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Prue Leith Didn't Want to 'Overstay Her Welcome on GBBO
Dame Prue Leith judged over 400 Bake Off challenges since 2017 and chose to step down to enjoy other pursuits and avoid overstaying her welcome.
- Stepping down, Dame Prue Leith announced in January she was leaving the Channel 4 series after nine seasons and judging more than 400 challenges, with Nigella Lawson named as her replacement on January 26.
- After two years of 'dithering', Leith said she wanted to leave while happy, citing time pressures and holidays as reasons for her decision to step down from Bake Off.
- Leith surprised audiences by modelling at London Fashion Week on Tuesday for eco-designers Vin+Omi at The Art'otel in Hoxton, wearing an outfit made from holly, nettles, butterbur, wood clippings, and recycled aluminium.
- Leith’s public campaigning on assisted dying continues despite her TV exit, inspired by her brother David’s painful death, though her son, Reform UK MP Danny Kruger, opposes the bill.
- Her public criticism of Lords amendments signals ongoing political engagement after leaving TV, as Leith said: `We debate, but without getting angry about it.
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Prue Leith reveals she quit Bake Off to avoid ‘overstaying her welcome’
Dame Prue Leith has said she did not want to "overstay her welcome" on The Great British Bake Off.
·Scotland, United Kingdom
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