{"id":459,"date":"2025-11-01T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=459"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:43:13","slug":"gbbo-fans-back-tom-arden-after-paul-hollywoods-nails-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=459","title":{"rendered":"\u2018GBBO\u2019 Fans Back Tom Arden After Paul Hollywood\u2019s \u201cNails\u201d Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Paul Hollywood\u2019s \u201cfingernails\u201d comment to semifinalist Tom Arden sparked viewer backlash during Patisserie Week of <em data-node-id=\"0.0.1\">GBBO<\/em><em data-node-id=\"0.0.2\"\/>.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">Tom clapped back on TikTok with sharp red nails set to Taylor Swift, and fans cheered him on.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">Despite recent stumbles, Tom advanced to the finals to face Jasmine, who has five Star Baker wins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Patisserie week on <em data-node-id=\"2.1\">Great British Bake Off<\/em><em data-node-id=\"2.2\"\/> brought cream horns, a challenging technical, and one unexpected garnish: a sharp, unwarranted quip from Paul Hollywood. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Before semifinalist Tom Arden could even walk through his flavors, Paul asked to see his fingernails, then added, \u201cOh, they are still there because you\u2019ve been hanging on for a while.\u201d A read on Tom\u2019s recent wobble after a strong season start? The tent heard it\u2014and so did the internet.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Tom\u2019s response can be described as nothing but pure, unadulterated camp. On social media, he played the clip, snapped his laptop shut, and revealed glossy red claws he casually filed while Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cI Forgot That You Existed\u201d chimed in the background. Unbothered and hydrated, with no crumbs left.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"tiktok\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Fans immediately rallied behind the season 16 contestant. \u201cHe was acting so out of pocket. The hive was beautiful king,\u201d wrote one viewer of the longstanding judge and his comment. \u201cPaul was being such a brat,\u201d said another. Others called his words \u201cshady\u201d and \u201cfoul,\u201d with multiple gasps reported across living rooms nationwide. Even Paul joined the discourse, commenting a playful eye-roll emoji <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQd29B5jOMq\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQd29B5jOMq\/?hl=en\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"on Instagram\" data-node-id=\"7.1\" class=\"body-link css-1i7jlb0 emevuu60\">on Instagram<\/a> and \u201cToo brutal? \ud83d\ude2c\u201d on TikTok. Tom, for his part, baked on\u2014and into the finals\u2014where he\u2019ll face Aaron and Jasmine, a five-time Star Baker juggernaut.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Jury\u2019s out if it was too mean or merely British banter. The semis are pressure-cooker territory, and Tom has been a fan-favorite since the early bakes. A little flair, a little nail filing, and a perfectly pointed clapback felt like justice served. (Team Tom, BTW.) <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-fcvumo e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Hollywood\u2019s \u201cfingernails\u201d comment to semifinalist Tom Arden sparked viewer backlash during Patisserie Week of GBBO. Tom clapped back on TikTok with sharp red nails set to Taylor Swift, and fans cheered him on. Despite recent stumbles, Tom advanced to the finals to face Jasmine, who has five Star Baker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}