The Great British Bake Off’s cringey Mexican Week falls flat and is accused of hurting British trade relations
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.
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.”
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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.”
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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.”