Celebrity Traitors star Joe Marler to release a book
Celebrity Traitors star Joe Marler has written a book and admitted it feels "pretty irresponsible".
Joe Marler has written a new book and admitted it feels "pretty irresponsible".
The Celebrity Traitors star is sharing his thoughts on life and giving his opinion on subjects such as space, evolution, the paranormal and artificial intelligence - and the former rugby player joked the project came about because he has too much time on his hands since retiring from the sport.
According to The Sun newspaper, he said: "I’ve written a book ... which actually feels pretty irresponsible, if I’m honest.
"It’s about what happens to a man in retirement when he’s got too much thinking time."
Joe's new book is due to be published on September 24.
He previously lifted the lid on his life in rugby in his 2020 memoir Loose Head: Confessions of an (un)professional rugby player. The new book will focus on his life after retirement including his stint on The Celebrity Traitors last year.
It comes after Joe admitted he's got no plans to accept any big money offers to take part in more reality TV shows after his successful stint at Ardross Castle - declaring he will turn down offers to do Strictly Come Dancing and I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!
Joe, 35, told Metro newspaper: "People have asked me, but I'm not doing Strictly because I can't dance. And I'm not doing I'm A Celeb because I'm claustrophobic, and I also get really hungry, so I'd be a nightmare in there."
Instead of the BBC Latin and Ballroom dance competition and the ITV jungle survival show, Joe is keen to do a TV show with his Celebrity Traitors co-star, 45-year-old comedian Nick Mohammed.
Joe joked: "But I'm still very much just a retired rugby player trying to pay off his mortgage."
Faithful Nick banished fellow goodie Joe in the final of Celebrity Traitors - which aired on November 6 - and it took weeks after filming for the programme wrapped for the pair to discuss it. Speaking about that moment in the ultimate game of backstabbing, deceit and betrayal, Joe said: "It wasn't for a couple of weeks that I got to properly debrief with Nick. "I was like, 'What changed, mate - I thought we were going for it?' And it turns out I was just a little bit creepy."
And Joe has no hard feelings about Nick.
Joe added: "But I love Nick to bits - it's all part of the game, and we're still really good friends now. It was great fun."
The sportsman correctly told Nick and fellow Faithful, writer David Olusoga, 55, that the two other finalists, comedian Alan Carr, 49, and singer Cat Burns, 25, were Traitors.
Nick and David believed Cat was, causing her to be uncovered as a Traitor at the final hurdle, but the pair incorrectly thought Alan was a Faithful.
Sadly, they guessed wrong, and Alan won the £87,500 jackpot, which he donated to Neuroblastoma UK.
On reflection, Joe described the Celebrity Traitors experience as "wild" and "a little bit overwhelming" at times.
He added: "I remember turning to my wife once the final had been broadcast, and I was like, 'Great, it's done now - everyone's just gonna concentrate on Christmas.'
"But being able to sit around the Round Table with people like Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie and Alan Carr ... and the opportunity to tell Alan to shut up or Jonathan Ross to grow up - that was great fun!"
Celebrity Traitors - which sees the Faithfuls identify and banish the Traitors through voting, while the Traitors try to stay undetected and 'murder' the Faithfuls each night - had the nation gripped and became the biggest unscripted title on Broadcaster VOD ever.
And Joe did not predict the show's popularity. He said: "I knew the show would be popular, but I didn't anticipate the public loving it as much as they did."
