Prue Leith and the Great British Balls-Up – the funniest reactions (no spoilers!)

So Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has rather spoiled tonight’s final for some people by accidentally tweeting the winner.

We won’t reveal who it was here – you can find it if you really want to – but there was no shortage of sympathy, understanding, and downright piss-taking on Twitter. Here’s the best of it.

1.

Prue Leith told @PA she is "in too much of a state" to talk about the tweet and she sent it at the wrong time because she is in Bhutan 🙁

— Helena Horton (@horton_official) October 31, 2017

2.

https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/925323086127423488

3.

Mary Berry would not be tweeting from Bhutan. Mary would be in Buckinghamshire with a landline telephone, making a fish pie

— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) October 31, 2017

4.

Here’s someone employing the Kevin Spacey defence.

https://twitter.com/Tweet_Dec/status/925319768487407617

5.

When you finally work out Prue Leith's Twitter password pic.twitter.com/XhwUW1IsMX

— Alex Finnis (@AlexFinnis) October 31, 2017

6.

Accidentally tweeting the winner of Bake Off cos you can't get the hang of Bhutan time zones is the most middle class thing I can think of

— Camilla Long (@camillalong) October 31, 2017

7.

Mary Berry’s reaction to Prue Leith revealing the winner of Bake Off early. #GBBOFinal pic.twitter.com/LhrROfoEaR

— Elliot Gonzalez (@elliot_gonzalez) October 31, 2017

8.

Pruedunnit? That is the question #GBBOFinal

— Leon Watson (@LeonWatson) October 31, 2017

9.

https://twitter.com/Pete_Allison/status/925315267869147136

10.

Channel 4: The risk we took on Great British Bake Off has paid off big time. This series has gone perfectly.
Prue Leith: Hold my spatula…

— MostDeaf (@SnoozeActive) October 31, 2017

11.

"Where is Bhutan? Do we have someone in Bhutan?" – the sound of daily newsdesks trying to get the Prue Leith exclusive

— Ned Donovan (@Ned_Donovan) October 31, 2017

Even though Leith (or her social media team) quickly deleted it, some members of the press ensured maximum damage by cutting and pasting her tweet and retweeting it. Nice one, my Sun.

Here’s what people thought of that.

I don't care. If you tweeted what apparently was slipped as the winner, you are a dick and deserve all the hate.

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) October 31, 2017