Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from the eighth episode of The Celebrity Traitors
Parting may have been sweet sorrow for young lovers Romeo and Juliet, but when Shakespeare’s famous line is uttered by traitor Alan Carr, it’s more like murderous Macbeth.
He has struck in plain sight – again – killing off Claudia’s “Queen of the Castle”, Celia Imrie, by quoting the bard while pouring her a goblet of wine at a lavish dinner.
“Oh honestly, just because I was brave enough to get one traitor out,” Imrie said when she learned her fate, referencing them FINALLY getting rid of Jonathan Ross.
Imrie’s demise was indeed a sombre moment for all concerned.
“I love being here, it’s been gorgeous and I’m devastated. I so wanted to stay to the end, but it’s a game,” she said sadly.
After learning it was Imrie’s last supper, the burly Joe Marler became emotional, saying: “My darling Celia is gone. My heart is broken. I’m sick of this – they are taking out some lovely, lovely people.
“I’m not having it any more.”
But as Ed Gamble pointed out in BBC Two’s Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked, Imrie’s demise was ripe for humour as well.
Her accidental fart in episode three was the gift that kept giving.
“Farting is such sweet sorrow,” he said to her, in a line worthy of Shakespeare himself, who also enjoyed contrasting dramatic moments with bursts of humour.