Popular chef Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, has said some people were not happy with her attempt to break the longest cooking marathon by an individual because they felt she was “too blessed.

The Daily Post reported that Hilda set a new 100-hour non-stop cooking record after breaking the former record holder, India’s Lata Tandon’s 87-hour and 45-minute record.

However, Guinness World Records has yet to certify her; her attempt is currently under review.

But speaking as a guest on the latest episode of the I Said What I Said Podcast, Hilda said many were unhappy with the attempt because they were intimidated by her beauty, skills, and charisma.

She said, “There were a lot of ‘It’s not fair, like, "How can only she be fine, be hot, ah ah?" How can only she have all these things? That’s not how life is.”

On the speculation that she paid for publicity, she said, “The PR that we invested in—how much, how many was it? The kind of earned media that the attempt got, you cannot pay for it. You can’t plan for it, and you can’t pay for it. It’s grace. You can only hope.”