Danny Dyer has signed up for 'The Great British Bake Off'.
Danny Dyer has signed up for Celebrity Bake Off
The former 'EastEnders' star previously insisted he couldn't take part in the celebrity baking contest - which raises money for Stand Up To Cancer - because he'd embarrassed himself in front of original judge Mary Berry, but he's agreed to put his culinary skills on the line in front of current panel Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre TV column: “Danny once said he could never go on the show because he got rather drunk at a bash and when he met former judge Mary Berry, he licked her ear.
“It’s something which he was later mortified by, though no doubt her fellow judge on the show, Paul Hollywood, thought it was hilarious.
“But Paul is likely to ensure Danny doesn’t get up to any similar mischief on the 'Celeb Bake Off' — he doesn’t want to offer a Hollywood handshake only to have the actor reciprocate with an appreciative lick.”
Danny recently admitted he was "very nervous" to leave 'EastEnders' after nine years playing Mick Carter and was wary of how it would feel to play someone else after being offered the role of Steve Cameron in Australian drama 'Heat'.
He said of 'Heat': "It was a job that came up towards the end of my run at 'EastEnders'. It was a huge decision and I didn’t know if I had made the right one.
"'EastEnders' has been such a huge part of my life - the people there and the security it brings. Then this job came up and I thought, ‘OK, this is the start of my new chapter.’ But I was very nervous.
“I hadn’t done any other acting jobs for nine years. I did other stuff, like The Wall, but this is standing on my own two feet, being the lead on something else.
“I literally wrapped on Tuesday at 'EastEnders'. I went home, I got my suitcase, I packed a bag and left the next day to go to Australia. I was straight in the deep end."
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