Paul Hollywood has a playful pop at Bake Off

Photo credit: BBC
Photo credit: BBC

From Digital Spy

Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood has had a little joke at the show – as he blames it for his weight gain and greying hair...

Talking to The Sun, Paul said: "I'll never go down to the botox route. No chance. I'll grow old disgracefully. My hair is white. I'm like Father Christmas.

"I'm getting fatter, I'm getting whiter. I'm just turning into Father Christmas. I reckon in five years it will be perfect."

Aren't we all, Paul?

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Photo credit: Getty Images

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The judge will be returning to GBBO later this year when it moves to its new home on Channel 4 and will be joined by some new faces.

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig will be replacing Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, while Prue Leith will be taking over from Mary Berry.

Meanwhile, Paul's new show Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip sees him driving around Italy, Spain, Germany and France enlisting various celebrity guests to keep him company in the nice fancy cars.

Photo credit: Channel 4
Photo credit: Channel 4

While in Germany Paul visited a nudist colony, but decided it would probably be best for everyone involved that he keep his pants on.

"No, people could have been eating! That's the last thing they want to see," he told The Sun.

"It was nerve-wracking. All I did was look in their eyes, look in their eyes. Don't look down, don't look down.

"I remember sitting down and I sat forward because I was a little bit nervous.

"A lady on my left went, 'Ooh sit back. Come on sit back love, you'll be fine'. I was like, 'Thank you', looking her straight in the eyes. It was a little bit embarrassing."

Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip kicks off on Sunday (May 28) at 9pm on BBC Two.


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