The funniest Twitter reactions to Noel Fielding joining Great British Bake Off

“Reality depresses me,” Noel Fielding once said. “I need to find fantasy worlds and escape in them.” Lucky for Noel, he’s found the perfect fantasy world in The Great British Bake Off‘s unreally wholesome land of British sun, scones and gingham. Yesterday it was announced that he’d be presenting Channel 4’s GBBO reboot alongside the one-time Antiques Master presenter Sandi Toksvig – just picture the impact of Fielding’s glittery imagination bombs on Toksvig’s arch wit, and the result is either a beautifully weird hybrid or a complete writeoff. Fans of the former BBC show are painfully aware of how it could go…

Many people are picturing Fielding bringing the zany lols of The Mighty Boosh and Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy to Bake Off:

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Fielding’s move has inspired Russell Brand to go for Strictly, which would be equally excellent:

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Some think Fielding being a host is a terrible decision:

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Others think it’s kind of inspired:

Some are so upset about Fielding’s involvement that they’re going to boycott the show:

Others, who had planned to boycott the show when it announced it was moving to Channel 4, have changed their minds because of Fielding’s involvement:

Meanwhile, some people just used the opportunity to play around with some lovely puns:

Fielding would probably approve of that, tbh.

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