This Morning viewers were left unimpressed after presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary failed to ask guest Catherine Tyldesley about her recent ‘cake gate’ scandal on Tuesday.
The former soap actress, 40, appeared on the show alongside co-star Shane Ward, 39, to promote her new Channel 5 series, two months after she faced backlash over her “bizarre” row with a baker .
The cake maker hit the headlines after revealing he had turned down a PR’s request to supply free cakes for Catherine’s big birthday bash.
And unhappy viewers slammed This Morning, branding it a “missed opportunity” after presenters Alison and Dermot failed to even acknowledge the issue.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, someone wrote: “Are they going to ask Catherine about cake-gate?”
Furious: This Morning viewers were left unimpressed after presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary failed to ask guest Catherine Tyldesley (pictured) about her recent ‘cake gate’ scandal on Tuesday
Unfazed: The former soap actress appeared on the show alongside co-star Shane Ward, 39, to launch her new Channel 5 series, two months after she faced backlash over her “bizarre” row with a baker ( in the picture Alison and Dermot)
While a second wrote: “Please ask Catherine about the cakes she wanted to get for free…”.
A third wrote: “Another missed opportunity to ask Cakerine about THIS incident.”
Someone else commented: “Never forget the rich and sophisticated. Catherine Tyldesley asked a small bakery business to bake expensive birthday cakes and catering for her Z-List party for FREE and tried to insult her for saying “no” to her request for free items – a terrible person.”‘ .
Another quipped: “I hope you baked Katherine a cake or there will be trouble.”
And: “Hide your cakes, people.”
While another cheeky chap joked: “Go ahead, someone from the crew will ask her if she wants a cake.”
After Catherine spoke about her pal Shayne singing at her wedding, another viewer wrote: “He sang at your wedding. ‘Did you pay him for that?’.
It was recently reported that Catherine was “blindsided” by the online uproar over a heated row over free cake.
Embarrassing: The cake maker hit the headlines after revealing he had turned down a PR’s request to supply free cakes for Catherine’s big birthday bash
Dissatisfied: And dissatisfied viewers slammed This Morning, labeling it a ‘missed opportunity’ after presenters Alison and Dermot failed to even acknowledge the issue (pictured with co-star Shane Ward).
Gutted: On
Catherine had hired party planners NVRLND to organize it, but they caused controversy when they asked an independent bakery to bake a large birthday cake, a smaller birthday cake for Tyldesley’s husband and 100 cupcakes for free.
The company told Three Little Birds Bakery’s Rebecca Severs that payment for the order would be “in the form of a promotion,” but she hit back and rejected the offer, saying her employees “can’t feed their children, when they are exposed.” ‘Instagram.’
The party has since been canceled after there was a major backlash against Catherine over the request, reports the Mirror.
A source close to the actress said: “Cath was caught off guard by Cakegate and found the whole thing very disturbing, so she opted for a quieter celebration.”
“She doesn’t blame NVRLND, but the whole situation left a sour taste in her mouth, so she thought it best to call it off.”
NVRLND did not tell Ms. Severs whose birthday party the request was for, saying only that it was for a “well-known celebrity.”
No thanks: Baker Rebecca sent an email to the company stating that she would decline the “very generous offer.”
How it started: The email was supposedly from the management company of a “well-known celebrity” who was hosting a 40th birthday party
Ms Severs shared her response with the PR who asked for the cakes at the height of the cost of living crisis, saying: “I’m so sorry to hear that your client has fallen on such hard times that he can’t do it .” can afford to pay small businesses for their products.
“Unfortunately, since my mortgage lender does not accept payments “in the form of advertising on their social networks” and my employees cannot provide their children with Instagram exposure, I must decline your very generous offer.”
She received an outpouring of support from the public online and later joked that her bakery offers “delicious cakes and a generous dose of sarcasm when needed.”
One social media user commented: ‘Best reaction! Good for sticking with it!’
Another added: “Good for you!” while a third wrote: “Love it!”
A fourth commented: “I’ve found a new follower here just because this response represents exactly the level of business-like sarcasm I’m going for. ‘Fabulous reaction.’