Bake Off viewers in tears as Nadine Coyle chokes up over ‘good friend’ battling cancer after Sarah Harding’s diagnosis
THE Great Celebrity Bake Off viewers have been left in tears after Nadine Coyle choked up over her ‘good friend’ battling cancer following Sarah Harding’s diagnosis.
The Girls Aloud singer, 35, took part in the latest episode of the Channel 4 show alongside Anneka Rice, John Bishop and Ade Adepitan.
Nadine’s participation comes after her Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah, 39, revealed she has breast cancer.
Sarah first shared the sad news in August last year before confirming her diagnosis was terminal last month.
While Nadine didn’t mention her friend and bandmate by name during her stint in the Bake Off tent, she did mention a close pal when asked by host Matt Lucas if cancer had affected her.
Nadine replied: “Absolutely. I have a very close friend who is suffering from cancer at the minute.”
She quickly pushed her lips together as if trying to control her emotions, while Matt said: “It’s good to raise money and awareness.”
She agreed, saying: “Absolutely, because it’s terrifying. You look at the statistics, the more research there is and the more money and funding there is to do that, the better people’s odds are.
“You never know when the next big breakthrough is going to happen,” she continued, taking a breath before adding: “and hopefully very soon.”
She then quietly looked back at her baking as she reflected on things, and viewers picked up on her emotion.
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Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “Nadine talking about Sarah Harding on bakeoff giving me all the feels #GBBO.”
Another added: “Aww bless Nadine there..clearly talking about Sarah.”
A third tweeted: “Nadine talking about Sarah Harding You can see how upset she is #GBBO.”
Meanwhile a fourth wrote: “Nadine Coyle doing Bake Off for Sarah Harding is making me tear up #GBBO #BakeOff.”