*Spoilers for GBBS's Cycle 7 ahead!*
The Great British Baking Show may be over, but speculation is still running pretty rampant when it comes to the contestants' personal lives...AKA fans want to know are former contestants Henry Bird and Michael Chakraverty dating or not?! Well, friends, GBBS winner David Atherton is here to tell you that, no, they're not dating but they are having a pretty good time tricking us all into thinking they are. GREAT. THANKS.
It all started when fellow contestant Alice Fevronia (who fans were ALSO convinced was dating Henry) posted some photos of Henry and Michael cozying up together including one with the caption "BAE-ke Off." But despite the photographic evidence, David told People this week that no, the pair is not dating and are in fact "playing with" fans.
"I’m sorry they’re playing with you!" he said. "No, they’re definitely not [dating]. There’s a big bromance going on there, but no, they’re not a couple."
OK, fine, haha very funny, you got all of our hopes up. Henry also denied the romance rumors last month, but he said that he actually has no idea where they came from and that, uh guys, it was all just some simple affection among friends.
"If a lingering hug is the qualifier for a relationship, then I dread to think what everyone thought of my farewell to Sandi [Toksvig]!" he told The Times.
But despite the lack of romance from those under the baking tent, David did say that, yes, they're all really still friends IRL. Thank goodness for that. My heart can't take anymore disappointment.
“Almost all of us still keep in touch,” he told People. “We were a really close group this year. I just went for diner with Michael and Henry just the other night, and I was speaking on the phone with Steph [Blackwell] today. So we really keep in contact.”
That's a relief. Can we at least get a reunion special here soon? A spin-off where they all just bake together as friends? I've got a million ideas here, people.
