The Celebrity Traitors' Jonathan Ross claims some Faithful co-stars are 'holding a grudge'
The Celebrity Traitors star Jonathan Ross claims some of his cast mates - who played as Faithfuls - are "struggling" to forgive him and his fellow series baddies for 'murdering' and 'banishing' them.
The Celebrity Traitors star Jonathan Ross claims some of his Faithful co-stars are "struggling" to forgive him and his fellow series baddies following the final.
Millions of people tuned in to watch Traitor, 49-year-old comedian Alan Carr, snatch the £87,500 prize pot from Faithful finalists, retired rugby player Joe Marler, 35, writer David Olusoga, 55, and 45-year-old actor Nick Mohammed on November 6.
Broadcaster Jonathan, 64, Alan and 29-year-old singer Cat Burns were the only Traitors throughout the first series of the BBC star-studded version of the ultimate game of backstabbing, deceit and betrayal - which sees the Faithfuls identify and banish the Traitors through voting, while the Traitors try to stay undetected and 'murder' the Faithfuls each night.
And Jonathan says some of the cast members, who played as Faithfuls, are yet to forgive the trio for either 'murdering' or 'banishing' them - months after the show wrapped filming.
He said on the latest episode of his Reel Talk podcast: "I’ve gone on record saying I struggled doing it. It was hard doing it. And those who’ve now seen the final, the emotions you see at the end from someone – I’m not going to name names – you can see how hard we all found it … I think everyone found it.
"It is a bit weird because there are a couple of people from in there – I’m not gonna name names – who do seem to still, not hold a grudge exactly, but still seem to struggle with accepting that it was just a game, and that the lying and accusations that flew around were all part of the game.
"They are nothing to do with who we are, or what we are or, how we interact outside of that hothouse environment. But it is kinda weird."
The star admitted to not knowing why some of the stars were reacting in this way.
He added: "I hate the word ‘triggering’ because it’s such a common word to use now, and I think it’s used too casually.
"But I think when you’re in a stressful situation, you rarely react just because of that situation; there’s almost always other factors that you might not even be aware of – old wounds and fears you might have about how you’re perceived or how you think people see you, or how you think you are acting or whether you’re acting quickly.
"There's so many things I think which can factor in. So you can't pin it down to just one thing. And so I don't think you'll ever know for sure."
Jonathan - who was banished as a Traitor in episode seven after Alan and Cat turned on him - recently said it was "horrible at times" to 'murder' his co-stars so that the Traitors could get their hands on the coveted prize pot at the end of the series.
Appearing on ITV's Good Morning Britain on November 7, he told Entertainment Editor Richard Arnold, 55, as well as anchors Adil Ray, 51, and 58 year old Kate Garraway - who was a Faithful on Celebrity Traitors: "As a Traitor, you'd be speaking to really nice people who you wanted to support in the show, you wanted to make sure they had a good time as well.
"And then you would suspect or you would be fairly certain that they knew it was you, and so you had to then try and engineer ways of getting them out.
"And then you see them standing there being banished because you've been successful, and then you see that they're upset, and to see someone upset when you're sitting there knowing you played a part in it is a horrible feeling, even though it is essential to the game."
