Nick Mohammed will have 'constant worry' if he's named a Faithful on Celebrity Traitors
Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed will be wracked with "constant worry" each night on Celebrity Traitors if he is made a Faithful, so he would prefer to be a Traitor to have "a little bit more control" in the game.
Nick Mohammed will be wracked with "constant worry" each night on Celebrity Traitors if he is made a Faithful.
The Ted Lasso star can't wait to take part in the upcoming star-studded version of the BBC show, dubbed "the ultimate game of deceit and betrayal", in which celebrities will be named Traitors or Faithful.
The Traitors will have the chance to "murder" a Faithful each night, while the Faithful attempt to seek out and banish a Traitor each evening.
But Nick would enjoy being a Traitor because he can have "a little bit more control" in the game.
He said: "There’s a certain thrill of being made a Traitor, of course.
"If I'm a Faithful, I'll have that constant worry each night whether I’ll be murdered.
"You can of course be discovered and banished as a Traitor, but I feel that in the first instance, you're in a little bit more control.
"So, I would enjoy that element to a degree and I'd love to make the final."
Celebrity Traitors host Claudia Winkleman will reveal who the Traitors are by tapping each one on the shoulder while everyone is blindfolded.
But Nick is concerned he will have a giggling fit when all the blindfolds are removed, which could result in some suspicion around him.
He said: "My biggest worry is the moment when the blindfolds are taken off at the start. Because irrespective of whether I’ve been made a Traitor or a Faithful, I’ll struggle not to smile.
"So that is a real, genuine worry."
The Deep Cover star has thought about Celebrity Traitors so much since signing up for the programme he has dreamt about the BBC show.
He said "I’ve thought about it a lot. It was strange watching series three, knowing I was going to be doing it in a few months’ time.
"That was really interesting watching that and seeing how they played but it's always different with a different group of people so you can’t compare or copy what previous players have done.
"I had a couple of dreams about it. One was that I had to do the whole thing in an American accent! That was possibly me remembering Charlotte and her faked Welsh accent."
Asked if he has a strategy, he said: "Not really. I think I’ll just try and be quite easy breezy in the first instance.
"Because, you know, people are going to go right from the off.
"A little further down the line you can maybe start considering strategy - and it also depends on whether I’m made a Traitor or a Faithful."
The Celebrity Traitors stars - who also include actors Stephen Fry and Celia Imrie, comedian Alan Carr, singer Charlotte Church, and TV presenters Jonathan Ross and Kate Garraway - are playing for a potential cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.
Celebrity Traitors launches on Wednesday 8th October 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer. There will be two episodes per week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
