Nadiya Hussain suffered abuse after job revealed by Bake Off 'Thought I was a scrounge'

express.co.uk:

Nadiya Hussain, 35, shared with Simon Rimmer on his new Grilling podcast how she had endured horrendous abuse and name-calling after it was announced that she would be appearing on The Great British Bake Off.The Luton-born star admitted that she was bullied over her “housewife” status and labelled a “scrounger” by vile trolls on social media.Nadia divulged that she was new to social media at the time, and was not prepared for nasty comments from users on the platform.She recalled: “So there I was six weeks later when our names are announced to the public [to appear on Great British Bake Off] and I hadn’t really thought about the fact that other people are going to see this.“And the thing I remember which was poignant and difficult at the.