{"id":415,"date":"2020-11-04T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=88314"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:05:31","slug":"gbbo-whats-happened-to-prue-leiths-voice-fans-worry-about-bake-off-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/11\/04\/gbbo-whats-happened-to-prue-leiths-voice-fans-worry-about-bake-off-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"GBBO fans share their concern on Prue Leith&#8217;s voice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Prue Leith is one of the main Bake Off judges, alongside Paul Hollywood. But fans think something has happened to Prue&#8217;s voice<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has tasted and tried baker&#8217;s cakes, biscuits and pastries since joining <em>The Great British Bake Off<\/em> in 2017, replacing Mary Berry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renowned chef also regularly sets contestants with a technical challenge during every episode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when doing so, fans have noticed that her voice has changed. So has anything happened to Prue&#8217;s voice? If so, what&#8217;s caused the change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fans react to Prue&#8217;s voice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During the current 4th series, viewers have begun noticing that Prue&#8217;s voice sounds like she is &#8220;always losing her voice&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One fan wrote: &#8220;What&#8217;s happened to Prue Leith&#8217;s voice? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GBBO?src=hashtag_click\" rel=\"nofollow\">#GBBO<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While another viewer said: &#8220;Does Prue Leith of GBBS have a medical issue that affects her voice? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;She so often sounds as if she has trouble speaking&#8211;her voice is breathless, gravelly, very weak.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaTurney1\/status\/1323721050006474753\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tlc\/90-day-fiance\/what-happened-to-geoffrey-and-varya-on-90-day-fiance\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>90 DAY FIANCE:<\/strong><\/a> What happened to Geoffrey and Varya? 2020 updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When did viewers notice Prue&#8217;s voice?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of fans say they&#8217;ve been wondering what has happened to her voice for the last 2 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However Prue has not publicly spoken out about any changes in her voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One viewer said: &#8220;I hope she has had it checked.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/bbc\/who-is-joe-crowley-from-countryfile-meet-the-presenter-and-dad-of-one\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BBC:<\/strong><\/a> Who is Joe Crowley from Countryfile? Meet the presenter!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Has anything happened to Prue&#8217;s voice?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the time of writing, there have been no confirmations that anything has happened to Prue&#8217;s voice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in Bake Off&#8217;s 2019 series it was reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/1170553\/Prue-Leith-Great-British-Bake-Off-2019-age-health-fall-news-latest-update\" rel=\"nofollow\">Express<\/a> that Prue had been dealing with a fall she had two years prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said it has taken a long time to recover and that her main worry is the fall happening again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise, the change in her voice could be related to Prue&#8217;s age, as she turned 80 years old in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/ukhealthcare.uky.edu\/wellness-community\/blog\/feeling-hoarse-you-get-older-heres-how-protect-your-voice#:~:text=As%20you%20grow%20older%2C%20you,voice%20getting%20tired%20or%20hoarse.&amp;text=These%20changes%20can%20be%20due,folds)%20which%20is%20called%20presbylarynges.\" rel=\"nofollow\">UK Healthcare<\/a>, as you grow older, you may not be able to talk all day without&nbsp;your voice&nbsp;getting tired or hoarse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBvVTT5FF7-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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