{"id":258016,"date":"2025-11-12T03:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258016\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T03:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:58:12","slug":"how-tonights-celebrity-bake-off-caused-a-major-life-change-for-lucy-beaumont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258016\/","title":{"rendered":"How tonight’s Celebrity Bake Off caused a major life change for Lucy Beaumont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking part in The Great British Bake Off is life-changing for many, especially those that go on to carve out brand new careers in the world of baking. But for Lucy Beaumont, it actually caused her quite a large life change. <\/p>\n

The comedian and Celebrity Traitors star took part in a celebrity special of the Channel 4 show for Stand Up To Cancer, and revealed it got her diagnosed with ADHD. <\/p>\n

Appearing alongside her Celebrity Traitors co-star Tom Daley, actor David Morrissey and radio presenter Adele Roberts, her chaotic baking style made her see a therapist. <\/p>\n

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Speaking back in 2023 when the episode originally aired, Lucy spoke about whether she’d spoken to anyone for advice about going in to the famous tent. <\/p>\n

“Yes, a therapist \u2013 the show made me get a ADHD assessment,” she said. “I have severe ADHD!”<\/p>\n

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Channel 4<\/p>\n

Later speaking about the assessment, she said it was “interesting being 40 and suddenly understanding a part of yourself when previously you’ve just thought you were a little bit unhinged.”<\/p>\n

“It means your brain doesn’t want you to organise things,” she told The Sunday Times<\/a>. “For some reason, it doesn’t want to make life easy for you. I’ll get from A to B but I’ll exhaust myself doing it. The brain chatter of just going for a cup of tea with a friend,” she said.<\/p>\n

“You’re also in denial as well, and there’s nothing funnier than being flawed.”<\/p>\n

Lucy was tasked with creating a quiche, bourbon biscuits and her perfect day in cake form, (an all you can eat carvery with Idris Elba and Tom Hardy, if you were wondering.)<\/p>\n

Judge Prue Leith said on the show: “Lucy is the worry, she can do it, it just depends on if she’s concentrating or not.”<\/p>\n

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Channel 4<\/p>\n

Lucy added she thought appearing on the show would be so good, it would cause a career change for her.<\/p>\n

“I honestly thought this is going to be the beginning of my cookery career, I thought they’d ask me to bring out a cookbook. I’d have my kitchenware, open shops, a podcast\u2026 I had it all planned out,” she said.<\/p>\n

The Great British Bake Off and its spin-off Bake Off: An Extra Slice both air on Channel 4 in the UK. In the US, it’s known as The Great British Baking Show, and streams on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Read more Great British Bake Off news on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

The new edition of Living Legends is here! Buy Ariana & Witches in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n

\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Catherine is an Evening News Editor at Digital Spy, and was the site’s News Editor between 2018 and 2024. Prior to that, she worked at OK! Online, and has interviewed a slew of celebrities across her career in entertainment news, including Tom Hanks, Cheryl and Noel Fielding. Catherine also has specialist knowledge in all things drag, interviewing a huge portion of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/a> stars, and getting her own drag makeover for Channel 4’s show Drag SOS. \u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>
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