Ex-Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley has found herself embroiled in an “utterly bizarre” row with Three Little Birds Bakery over a request for free cakes. The bakery, located in Keighley, West Yorkshire, received a proposal from an events agency to create a cake and 100 cupcakes for the birthday of an unnamed “well-known” celebrity. Subsequently, it was revealed that the celebrity in question was Tyldesley.
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In return for the cake and cupcakes, the events agency offered to promote the bakery on social media and in OK! magazine. However, the bakery declined the offer, with owner Rebecca Severs asserting that “exposure on Instagram” wouldn’t cover their expenses or feed her staff’s families. In a post shared on social media, the bakery expressed disappointment at the celebrity’s alleged inability to compensate small businesses and questioned the concept of “women supporting women.
