Why Did Mary Berry Leave ‘GBBO’? Her Exit Was Controversial

In response to her fellow judge Paul Hollywood’s decision to remain on GBBO, Mary declared that she would always “stand by him,” but also added, “Paul and I had our differences about what was important to us.”

Paul explained why he was returning to the show in a statement of his own. “It’s been a huge part of my life in the past few years and I just couldn’t turn my back on all that,” Paul shared. He later went on to thank Mary in a tweet.