Channel 4 respond to Prue Leith announcing the Bake Off winner’s name early

Aww Prue :(

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by Polly Foreman |
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Poor old Prue Leith has had a bit of a mare yesterday – as she accidentally revealed the Great British Bake Off winner 12 hours early.

She tweeted (then swiftly deleted): No one told me judging a #gbbo final would be so emotional. I wanted them all to win. Bravo Sophie”.

Oh, Prue hun.

And Twitter (obviously) went mental.

Prue revealed that the reason for her blunder is because she's in Bhutan, and got confused about the time difference. She said to the Press Association: “The time difference is massive. I thought that they got it six hours ago. I’m in too much of a state to talk about it. I fucked up.”

She apologised in another tweet, writing: "I am so sorry to the fans of the show for my mistake this morning, I am in a different time zone and mortified by my error #GBBO."

Channel 4 has now issued a statement on the mishap, and they're very understanding.

“We can’t be angry with Prue because we love her so much,” said an insider, according to The Mirror.

“It’s hard to be cross for something that was just an awful mistake.

"No one’s going to feel worse about it than she does herself. She’s mortified.

Sophie Falso beat Steven Carter-Bailey and Kate Lyon to the Bake Off crown last night. She said of her win: “I don’t think I will forget this day for as long as I live.

“It is beyond anything I have dreamed of. What a privilege.

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