The Great British Bakers Rally To Support Rav After He Suffers Racist Abuse

Rav Bansal took to Twitter yesterday to reveal that, since making his debut on this year’s Great British Bake Off, he has been subject to some racist abuse.

Tweeting that he was approached and asked, “are you the p*ki on the not so British bake off”, he wrote “really, in 2016?”.

In response to this, 28-year-old Rav quickly received messages of support from other Bake Off contestants who had themselves suffered abuse as a result of being on the show:

Bake Off contestants from this year have also rallied to support Rav:

…As have Bake Off contestants from previous years:

Rav has since tweeted to thank not just the bakers, but also the members of the public who rallied to support him.

Image Credits: BBC

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