Joanne McNally's Celebrity Traitors podcast episode pulled over contract breach

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 12:36 · Archive

Comedian Joanne McNally had to scrap a podcast episode about her time on Celebrity Traitors because it would have violated her BBC contract.

Joanne McNally had planned to release a special episode of her podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me discussing her time on Celebrity Traitors. The bonus episode was recorded on Friday afternoon and scheduled to air on Sunday, with co-host Vogue Williams set to grill McNally for behind-the-scenes details about the BBC competition.

However, producer Joe Attewell revealed the episode could not be released because it violated McNally's contract with the BBC. All contestants on the show had signed non-disclosure agreements before filming at Ardross Castle earlier this year. Actor Ross Kemp previously joked that the NDA was 'longer than the Bayeux Tapestry'. According to Attewell, 'just about everything that had been spoken about on the podcast was a violation of contracts that had been signed'.

Attewell said the team had received between eight and nine thousand messages asking where the promised episode had gone. McNally acknowledged the situation, saying 'we'd be taken to the gallows' if the episode was released. She has since been able to share some limited details about her experience, including how contestants are removed from the show when eliminated and transported in vans with packed backpacks in case they need to be taken to hotels overnight.

How it is being reported

• Joanne McNally Forced To Scrap 'Juicy' Celebrity Traitors Podcast Episode Due To ContractFormer Celebrity Traitors star Joanne McNally has claimed she had to drop an episode of her podcast lifting the lid on her time on the show, as it would have violated a contractual agreement with the BBC . Joanne made it through to the penultimate episode of The Celebrity Traitors’ second season, which aired its gripping finale last week, and had previously vowed to dedicate a bonus episode of her podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me to spilling some juicy behind-the-scenes tea. The bonus episode was originally scheduled to go out on Sunday, but it wound up not going live, with producer Joe…HuffPost UK · 5 Nov, 12:08
• Celebrity Traitors star Joanne McNally claims the BBC stopped her from releasing a 'tell-all' podcast about the show over 'violation of her contract'The comedian, 43, had been set to release to a 'tell-all' podcast episode about her time on the show, before it was pulled by the BBC.Daily Mail · 4 Nov, 15:47

In this story: Joanne McNally · Vogue Williams · Joe Attewell · BBC · Celebrity Traitors · My Therapist Ghosted Me · Ardross Castle

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