Denise Van Outen wants to go on Celebrity Traitors - but she's never seen it
Denise Van Outen wants to take part in Celebrity Traitors because people think she'd be good - but she's never watched the show.
Denise Van Outen wants to take part in Celebrity Traitors - but she's never watched the show.
The former Big Breakfast host may be too late to sign up for the second season of the programme - which will feature the likes of Michael Sheen, Miranda Hart and Maya Jama - but she's put herself forward for the third series because people have told her she would be "quite good" on it.
However, Denise has little idea of what the deception programme involves because she's not even seen the civilian version.
She told the Daily Star newspaper: “I’ve never seen The Traitors, but I need to watch it. A few of my friends have been on it, and they’ve all said to me that I really must watch it. People have also said they think I’d be quite good on it.
“If the opportunity came along to do it, I’d definitely do it because I know people love it and it’s a good show.”
Denise - who provides the voiceovers on The Only Way is Essex - wouldn't be keen to go on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! because the confrontations can become "uncomfortable" viewing, such as the clashes between Adam Thomas and his campmates including Jimmy Bullard on the last all-stars series.
She said: “I find it very hard to watch when reality shows become uncomfortable like that.
"I think a lot of people love it because everybody likes to eavesdrop on people’s dramas, and I know that more than anybody because I’ve worked on TOWIE for 16 years.”
Earlier this year, Denise reflected on the highs and lows of her career.
Speaking with the Daily Mirror newspaper, she said: “I did the film Run For Your Wife with Danny Dyer and Sarah Harding. It was truly terrible.
“The premiere was in the Odeon [cinema] in Leicester Square. The film finished it was deadly silent, it was so bad.”
The West End star also noted the Channel 4 show Something For The Weekend - which was a late-night programme based on sex - “took her out of the running for a lot of prime-time shows”.
She added: “It wouldn’t have the same shock value today, but then it would have been the equivalent to Naked Attraction.”
Denise explained she “had to almost reinvent [herself] after that”, and so returned to theatre with the 2001 West End production of Chicago, before taking it on the road to Broadway.
The actress said the show was “the biggest distraction” for her, as she had just gone through a public break-up with Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay.
She said: “I’d gone through a very public break-up with Jay. It was a difficult time and it was the biggest distraction. It was great for me, personally and professionally.”
Reflecting on the resilience she has developed across her career, Denise said she wished she did not “wallow in break-ups for too long”.
She added: “In hindsight, all those experiences led to something better. Like Chicago! Something always opens new doors, or introduces me to new friends.”
