Stacey Solomon cruelly trolled over Bake Off debut as she’s supported by famous pal and fans

STACEY Solomon's famous friend and army of fans have rallied round after she made her Bake Off debut.

The Loose Women star, 32, has landed a presenting gig on Channel 4's new series of Bake Off: The Professionals.

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Stacey has taken over from Tom Allen and is now co-hosting the GBBO spin-off show with Liam Charles.

But within minutes of making her first appearance, cruel trolls came out of the woodwork and began slating her.

This is despite Stacey making a funny quip about eating all the cakes, before going on to kindly comfort a contestant after his showstopper collapsed.

One mean viewer tweeted: "How to ruin a great show .... bring on Stacey Solomon."

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Another cruelly chimed in: "Oh f*** off Stacey Solomon I used to enjoy bake off the professionals."

And a third ranted: "No no no what have you done i can't watch this with stacey to me her voice is like nails on a chalkboard #ruined."

But Stacey's huge army of backers were quick to defend the mum-of-four, especially as she had admitted to being nervous before the show aired.

One shot back: "Well, Stacey can stay. She's a sweetheart. Lovely to see #GBBO back!"

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Another added: "Stacey Solomon makes any show ten times better!"

And in a plea to show bosses, one even asked: ";Please can Stacey Solomon replace Matt Lucas on the main show?"

Stacey's best friend, cleaning queen Mrs Hinch - aka Sophie Hinchliffe - also showed her 4.5million followers which team she was on.

Posting on Instagram, Sophie shared a touching picture of herself holding hands with Stacey while watching a clip of the baking show in the back of a car.

She wrote: "Bake of time. Proud." Sophie also added a little white heart.

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But one pair of hopefuls have already been sent packing.

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Emanuele and Mariola - who work at London's exclusive members' haunt Club Eight - were sent home at the end of the first episode.

The chefs had made an impressive treacle tart showstopper out of sugar, but it smashed to the floor with just minutes to go.

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