{"id":326930,"date":"2025-12-20T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326930\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:58:09","slug":"mary-berry-admits-ill-never-do-it-again-as-husband-left-angered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326930\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Berry admits &#8216;I\u2019ll never do it again&#8217; as husband left angered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The legendary cook was a judge on the BBC&#8217;s Great British Bake Off between 2010 and 2016 before it left for Channel 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She has lived in Henley, in the south of Oxfordshire, with her husband, Paul Hunnings, since 2019.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 90-year-old left viewers stunned earlier this week during her Christmas special on the BBC, A Mary Berry Christmas.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25713931.david-walliams-dropped-inappropriate-behaviour-investigation\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Walliams dropped after &#8216;inappropriate behaviour investigation&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Dame Mary Berry. (Image: Roger Askew)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Whilst speaking with Zoe Ball, Dame Mary recalled a festive airport incident which left her husband Paul angered.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: \u201cOne year, my son was in Australia for Christmas, and we went to join him, and I took the stockings, and I took the satsumas, and at customs, I was drawn to one side, and they said you are not allowed to import fruit into Australia.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;My husband was so cross with me. He really gets cross with me.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Ball, shocked by the tale, said: &#8220;I bet you were mortified.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dame Mary explained that she had only wanted to keep the festive tradition alive, but admitted that she would &#8220;never do it again&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25708600.country-pub-reopens-refurb-gordon-ramsay-pupil-chef\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Country pub reopens after refurb with Gordon Ramsay pupil as chef<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Stay connected to the heart of Oxfordshire for less! \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Our Flash Sale is ON: get trusted local news for just \u00a36 for 6 months or \u00a326 for all of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss out \u2014 subscribe now! \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZQMIFMB3r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/RZQMIFMB3r<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1990709553571270756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 18, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I said I didn\u2019t know, and we\u2019re going to arrive, and I want it to be traditional,&#8221; she said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But I was reprimanded, I\u2019ll never do it again.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 90-year-old recently opened up about her spouse&#8217;s health while speaking at an event during Yeovil Literary Festival.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dame Mary said: &#8220;I am lucky to have him because so many of my girlfriends have not got their husbands. But I have got one. He is forgetful, but he is lovely.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I am rarely away for the night, but when I am, my darling daughter will be there to cook his supper and keep an eye that he doesn\u2019t topple over because he is 93.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The legendary cook was a judge on the BBC&#8217;s Great British Bake Off between 2010 and 2016 before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-326930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}