she really quit the show