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Richard E Grant says he did not expect Traitors contestants to believe his confession
Actor Richard E Grant was chosen as a Traitor on The Celebrity Traitors, the TV game in which contestants deceive one another.
Early in the series, he told fellow contestant Joe Lycett that he was a Traitor.
Grant says he thought the confession would be treated as a joke, but the other players believed him.
They voted him out at the roundtable, making him the first contestant to leave.
Grant later said he should have made light of what he had said, though he was unsure that would have helped.
He also described the show's isolation, including no internet access and not being told the time.
He says he has chosen not to watch his appearance because watching himself in an unscripted show feels uncomfortable.
Richard E Grant said he did not expect fellow contestants on The Celebrity Traitors to believe his confession that he was a Traitor.
He revealed his role soon after being selected, then became the first contestant banished from the series.
Grant said he thought the group would take his admission as a joke.
He described the show’s isolated conditions as making contestants feel “institutionalised” and “infantilised”.
Grant said he has chosen not to watch his appearance because watching himself unscripted is uncomfortable.
- Who
- Richard E Grant, an actor and contestant on The Celebrity Traitors.
- What
- He said he did not expect other contestants to take his confession that he was a Traitor seriously.
- When
- During the opening episode of the latest series; he later discussed it on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
- Where
- On The Celebrity Traitors. He discussed the incident on the BBC programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
- Why
- He thought the contestants would see his admission as a joke.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I never thought they would take me seriously
You are so institutionalised in that thing within 24 hours, because you are isolate, kept in a room, there is a guard outside your door, your food is delivered and there’s no internet access, so you are kind of shut down.
I think you’ve done something that’s never been done in the game. It’s a bold strategy.
It was a completely catastrophically idiotic thing to do. I can only imagine the faces of the producers looking at each other and mouthing ‘he said what?!’.
Grant was selected as a Traitor and soon admitted his role to fellow contestants.
Grant was voted off, becoming the first contestant banished.
Grant discussed his mistake on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, according to the Guardian.
The Independent published an account of Grant’s comments about the confession.
- Contestant
- Richard E Grant
- Programme
- The Celebrity Traitors
- Role
- Traitor
- First banished
- Richard E Grant
- Interview programme
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sources
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