In the introduction, presenters Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas were criticised for a ‘disappointing’ gag that viewers said was made in ‘poor taste’, with some also labelling the episode ‘racist’ for perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
While GBBO airs on Tuesday evenings in the UK on Channel 4 and All 4, over in the US – where it’s also known as The Great British Baking Show – the programme releases its new episodes on Fridays on Netflix.
While those in America who are fans of the show saw negative reactions to Mexican Week plastered across social media, they’ve since been able to watch the episode to ascertain how they feel about the theme, how it was interpreted and the jokes that were made at its expense.
As can be expected, the episode has received a new rush of criticism, with viewers in the US calling it a ‘train wreck’ and ‘awful’.
‘Nothing has united American Twitter more than dumping on The Great British Bake Off, Mexican Week in a long time,’ one person tweeted.
‘British people always saying how dumb Americans are as if I didn’t just watch a train wreck from start to finish of Mexican week on British Bake-Off,’ another stated.
Several people called out the pronunciation of ‘guacamole’, ‘taco’ and ‘pico de gallo’, while one fan wrote: ‘Watching Great British Bake-off with the wife (I don’t watch) and it’s Mexican Week and everyone should be arrested and tried for their crimes.’
A Mexican fan of The Nice British Bake Off mentioned that whereas they might nonetheless proceed watching the programme, they begged these in control of the present to ‘by no means do Mexican Week once more’.
‘This actually hurts my Mexican coronary heart. I imply I’ll by no means give up you however simply not a great week,’ they mentioned.
Unhealthy Feminist author Roxane Homosexual questioned ‘how did they get right here?’ whereas watching the episode, remarking that Bake Off is often ‘so good at staying of their lane’.
Another person steered that visitor judges representing totally different cultures must be introduced in to assist lend their experience, as they quipped: ‘The worst was watching Paul clarify tacos as he’d “simply bought again from Mexico”.’
Metro.co.uk beforehand contacted Channel 4 and representatives for Noel and Matt for remark over the criticism of Mexican Week.
The Nice British Bake Off returns on Tuesday at 8pm on Channel 4 and All 4.
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