Bake Off star Sandi Toksvig shocked at reaction to her Abba wedding role

Former Bake Off host Sandi Toksvig stunned everyone when she was seen officiating at Abba star Bjorn Ulvaeus' wedding to Christina Sas and spoke about it on Good Morning Britain

Shocked Sandi Toksvig had no idea that pictures of her officiating at the wedding of Abba star Bjorn Ulvaeus would be shared with the world.

The music legend, 79, tied the knot for a third time last month when he married Christina Sas, who he met in September 2021. Sandi was dressed in a full priest-like outfit, and snaps of the star were made public - not that she knew anything about it.

He posted photos from the day, one of which shows the QI host dressed in a red and gold robe as she conducted the ceremony. Sandi told ITV’s Good Morning Britain earlier today: “So I first of all did not know it was going to be publicly known.

“So Bjorn is my friend, and he phoned me up and said, ‘Sandy, you would come to my wedding’. I said ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘You will do the wedding’. I said, ‘In what sense?’ And then I thought, I don’t know what to wear, because I’ve never done a wedding before, and so I found a shop online… so I could look the part.

“It was only about 120 people and it really was friends and family, but.. that picture, it made the front cover of the (Indian English-language paper The) Hindustan Times, I feel I’ve arrived. I promise you, it was because we’re friends,” she added.

Ulvaeus was previously married to his fellow Abba member Agnetha Faltskog before they divorced in 1980. He then was married to Lena Kallersjo from 1981 until they separated around two years ago. Toksvig was also asked by GMB about being “the first female presenter of a British mainstream comedy panel show” when she took on QI in 2016.

She responded saying: “Where is the late night chat show host? I don’t know if they think women can’t stay up late or something, I don’t know what they think, we’ve got too many chores to do in the house.” Sandi, a former The Great British Bake Off host, also said that she was “unusual” to be 66, and fronting a TV show. “There’s a huge way to go,” she added.

The 66-year-old TV star, who has been entertaining the nation for decades, joined the show in 2017 but said she "wasn't happy" behind the scenes at Bake Off, despite her happy demeanour on-screen. Sandi was replaced by Little Britain star Matt Lucas, who has now been replaced by This Morning host Alison Hammond.

In an interview with The Times, she brutally said she 'didn't enjoy' the process. She explained: "It's not for me. I walked away from the biggest paycheque of my life, but that's fine. I'd never watched it. I still haven't watched it. I didn't understand it." She continued: "Cakes are readily available in the shops. I didn't enjoy the process. There was this showbiz thing you'd made it with Bake Off, it was a big show, getting a lot of attention."

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