{"id":206078,"date":"2025-10-11T19:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206078\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:02:09","slug":"celebrity-traitors-paloma-faith-hits-out-at-alan-carr-for-betraying-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206078\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Traitors: Paloma Faith hits out at Alan Carr for betraying her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/paloma-faith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paloma Faith<\/a> has hit out at her friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/alan-carr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Carr<\/a> for betraying her on The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/celebrity-traitors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrity Traitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The singer said she was surprised the comedian backstabbed her <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/reviews\/celebrity-traitors-uk-review-cast-alan-carr-b2842229.html\">on the show<\/a>, saying that if she had been in his position, she would not have sent him home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it was very nice,\u201d Faith revealed on aftershow The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked.<\/p>\n<p>She isn\u2019t the only one unhappy with Carr over his betrayal, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/celebrity-traitors-paloma-faith-alan-carr-b2843605.html\">Faith later revealing her four-year-old daughter\u2019s brutal reaction to her elimination<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/celebrity-traitors-alan-carr-bbc-b2842142.html\">Carr\u2019s decision<\/a> to \u201cmurder\u201d Faith came after the pair\u2019s close bond <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/celebrity-traitors-uk-live-updates-tonight-episode-2-b2842481.html\">was revealed in the BBC show\u2019s first episode<\/a>. The pair arrived at the Scottish castle as friends and giggled away together throughout the early experience.<\/p>\n<p>However, by the end of the debut instalment, Carr, who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/features\/alan-carr-celebrity-traitors-bbc-b2842439.html\">was chosen to be a traitor by host Claudia Winkleman<\/a>, opted to oust Faith from the show \u2013 something the singer said she would never have done to him. <\/p>\n<p>Carr and his fellow traitors \u2013 TV presenter Jonathan Ross and singer-songwriter Cat Burns \u2013 were tasked with \u201cmurdering\u201d a faithful in plain sight by touching the face of the celebrity they wanted gone.<\/p>\n<p>It was decided that Carr was the best candidate for the job and, after struggling to touch someone\u2019s face without arousing suspicion, he pretended to remove a piece of hair from his friend\u2019s cheek.<\/p>\n<p>When Uncloaked host Ed Gamble defended Carr, saying it was a difficult decision, Faith said he was giving Carr too much grace.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760209329_614_newFile.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Paloma Faith was the first person to be \u2018murdered\u2019 on \u2018The Celebrity Traitors\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Paloma Faith was the first person to be \u2018murdered\u2019 on \u2018The Celebrity Traitors\u2019 (BBC)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019re being nice,\u201d the singer replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the shoe was on the other foot, I would not have touched Alan\u2019s face. Categorically, he had a choice \u2013 maybe it was the easiest option, but it was the choice he made and I don\u2019t think it was very nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cI still maintain to this day that if the shoe was on the other foot, I wouldn\u2019t have done that. So I don\u2019t think he should have done it to me and I\u2019m surprised that he did.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, Faith has forgiven Carr, whom she called \u201cextremely lovable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to him since, and I do find forgiveness quite an easy thing, just as a person, so I love him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faith said she was gutted to be the first celebrity out of the show. Her elimination arrived the day after Carr touched her face, with Winkleman revealing that the traitors had hit her with a \u201cburst of slow-acting poison\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The contestants had to try to guess who the traitors had murdered \u2013 and incorrectly guessed comedian Lucy Beaumont. Carr feigned surprise when Winkleman revealed it was Faith and viewers were left in hysterics when Carr\u2019s fellow traitor, Jonathan Ross, said he should say a few words in her honour as they were the closest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/newFile-1.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Alan Carr was chosen to be one of the traitors, alongside Jonathan Ross and Cat Burns\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Alan Carr was chosen to be one of the traitors, alongside Jonathan Ross and Cat Burns (BBC)<\/p>\n<p>Carr appeared taken aback by Ross putting him under such scrutiny and stammered his way through a speech.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers are calling Carr\u2019s struggles as a traitor the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/features\/alan-carr-celebrity-traitors-bbc-b2842439.html\">TV highlight of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also taking part in the series are actors Celia Imrie, Mark Bonnar, Tameka Empson and Ruth Codd, former QI host Stephen Fry, broadcasters Kate Garraway and Clare Balding, singer Charlotte Church, comedian Lucy Beaumont, rugby player Joe Marler, YouTube prankster Niko Omilana and historian David Olusoga.<\/p>\n<p>Other stars include Olympic swimmer Tom Daley, comedian Joe Wilkinson and Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>The lucky players who survive to the end of the game have the chance of winning \u00a3100,000 for their chosen charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-206078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}