Great British Bake-Off contestants' CRYING over BURNT BUNS leads to Twitter ... - Mirror.co.uk

The Great British Bake-Off has been dubbed the Great British BAWL off – after viewers hit out at the amount of crying on the show.

Some fans have blasted the Beeb for trying to ramp up the emotions like other shows such as ITV's X Factor, which has an over-reliance on sob stories.

Last night's episode saw Glenn and Howard both burst into tears over their failed bakes – sparking a backlash on social media sites such as Twitter.

James Cole said: "Crying is for when we lose the Ryder Cup, not when you f*** up your buns on Great British Bake Off."

Jack Pullein said: "B***** hell great British bake off is turning into X Factor with all these sob stories."

Mark Dodds said: "There's something really not quite right about seeing someone crying about a bun."

Susan Tate said: "Why do people on the Great British Bake Off cry? You're crying over cakes and bread - sort it out."

The tears arrived in full flow after Glenn learned that Howard was to leave the competition.

Breaking down, he sobbed: "I feel terrible – it should have been me. So now I have to do it. I have to carry on and do well."

Earlier Glenn was weeping again to the point where he couldn't actually talk.

"I think it's probably inevitable. And. Sorry. I can't actually talk. Still can't," he blubbed.

Howard also cried after learning he would leave.

Struggling to get his words out, he said to the camera: "It's been an absolutely fantastic experience and there are people in there who I have been very, very close to...they are such fantastic bakers and I am dead chuffed that I was there with them."

Struggling to speak: Howard

 

A number of Glenn's bakes were a total disaster, with Mary Berry saying of his sticky caramel kannelbull: "Sadly this is something that really hasn't worked."

Paul Hollywood went further, blasting: "What you've actually got is a very, very sharp, sour-tasting cinnamon. It doesn't taste good, have you tried one of these yet?"

Of Glenn's Almond and Apricot Brioches, Paul added: "Apricots have just been plonked on the top like that. They look awful."

Howard didn't fare any better with his Baumschnecken and Peachy Buns.

Mary said she couldn't taste any of the peach flavour, while Paul added: "The bake's good but it is quite bland."

The deluge of tears comes despite Judge Paul saying contestants on the US version of the show were more prone to start crying than their UK counterparts.

The 47-year-old joined a new US version of the BBC2 show - renamed The Great American Baking Competition – which aired on CBS.

He said: "They are very emotional, and of course I'm not the right person to put up with that. Within the first week, all of them were crying.

"I said 'I'm so sorry, but I'm only saying your cake doesn't look good'. And then they just burst into tears.

"It's all a bit much. But in Britain it's all stiff upper lip. And then you get crying later."