‘It’s a no brainer!’: Bake Off judge Prue Leith, 80, candidly admits she thinks we SHOULD be saving the young over the old amid coronavirus pandemic
Prue Leith has candidly admitted she believes it is more important to save the young over the old during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Great British Bake Off judge, 80, who confessed she isn’t afraid to die, said that the choice between the two is a ‘no brainer’ during a recent interview.
When speaking on the ‘Fortunately… with Fi and Jane’ podcast, Prue said: ‘If there’s a choice between a 20 year old dying and an 80 year old dying… it’s a no brainer’.
‘No brainer’: Prue Leith candidly expressed that she believes it is more important to save the young over the old during the coronavirus pandemic, describing it as ‘a no brainer’
The chef continued: ‘I am quite philosophical. I’ve had quite a lucky life. I’ve had two happy marriages, two wonderful children.
‘If I was knocked over by a bus tomorrow, it would be a fair cop, I’ve had wonderful life and it would be ridiculous to expect it to go on like this forever.
‘If I was knocked out by this virus it would be a surprise because I’m fairly resilient and I tend to throw things off quickly but you know what, we’re going to die anyway.
Honest: The Great British Bake Off judge, 80, who confessed she isn’t afraid to die, said that the choice between the two is a ‘no brainer’ during a recent interview
Prue also revealed that she is ignoring government advice to have a night or two off drinking and enjoys a glass of wine or two every evening.
The mum-of-two shared: ‘I don’t go a single evening without a glass of wine, in fact a good two glasses of wine.’
‘I’m usually quite busy until about 6.30pm but if I haven’t got a drink in my hand by 7pm I start thinking it’s definitely time.
When speaking on the ‘Fortunately… with Fi and Jane’ podcast, Prue said: ‘If there’s a choice between a 20 year old dying and an 80 year old dying… it’s a no brainer’
‘It’s always been like that. When my children were little I used to battle to get them into bed by 7pm.’
Prue, who puts forward a good case for drinking a glass of wine every night, looks incredible for her age.
However, despite being in great health and continuing to work, the TV judge fights hard to campaign for ‘dignity of dying.’
She said: ‘I’m not frightened of dying, what I’m frightened of is the process of it.
Legend: The mum-of-two shared: ‘I don’t go a single evening without a glass of wine, in fact a good two glasses of wine. It’s always been like that. When my children were little I used to battle to get them into bed by 7pm’ (pictured with her daughter)
‘I don’t want a horrible, painful, distressing death. I think that’s the terrible thing about what Covid has done – this business of not being able to die with your family around you and not being able to lie in some degree of comfort.
‘I think even if you are allowed in to see your love ones with a mask and perspex screen in front of you and looking like an alien and if your mother is a bit senile or confused – how terrible for them.
‘But you know, occasionally these terrible things happen to the world like war or pestilence and because we live such comfortable lives mostly we are tremendously shocked when it happens but every hundred years or so this sort of thing does happen.’
Baking queen: Despite being in great health and continuing to work, the TV judge fights hard to campaign for ‘dignity of dying’