{"id":645009,"date":"2026-10-29T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/645009\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:54:10","slug":"miranda-hart-felt-very-emotional-on-celebrity-traitors-after-health-battle-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/645009\/","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Hart felt \u2018very emotional\u2019 on Celebrity Traitors after health battle \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Actress and comedian Miranda Hart has said she felt \u201cvery emotional\u201d on The Celebrity Traitors after being unwell for many years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 53-year-old appeared on the show after spending much of the past decade battling Lyme disease \u2013 a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks and can include symptoms of fatigue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The star said her body was \u201ca bit shocked\u201d while participating on the BBC series after she was unable to leave the house or get out of bed for months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Speaking on ITV\u2019s This Morning, Hart said: \u201cA lot of people who are watching the show didn\u2019t know that I\u2019d been for 10 years kind of really quite unwell.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/entertainment\/i-think-this-is-going-to-be-a-film-of-breakthroughs-west-belfast-director-sean-murray-on-opening-the-belfast-film-festival-with-crime-drama-lost-city-HUV643ENDFCS7FND3UOGZU3U7Y\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;I think this is going to be a film of breakthroughs&#x2019; - west Belfast director Se&#xE1;n Murray on opening the Belfast Film Festival with crime drama Lost City\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IWNZPLFSBZHJDP6TGXMNGHANAA.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt was my first television back since feeling better and so there were times it was very emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The condition can be difficult to diagnose as it shares similar symptoms as other illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hart documented her time living with the chronic illness in her 2024 memoir, I Haven\u2019t Been Entirely Honest With You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During her time on the series, Hart appeared emotional when comedian Joe Lycett was banished from the castle after he fell under suspicion for wanting to be recruited as a traitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She added: \u201cI got particularly emotional with Joe leaving because we\u2019d had such a good time together, and we\u2019d played and connected, and that\u2019s a lot of what was in my memoir: the important things that help us thrive even when we\u2019re suffering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt was just great because I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d maybe walk round my park at one point even. I couldn\u2019t leave the house or get out of bed for months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She said her time on the show was like \u201ca cross between boarding school, Outward Bound and a murder mystery weekend\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Miranda Hart is a contestant in Celebrity Traitors\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/XPJBSOYCPFJPNP6LMMWGCH2W7I.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"1200\"\/>Miranda Hart is a contestant in Celebrity Traitors (BBC\/Studio Lambert\/Cody Burridge\/BBC Creative\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She added: \u201cI\u2019m like, fine, I\u2019m all in. But my body was a bit shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Since Hart\u2019s return to screens, fans have been calling for her to bring back her hit self-titled sitcom which follows an awkward and clumsy shopkeeper as she gets into bizarre situations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She said: \u201cIt\u2019s so nice that there\u2019s some enthusiasm there. It just means everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt seems that the papers every one or two years tells me I\u2019m bringing it back. But that\u2019s very much never come from me. So I don\u2019t know. Your guess is as good as mine at this point whether we do more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hart starred in the show from 2009 until 2015 and she has also appeared in BBC sitcoms Hyperdrive and Not Going Out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress and comedian Miranda Hart has said she felt \u201cvery emotional\u201d on The Celebrity Traitors after being unwell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[72459,156,106100,111,139,69,58153,437,1613],"class_list":["post-645009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-celebrity-traitors","tag-entertainment","tag-miranda-hart","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-showbiz","tag-tv","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645009","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=645009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}