Prue Leith appeared to take a thinly-veiled dig at Paul Hollywood as she appeared on This Morning on Wednesday alongside Phillip Scofield and Holly Willoughby.
The Great British Bake Off judge, 77, appeared to take the swipe at Paul – who announced earlier this week that he was splitting from wife Alex – as she reflected on her first marriage to Rayne Kruger who she met when he was married to someone else.
Prue candidly revealed: ‘He was my mum’s best friend husband and we were family friends. I think adultery is wrong, I think stealing someone’s husband is wrong.’
Candid: Prue Leith, 77, appeared to take a thinly-veiled dig at Paul Hollywood as she appeared on This Morning on Wednesday
Continuing to describe the first love of her life, Prue revealed: ‘I know it was the wrong thing to do. But I was only 20. He was 40. He was like God to me.’
Prue also offered her explanation as to why he left his wife for her: ‘He married a woman who was 20 years older than him with three young children.
‘She was like a mother to me and was deeply upset. But Rayne was determined we would remain friends,’ she looked back.
Prue’s confessions comes after baking enthusiast Paul revealed he and wife of 19 years Alex are set to go their separate ways.
It’s over: On Monday, Paul revealed he and wife of 19 years Alex are set to go their separate ways
Blast from past: The Great British Bake Off judge took the swipe at Paul – who announced earlier this week that he was splitting from wife Alex – as she reflected on her first marriage to a man she met when he was married to someone else
‘He was like God to me!’ Despite knowing that it was the wrong thing to go, Prue revealed she couldn’t help but fall in love with her mum’s best friend’s husband
Paul and Alex confirmed their heartbreaking split in a joint statement on Monday saying: ‘It is with sadness that we have decided to separate.
‘Our focus continues to be the happiness of our son, and we would ask the press and public to allow us privacy as a family during this very difficult time.’
The baking guru, who is now worth £10million, split from his wife, 53, temporarily in 2013 after admitting an affair with his US co-star Marcela Valladolid, 39.
The couple reconciled a few months later and he described the incident as ‘the biggest mistake of my life’ in an interview with BBC radio.
‘She was 20 years older than him!’ Prue also offered her explanation as to why he left his wife for her
‘It is with sadness that we have decided to separate’: This comes after Paul and Alex confirmed their heartbreaking split in a joint statement on Monday
Speaking at the time, he told the BBC he ‘was shocked about the whole thing kicking off the way it did… but I deserved it and I’ve taken it. It was my punishment’.
However a source told The Sun: ‘Paul was totally into Marcela and threw himself in with both feet.
‘When it all fell apart he went back to Alex with his tail between his legs, but in reality if Marcela had wanted to keep it going he was all for it.’
Recently, series seven winner Candice, who recently announced her engagement to Liam Macauley, was spotted with Paul as he cupped the back of her head and kissed her goodbye following a night out at the Pride of Britain Awards in London
A spokesman for the pair said it was an ‘innocent kiss on the cheek’, and that it was ‘untrue’ to describe it as an ‘intimate kiss’.
Former fling: The baking guru, who is now worth £10million, split from his wife, 53, temporarily in 2013 after admitting an affair with his US co-star Marcela Valladolid, 39
Regret: The couple reconciled a few months later and he described the incident as ‘the biggest mistake of my life’ in an interview with BBC radio
Friendly display: Recently, series seven winner Candice, who recently announced her engagement to Liam Macauley, was spotted with Paul as he cupped the back of her head and kissed her goodbye following a night out at the Pride of Britain Awards in London
The representative, who was also there on the night, told MailOnline: ‘Following The Mirror Pride of Britain Awards last Monday, seven of us including Paul and Candice were seated outside waiting for cars home.
‘The photograph was taken as Paul was saying goodbye to each of us.’
Paul and Alex, who is also a chef, married in 1998, and have a 14-year-old son together, Joshua. It was claimed that Paul, who is worth an estimated £10m, could lose up to £5m of his fortune in the divorce.
Meanwhile, Prue is now happily married with her second husband and she couldn’t resist gushing about him on This Morning: ‘John is my toyboy which is a bit of a joke because he’s 71.
‘We wake up together in my house, he feeds me a cup of tea, feeds the dogs and then goes back to his house.’
‘John is my toyboy’: Meanwhile, Prue is now happily married with her second husband and couldn’t resist gushing over him
Shocking: On a more serious note, Prue revealed she felt ‘suicidal’ after she mistakenly sent out a tweet revealing the winner of the baking competition
‘Bravo Sophie’: The TV star, who had replaced Mary Berry after the programme moved from the BBC to Channel 4, sent the tweet revealing Sophie Faldo had won hours before the finale broadcast
On a more serious note, Prue revealed she felt ‘suicidal’ after she mistakenly sent out a tweet revealing the winner of the baking competition.
The TV star, who had replaced Mary Berry after the programme moved from the BBC to Channel 4, sent the tweet revealing Sophie Faldo had won hours before the finale broadcast.
Speaking during an appearance on This Morning, Prue told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield she was horrified at her mistake.
‘I felt suicidal… Awful. The thing that upset me most was that it would take attention off the winner. And Sophie had worked for this moment for months and months and all the column inches would be about that.’
Prue’s quirky outfit also got viewers talking as she appeared in a full length burgundy robe and bright yellow scarf and matching trousers, with some viewers suggesting she looked like the Dalai Lama while others asked if she was attending a Harry Potter Quidditch match.
Standing out: Prue’s quirky outfit also got viewers talking as she appeared in a full length burgundy robe and bright yellow scarf and matching trousers
Statement: Some viewers suggested she looked like the Dalai Lama while others asked if she was attending a Harry Potter Quidditch match