Great British Bake Off host Sandi Toksvig insists no co-star is paid more than her — not even Paul Hollywood
GREAT British Bake Off host Sandi Toksvig insists no co-star is paid more than her — not even Paul Hollywood.
Sandi, 59, who joined last year when it moved from BBC1 to Channel 4, said: “I’ve had it in my contract.
“On my show, nobody’s being paid more than me. I don’t ask what they’re being paid — I just make sure they’re not getting more than me.
“Fortunately, I’m not in charge of negotiations. I have a wonderful agent, so I leave it to her.”
Judge Paul, 51, was offered £1.2million — four times his BBC pay — to stay with the show when Love Productions sold the format to Channel 4 for £75million.
Ex-judge Mary Berry, 82, stood by the Beeb and was replaced by Prue Leith, 77. Comic Noel Fielding, 44, also joined with Sandi.
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With the gender pay gap and sexual harassment in the news Sandi, who also hosts BBC comedy quiz QI, spoke out about workplace discrimination.
She said: “It’s just great people are talking about it.
“All I hope is it’s not just a news story for a brief moment and then it disappears and we go back to old ways. I don’t think we will, but there’s still work to do.”
