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Coronation Street Star Catherine Tyldesley Slams Baker For Refusing To Make 100 Cakes In Return For Exposure
Catherine Tyldesley has hit back at the bakery owner while stating she had no idea those emails were being sent.
This week, a baker left Facebook divided after she posted a screenshot of an email exchange between her bakery and a PR company that represented a popular celebrity asking for a cake for her 40th birthday in September. The celebrity who turned out to be Catherine Tyldesley requested 100 cupcakes and an extra smaller birthday cake for her husband.
Now, Catherine Tyldesley herself has hit back at the founder of Three Little Birds Bakery, while stating she had no idea those emails were being sent.
The email posted on Facebook by Rebecca this week, read: ‘We are organizing a 40th Birthday Party for a well-known celebrity on the 1st of September 2023 in Manchester. In return for being a supplier for the event, payment would be made in the form of promotion on their socials with over 700K followers, as well as promoted on OK Magazine.’
The email added, ‘They will be crediting all the suppliers on these platforms. ‘The party has a guest list full of celebrities and industry people from tv/film and music, so loads of work would come from it.’
It also highlighted that the birthday theme has been designed with ‘pinks, sparkles and a touch of flamingos’. They then requested one birthday cake with the theme ‘camp as tits’, as well as 100 cupcakes. Finally, they asked for another, smaller, birthday cake because ‘it’s actually her husband’s birthday that day and we wanted to surprise him.’ Photographer Tom Pitfield is said will turn 37 on the day of the Manchester bash.
In return, the small bakery would reportedly be rewarded ‘in the form of promotion on their [the celeb’s] socials with over 700k followers, as well as promoted in OK Magazine,’ while the party promised ‘a guest lists full of celebrities and industry people from TV/film and music, so loads of work would come from it’. As Severs [pictured below] posted the email, she then wrote ‘This poor celebrity apparently can’t afford to pay people for their products and services. Spare a thought! What happened to women supporting women.’
Hitting back at the baker, Catherine Tyldesley gave a thumbs up to the camera as she said, ‘Utterly bizarre. I don’t really know what to say. I mean I hope the cake lady got the exposure she was craving.’
The response comes as Catherine had shared a post claiming she wasn’t due to have a 40th birthday party.
As she begins the video, the actress said: ‘Cake gate! WHAT!’ So, I had no idea those emails were being sent. I’m not working with the lovely Ok magazine on anything that I’m aware of and NVRLND is an amazing company. They’ve supplied me with performers in the past. They’re insane and they’ve been completely misrepresented in this matter.’
Catherine went on to brand the scandal ‘utterly bizarre’ and opined that Rebecca was ‘seeking exposure’ with her Facebook post sharing the email.
Severs, 37, had no idea it was the former Strictly star she would be providing for but it mattered not. So far, she has been met with a wave of support for the post, with one writing, ‘Best response! Good for sticking to your guns!’ Another added: ‘Good for you!’ A third wrote: ‘Love it!’ A fourth commented: ‘Got yourself a new follower here, purely because this response is exactly the level of business-like sarcasm I aspire to. Fab response.’
Another person wrote: ‘We have this a lot. Influencers are very frustrating and most expect everything for free. ‘It happens more often than people know. As you say, exposure doesn’t pay the mortgage.’ In an update, the bakery put another post up saying they have now been ‘threatened’ with legal action and added: ‘I’ve now been threatened with legal action by….as a response to this post which they say is encouraging defamation of their business.’
The bakery’s Facebook page also shared: ‘Hi to all our new followers. We deal in delicious cakes and a generous side of sarcasm when necessary. We are getting a massive amount of phone calls, emails, and messages as a result of the media coverage of the news story that is us refusing to work for heart emojis. We are blown away by all your support and so happy to see that so many other people agree that small business shouldn’t be taken advantage of!’
And speaking to local station Rombalds Radio, Rebecca said: ‘It’s really important to highlight the issue of small businesses, especially in female-dominant industries, not earning a fair wage for their time and skill, especially in the cost-of-living crisis we are experiencing.’ However, a different cake baker, told DailyMail they had also been passed on the opportunity to make cakes for the same party planners. The business owner confirmed the request was also for Tyldesley’s 40th birthday.
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