Great British Bake Off star Dame Prue Leith reacts to viral response to ‘ball gag’ necklace on WWHL
‘I don’t want to be intimidated by chaps on Twitter who have a dirty mind!’: Great British Bake Off star Dame Prue Leith, 83, responds to viral backlash to ‘ball gag’ chain as she appears on Watch What Happens Live
- The 83-year-old baking contest judge was asked by a few Florida viewers about her reaction to a necklace she wore on TV recently
- “Do you know what a ball gag is?” host Andy Cohen asked Prue
- “Well, I do now,” she joked. “Only because of the fuss about that necklace. Now I feel a little obligated to wear them… I just think it’s such nonsense’
Dame Prue Leith was asked about her necklace that resembled a “ball gag” when she appeared on Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live.
The 83-year-old judge of the baking contest was asked from a distance by some Florida viewers about her reaction to a necklace she recently wore during The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer, which was likened to a ball gag.
Host Andy Cohen, 54, shared a photo of the chain with a single round red ball and admitted it looked like a ball gag.
“Do you know what a ball gag is?” Andy asked Prue.
“Well, I do now,” she joked. “Only because of the fuss about that necklace. Now I feel more or less obligated to wear them. …I just think it’s such nonsense.’
Gag necklace: Dame Prue Leith was asked about her necklace that resembled a ‘ball gag’ while appearing on Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live
Fellow guest Ellie Kemper, 43, agreed and urged Prue to lean into it.
“I don’t want to be intimidated by a bunch of guys on Twitter who have dirty minds!” Prue added.
Andy said he thought people would have celebrated.
“Well, who knows,” Prue said.
A ball gag is a sex bondage item, usually made of a rubber or silicone ball with a strap through it that is placed in a person’s mouth behind their front teeth.
It is used as a sex toy to keep a submissive partner quiet during consensual sex.
Prue’s is known for her quirky fashion style that often features bright colors and bold patterns, and the unusual necklace she wore on The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer in March caught viewers’ attention.
Flo said on Twitter, “You can’t tell me it’s a chain.”
That necklace: Host Andy Cohen, 54, shared a photo of the necklace with a single round red ball and admitted it looked like a ball gag
Bravo Clubhouse: Prue and Ellie Kemper were guests on the Bravo talk show
Good question: “Do you know what a ball gag is?” Andy asked Prue
Observant: Viewers were quick to tweet their reactions after seeing the fashion accessory on The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer in March
Meanwhile, Sean Peterson-Stocks commented, “I understand the sentiment of @PrueLeith’s chain, but does anyone else see anything different?”
A user named Tasha then replied, “You mean it looks like a ball gag?”, while another said, “Does @PrueLeith realize she’s wearing a ball gag?”
The baking judge also caused a stir in October 2017 when viewers of The Great British Bake Off compared her jewelry to a sex toy.
Prue was on the Bravo talk show with Ellie to promote season six of The Great American Baking Show, with Prue as a judge along with her The Great British Bake Off co-judge Paul Hollywood, 57, and Ellie as a co-host.
The Roku channel announced in May 2022 that the show’s season six would air, and it has also ordered a seventh season of the series.