A spokesperson for the show insisted contestant \u201csafety and welfare\u201d is always their biggest concern.<\/p>\n
The representative said: \u201cThe Traitors is a unique and immersive game, and we recognise that taking part can be intense at times.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur highest priority is always the safety and welfare of everyone taking part. Players are closely monitored and supported throughout by production, which includes a dedicated and experienced welfare team.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are a number of comedians taking part this year, including Joe Lycett, Miranda Hart, Romesh Ranganathan, Joanne McNally and Rob Beckett, and James recently admitted it is a \u201cconcern\u201d.<\/p>\n
He explained to the BBC: \u201cThere will be suspicions that it\u2019s going to be at least one of these guys, that we might form an alliance if we\u2019re not broken apart.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re going to be the first ones under the magnifying glass being looked at. Particularly at the beginning when you have absolutely nothing to go on.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then you consider that a comedian won last year with Alan Carr disarming everyone with jokes the whole time. He has tainted us all!\u201d<\/p>\n
The Off Menu podcaster joked that mathematician Hannah Fry is likely to convince the group that \u201cprobability-wise, there\u2019s most likely to be at least one comic chosen as a Traitor because there\u2019s enough of us\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cEven though it could obviously easily be three people who aren\u2019t comedians \u2026 I don\u2019t know how it works out, but if maths turns against us we\u2019re in big trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it comes to his own chances of making it to the end, James has \u201cno idea\u201d whether or not he\u2019s got what it takes.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cEvery time I watch any of the series there seems to be no rhyme or reason. People can be really quiet, and they make it to the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are huge characters, and they make it to the end. You can be quiet and go under the radar; you can be a big character and end up putting yourself in the firing line.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone could get to the end. You can avoid murder or banishment by simply not being respected enough to be seen as a threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think I could very easily be seen as not a threat. Yeah, I could be there to the end. It\u2019s anyone\u2019s game really.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for the show insisted contestant \u201csafety and welfare\u201d is always their biggest concern. The representative said:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[302159,74,4607,3623,69658,156,99278,83475,11583,14054,111,139,69,43667,2737,44133,303],"class_list":["post-613740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-acaster","tag-after","tag-anxious","tag-celebrity","tag-contestant","tag-entertainment","tag-filming","tag-grew","tag-halted","tag-james","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paused","tag-star","tag-traitors","tag-very"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}