It started with contestant Diana removing Iain's baked Alaska from the freezer while it was setting.
Iain was not impressed by this at all.
Diana then said this.
OH MY GOD.
How can you take somebody's ice cream out of the freezer? Not only should she be eliminated for that, she should also be arrested. #gbbo
So then, impulsively, Iain threw his cake in the bin.
This was Diana's reaction.
The British immediately jumped to conclusions.
SABOTAGE #gbbo
That is the most emotion I've felt watching TV in ages. The PURE HATE you would feel for the person who sabotaged your Baked Alaska #gbbo
Iain then left the tent and was very sad on a hill.
It gets worse. Diana presented her Alaska swan.
I'd have thrown her fuckin swan on the floor if I was Iain #GBBO
Well. I know who ISNT MY FAVOURITE NOW #GBBO
YOU CAN SHOVE YOUR MERINGUE SWAN UP YOUR ARSE, DIANA. #GBBO
Iain, meanwhile, was forced to present his bin.
This is just too much.
It gets WORSE. Iain was last place and had to leave.
At the end of the day Mary & I need something to judge, it's not about melted ice cream but about what's presented to US... #bingate
THE BRITISH PUBLIC EXPLODED.
ARE YOU KIDDING IM SO FRUSTRATED IT WASNT HIS FAULT SHE TOOK HIS ICE CREAM OUT THE FRIDGE HOW !? #gbbo
Diana should have publicly apologised and not just stood there polishing her bloody WI badge and whistling #gbbo
The ice cream sabotage is more controversial than the great custard theft of 2013. #gbbo
Even though Sue Perkins made this point.
Iain's Alaska was out of the freezer for 40 secs. That's it. No sabotage. 40 secs of normal temp would NOT be enough to reduce it to liquid
Even Wikipedia got involved.
Ha ha ha - just checked out the Wikipedia page for #GBBO. #bringIainback
There's even a campaign, #JusticeForIain.
Please RT if you believe in #justiceforIain @iain_watters #GBBO @BritishBakeOff #dirtydiana
Even Iain himself tried to calm things down.
THANK YOU @BritishBakeOff it's been truly EPIC. What can I say guys - I had a #MELTDOWN. Thanks for the support. #BINCIDENT #GBBO
Our final thought?
The beautiful myth of #GBBO as a safe, delicious space, away from cruel competition has been shattered. :( IS NOT EVEN GBBO SAFE FROM 2014?!
Also remember this.
Diana, speaking to Free Radio, claimed "it didn't happen like that", and that the cake "was not out of the freezer for more than 40 seconds". She blames bad editing, and says Iain doesn't blame her at all for it.
The Telegraph reports that Diana has quit the show – although for reasons of illness, not because of the Bincident, according to the BBC. The show was filmed months ago, so her departure was unlikely to have anything to do with the national outrage over the melting cake. It does, however, raise the possibility of a dramatic return for Iain.