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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Mark Jefferies

Bake Off's Matt Lucas is 'really nervous' as he's forced to bake as contestant pulls out

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith have revealed Matt Lucas struggled in The Great Celebrity Bake Off as nerves "get to him" in the tent like everyone else.

In each episode starting next week, four famous bakers go head to head to compete in three rounds - the signature, technical and showstopper challenges hoping to impress Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.

But host Matt Lucas ended up swapping sides after he was called on to fill in for a missing baker and face the scrutiny of his fellow presenter Noel Fielding.

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