John Whaite for Strictly Come Dancing 2021 / BBC
Former The Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite has revealed that he almost died in a car crash earlier this week.
The 36-year-old – also a finalist on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 – told his Instagram followers that he had been hit by an “idiot” while crossing the road.
He wrote: “Last night I got run over (seriously). I rolled up the bonnet damaging it and the windscreen, before splatting onto the road and crawling to the pavement where some angel of a human threw his coat around me and waited with me for an ambulance.”
“I’ve been scanned and poked and prodded and I’m ok,” he added. “Still gay though.”
The new series of The Great British Bake Off is being filmed this Spring for broadcast on Channel 4 later in 2026.
