Richard E Grant explains early exit from Celebrity Traitors

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Actor Richard E Grant was voted off The Celebrity Traitors after admitting to fellow contestants he was a traitor.

Richard E Grant has explained why he made an early exit from The Celebrity Traitors. The actor was voted off after admitting his status as a traitor to fellow contestants during the first episode, marking the only time on the UK show that faithfuls have successfully removed a traitor at the first round table.

Grant said he did not expect contestants to take his confession seriously. Speaking to the BBC, he described revealing his true identity so early as 'a completely catastrophically idiotic thing to do' and said he could only imagine the producers' reaction. His daughter had warned him before filming that he would be 'slaughtered' because he is 'incapable of hiding what you feel about people or anything'.

Reflecting on what he should have done differently, Grant said he should have made a joke of his admission instead of confessing outright. He suggested he could have gone round asking others if they were traitors before saying 'I am a traitor, I am Spartacus'.

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• Richard E Grant Finally Explains What That Celebrity Traitors Blunder Was All AboutPerhaps unsurprisingly, Richard E Grant has admitted that there are things he’d do differently if he were given his time in the Celebrity Traitors castle again. Earlier this month, the Oscar nominee made Traitors history when he found himself at the centre of suspicion mere moments after being chosen as a Traitor when he outed himself to other members of the group in a botched double bluff. The following day, they near-unanimously sent him packing in the only time on the UK show that the Faithfuls have ever been able to foil a Traitor at their first Round Table. Richard E Grant pictured…HuffPost UK · 12 Oct, 12:52
• Richard E Grant admits Traitors mistakes: ‘I never thought they would take me seriously’Actor says he should have made a joke of his admission, he felt institutionalised there and he is not watching the series Richard E Grant has said his early exit from The Celebrity Traitors was due to his failure to realise his fellow contestants would take him seriously. The Withnail and I actor was voted off as a traitor after brazenly admitting his status to other contestants. Continue reading...The Guardian · 11 Oct, 13:15

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