GREAT British Bake Off winner Georgina Grasso has revealed her “frightening” health diagnosis, and told fans that she has “no control over anything” she’s doing.
The star, who shot to fame in 2024 when she won the hit Channel 4 show, has been open and honest about her mental health in the past, and has now given a candid update.
Great British Bake Off winner Georgina Grasso has updated fans on her new health diagnosis Credit: instagram
Georgina was crowned the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2024 Credit: Channel 4 / Mark Bourdillon
Sharing a slew of slides, which showed her in various moments of her day-to-day life, Georgina wrote on the first two photos: “Turns out I don’t have ADHD.. I have bipolar 2 +autism.”
In the pictures that followed, she shared the story of how she was led to her new health diagnosis.
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“It has come as a shock, it feels scary; and it’s taking me a while to absorb, and I didn’t think it would. My doctor mentioned last year that he thinks it could be, but I thought there’s no way.” the baker wrote.
“I’ve spent years researching about ADHD, I know next to nothing about bipolar: I feel like I’m not sure who I am right now, and scared to be judged even more so now.”
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After talking about how her condition also makes it hard for her to work or concentrate, Georgina wrote: “Right now, I don’t think I want to go into the depths of my really bad periods of highs and lows.
“1 am starting new medication and really hope I can be “stable” and be able to work and create with consistency.
The TV star opened up about being diagnosed with bipolar2 Credit: instagram
Georgina was overcome with emotion when she was crowned winner of Bake Off two years ago Credit: Channel 4
“They come with side effects which do worry me, but I hope the benefits outweigh them.”
The TV star also thanked her fans for their “support” in her journey.
Georgina won over an army of fans when she beat Christiaan De Vries and Dylan Bachelet to scoop the Bake Off crown two years ago.
The star baker wowed judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with her three tier lemon and elderflower hanging cake in the tense final.
Reacting to her win at the time, Georgie admitted: “Being the first Welsh baker in the final was a massive achievement in itself, so to have won it is just the best feeling in the world.
“The fact that I did it for Wales was amazing, it felt so surreal and my legs went to jelly.”
The competitor couldn’t help but get emotional after she was handed the coveted glass cake stand by the judges.
“I have always been so self doubtful,” she shared. “I have got this and that wrong with me and think I can’t do it, and you make excuses.
“For once I thought I am just going to go for it and put my everything into it. Working all hours and I sacrificed time with the kids and the family.”
