Celebrity Traitors viewers were left scratching their heads after Stephen Fry seemingly let slip that he knows more than he’s letting on during Wednesday night’s episode
Fans spot Stephen Fry’s ‘confident’ slip in Traitors, hinting he knows more(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry)
Many people regard Stephen Fry as one of the nation’s most intelligent men, but he made a rather stupid mistake on last night’s episode of The Celebrity Traitors.
Fans of the star-studded BBC series were left scratching their heads when the former QI host, who is a Faithful, appeared to drop a hint that he knows more than what’s been revealed on screen.
During last night’s update from the Scottish castle, the celebrities gathered at the roundtable once again for another banishment. As they shared their theories, the 68-year-old confidently stated that there were three Traitors among them.
The clueless Faithfuls have no idea that Claudia Winkleman chose Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr and Cat Burns to be the Traitors on day one, and they’ve been picking off the Faithfuls one by one.
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Stephen Fry’s slip up could cost him dearly (Image: BBC)
While typically the UK version of the show has always started with three Traitors, the rules state that there could be up to five Traitors and it is never explicitly stated how many there are.
Stephen’s blunder came when a usually reserved Cat was put on the spot to tell the others who she thinks the Traitor are. She looked at Stephen and said: “I think it’s kind of between you and Jonathan. “No it’s not between us,” Stephen replied, before adding: “You do know there’s three.”
BBC One viewers picked up on Stephen’s comment and flocked to Twitter /X to ponder just why Stephen would make himself look like a Traitor when he is a Faithful.
One person asked: “When Cat said to Stephen ‘it’s between you and Jonathan’, why did no-one pick up Stephen saying ‘there are three of them’ – how would he know?
“Another fan commented: “Why has nobody pointed out Stephen has said there are three traitors so confidently twice now? I would be gagging him at the roundtable with that.”
Last night’s episode saw singer Charlotte Church’s time on the show come to an end. Cardiff-born Charlotte, 39, who was murdered by the Traitors admitted she often keeps out “of that whole celebrity scene”.
Reflecting on her time on the show after the exit, Charlotte said: “It was way more intense than I expected. It has restored my faith in celebrities a little because, generally, I just really keep out of that whole celebrity scene, and I have perhaps been a little bit too harsh in my judgment of celebrities.
“It was wonderful to spend time with some really very interesting people. I think that’s been my favourite part of the experience. Genuinely, to just be in the company of some extraordinary people with extraordinary stories and minds was the best bit.”
Charlotte was a Faithful on the show, which involves players attempting to win a charity prize by identifying a small group of secretly assigned traitors before they are banished from the game or murdered.
She said: “I was really happy to be a Faithful. I think even if the Traitors had tried to recruit me, I would have said no. I just don’t think I would have been able to hack that level of constant deception.
“I think you need to really want it, and you need to be really up on the strategy of the game and working all the angles in order to be a good Traitor. I just didn’t want that sort of experience. I wanted a bit of an adventure, something different and a challenge.
“Really, as a Traitor, you have to hide but you’re in receipt of all the facts and I think that makes the game easier in a way, and less emotional. I think it’s much more emotionally wrought when you’re a Faithful. That said, I don’t know what it is to be a Traitor and what that experience is to be feeling guilty potentially.”
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