The Traitors star Harriet admits her 'game plan blew up'
The Traitors star Harriet has opened up on how her "game plan blew up" early on in the castle.
The Traitors star Harriet has admitted her "game plan blew up" in the castle.
The 52-year-old crime writer and former barrister was the latest person to leave the dramatic BBC game show on Wednesday's (14.01.26) episode after she laid out her suspicions against Traitor Rachel, before shocking everyone by sacrificing herself at the roundtable in an attempt to convince her fellow players she was correct.
Harriet has revealed she went into the castle wanting to fly under the radar, but helping banish Traitor Hugo early in the game, and her clash with Rachel, meant that wasn't the case.
She told the BBC: "My game plan blew up but it is what they say it is… ‘Everyone's got a plan until someone punches them in the face’.
"The idea was to go in as the nice lady with the jumper who was not a published author.
"Not too much on anyone's radar - the invisibility cloak of the middle-aged woman and just try and keep my head down and watch what was going on.
"Unfortunately, because of Hugo, I was triggered into action there. I was then able to merge back relatively easily from that which surprised me because people weren't being observant enough.
"They should have killed me when they had the chance. So, until the Smoke and Mirrors Mission, I think it was working very well, but it was hard to allow myself to be underestimated consistently."
During the Smoke and Mirrors mission, she was able to ask Traitors Stephen and Rachel two questions, and used the opportunity to make it clear she knew the latter was there.
She admitted: "In my mind this was an exercise in sharing my hand rather than paying any attention to what they said.
"I was impressed when they said ‘take her’ about the Rachel question. I felt that that was very smart because it did get into my head.
"You can imagine having made such a grand stand against Rachel that of course afterwards I thought my God, I hope I got this right because I could so easily have been so hugely mistaken."
When she brought her suspicions to the roundtable, Harriet realised the tide was turning against her, with Matthew leading the charge.
She said: "It was the first time I'd been under suspicion in two weeks, and I didn't like the feeling.
"I was a very useful distraction for the Traitors, so I would be kept in this state of having my wings pulled off.
"It just became clear that the kamikaze departure was the way to do it. Suddenly all the tension left me, and it was a relief after so much high emotion."
