The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has opened up about her friendship with co-judge Paul Hollywood.
Leith has been a judge on The Great British Bake Off with Hollywood since 2017, but the two are now teaming up for Roku's US show The Great American Baking Show.
In a new interview with Hello!, Leith opened up about her friendship with Hollywood and how they work so well together off screen as well as on.
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"I think the thing that would really surprise fans is what an absolute softie he really is, because he looks so stern with that terrifying blue stare. But he is the one who, very often, you see with his arm around the baker who's upset because she's done something terrible," Leith said.
"He's really friendly and he teases me rotten. He has two running jokes. One is that I'm a drunk and I can't live without alcohol and I do like a bit of booze! Honestly, there's hardly any cake that won't be improved with a bit of alcohol," Leith joked.
"But the other thing is that he carries on as if I'm his great, great grandmother. He'll say things like, 'Do you want a cup of tea, dearie?' I'm in my 80s, so he could only maybe be my grandson, but he treats me as if I were a very frail old lady! But I love his concern for me."
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The Great American Baking Show will air on Roku next year and recently named two new hosts: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper and Severance's Zach Cherry.
Leith told Hello! that she was jealous of Hollywood hosting the US show without her as the producers originally wanted one American judge alongside Hollywood.
"Now it is with Roku and I think they wanted to stick as closely as they could to The Great British Bake Off which suited me fine because then they said they wanted two British judges," Leith said.
The Great British Bake Off airs on Channel 4 in the UK. In the US, it's known as The Great British Baking Show, and streams on Netflix. Bake Off: An Extra Slice, hosted by Tom Allen and Jo Brand, airs on Fridays at 8pm on Channel 4.
