Cakegate: Bakery proprietor thanks supporters for ‘solidarity’ after row with ex-Coronation Street star

The bakery proprietor embroiled within the so-called “cakegate” social media row has thanked supporters for his or her “solidarity”.

Rebecca Severs expressed her gratitude after folks backed her resolution to not give an unidentified “well-known” movie star – later revealed to be ex-Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley – free cake in change for promotion on social media and in OK! journal.

Tyldesley posted an Instagram story claiming she had “no idea” emails had been being despatched requesting a cake and 100 cupcakes for her birthday.

The 39-year-old actress branded the row “utterly bizarre” and referred to it as “cakegate”, earlier than having a dig at Ms Severs, saying: “I hope the cake lady got the exposure she was craving.”

However social media customers seem to have sided with the bakery proprietor.

Ms Severs, who runs the Three Little Birds bakery in Keighley, West Yorkshire, stated on her Instagram tales that she did not have time to answer to all of the “amazing” messages one after the other, including: “Please know that knowing how much solidarity is out there for small business is incredible – and every message of support means a lot!”

She wrote: “We are getting a great deal of beautiful messages from individuals who wish to help us by shopping for desserts however stay distant.

“That’s awesome – please just pass on your custom to your nearest small businesses!”

“Not everyone is as mouthy as me but we all need to pay the rent,” she urged her followers.

Ms Severs additionally shared a put up with a “folklore” cake design for her daughter, Isla, impressed by singer Taylor Swift, which appeared to make gentle of the social media drama.

“We might actually love Taylor Swift so much that she’d get a free cake,” the caption stated.

One individual responded that the Shake It Off star would “probably pay for her cake given the bonuses she just gave her crew” – amid experiences she handed greater than $55m (about £43m) to performers and crew engaged on her Eras tour.

Another follower stated: “No free cakes, let them ALL pay!”

On different posts, dozens of individuals stated they had been now following the bakery after studying widespread media protection of the cakegate row.

One individual commented: “I saw your story in the news and I had to come on [and] follow you, well done for sticking up for yourself and saying no.”

Another added: “So many of us who aren’t anywhere near being geographically close to you are in full support of you!

“Good luck in all the things you do, the arduous work you have put in actually reveals and every cake is a masterpiece!”

The social media backlash in opposition to Tyldesley occurred after Ms Severs shared her response to an e-mail from an occasions company asking for cake in change for promotion on-line.

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The bakery proprietor wrote: “I’m so sorry to hear that your client has fallen on such hard times they can’t afford to pay small businesses for their products.

“Unfortunately as my mortgage supplier does not take fee ‘within the type of promotion on their socials’ and my workers cannot feed their children with publicity on Instagram, I’ll have to say no your very beneficiant supply.”

Tyldesley insisted she was not working with OK! magazine and named the agency as NVRLND, describing it as an “wonderful” company.

She said they had been “fully misrepresented on this matter.”

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