Why I’m a flop in bread, by Bake Off Louis
IF YOU’RE thinking of having a few quid on Louis Theroux rising to the top in the next Celebrity Bake Off – it might be an idea to keep your money in your pocket.
The documentary maker will compete against comedians Jenny Eclair and Russell Howard and Love Island star Ovie Soko in the competition, which starts on Channel 4 next Tuesday.
But sadly for all his fans, he admits he is far better at eating cakes than making them or baking bread. He said: “I can follow a recipe but I don’t bake very often and I don’t have much experience.
“I’ve done a few little things – brownies, banana bread, flapjacks, one or two other things but basically that’s it.
“I only vaguely know how much I don’t know. I’ve made cupcakes but I don’t think I’ve ever made a full-size cake.”
Theroux has revealed Tom Cruise sent cupcakes to his grandmother for her 100th birthday.
And he told how he had always wondered if there was a link between this and Scientology.
Hollywood star Cruise is the most high-profile member of the controversial religion which was the subject of Theroux’s film My Scientology Movie.
He said: “I think he’s a guy who’s incredibly proactive about being friendly.
“What it means concretely is that if it’s your birthday, he sends you cupcakes. I don’t think he makes the cupcakes, I think he’s got a person who makes beautiful cupcakes.
“Or if it’s the birthday of someone very close to you. I think that’s what it means.
“But I have to admit, he didn’t send me any cupcakes, he sent them to my granny, and that was only because my cousin Justin, who’s an actor, wrote Tropic Thunder, which Tom Cruise was in.
“So I think, after that, they became friendly and then Justin mentioned to Tom that it was our granny’s 100th birthday.
And Tom sent her cakes when she turned 100.
“But I was wondering whether there’s a link with Scientology?
Whether you get to some level where you get a certain power over cupcakes?
“But I’ve read quite a lot about Dianetics and Scientology, and I don’t remember anything about cupcakes.”