Claudia Winkleman lashed out at the Faithfuls after they voted out a trusty member of their own team on The Traitors. The latest roundtable saw Matty and James go head to head in a furious battle, each attempting to convince their co-stars of the other’s guilt. With the pair locked in a bitter feud, things reached boiling point as James had the power of casting two votes after receiving the dagger. Matty ended up receiving the most votes, leaving his teammates utterly stunned when he revealed himself as a Traitor.
James threw his head into his hands, clearly devastated about how hard he had pushed people to believe Matty was a Traitor. But they weren’t the only ones who were frustrated as Claudia aired her true feelings after the roundtable. The presenter fumed: “Faithfuls. What are you thinking? The Traitors will murder one of you tonight. I am genuinely speechless. Goodnight.”
The frosty reception didn’t go unnoticed by viewers, with many sensing Claudia’s frustration as she left the room.
“Even Claudia getting annoyed with the poor decisions of the faithful constantly,” one wrote on X as a second echoed: “Claudia taking on the disappointing mum role would have me balling my eyes out. I’m so sorry I have failed you.”
Another agreed: “When Claudia’s disappointed in you, you know it’s bad.”
A fourth commented: “Love how Claudia speaks to a room of adults like they’re a bunch of unruly school kids who made the supply teacher walk out of the classroom in tears.”
Someone else pointed out: “Claudia sounding like an annoyed teacher with this one,” while another added: “The faithfuls are so bad this season even Claudia is mad.”
Matty raged: “This bloody dagger! I would far rather people suspect me as a Traitor than think I would be stupid enough to give him the dagger. You were going to vote for me. The dagger is the things that’s tipping me into being banished. It’s so stupid. I’m not an idiot. I would not do that.”
Attempting to sway everyone’s decisions, James said: “As a Faithful, I’m telling you lot a Faithful has this tonight. The vote is going that way,” as he pointed to Matty.
Roxy accused James of being “insane” as he admitted to sway everyone.
“I beg you, as a Faithful, come with me tonight on this one,” James told the group. Although Rachel accused him of going “a bit heavy”, she also voted for Matty and ultimately sealed the deal in banishing him.