Celebrity Traitors star Jonathan Ross has been throwing himself into the show’s murderous activities alongside his fellow Traitors on the BBC show so far.
However, ex contestant and The Mirror’s Celebrity Traitors columnist Paul Gorton has predicted that their Traitor trio won’t be one big happy family for long.
TV presenter Jonathan is currently one of the Traitors on the show alongside comedian Alan Carr and singer Cat Burns – with the three committing their first murder last week. Fans will know that singer Paloma Faith became the first star to be killed on Celebrity Traitors, when Alan was tasked with murdering a fellow cast member in plain sight.
Speaking in his column for The Mirror, series two Traitor and contestant Paul revealed that Jonathan’s position in the iconic turret has given away a major clue as to where he’ll end up in the competition. “Jonathan Ross is reminding me of me,” he said.
Paul Gorton during his time on The Traitors(BBC/Studio Lambert)
“I think he’s loving the game, he’s the villain of Celebrity Traitors. You see his confidence growing and he’s absolutely diving right into it. He’s got a lot of heat on him but he keeps surviving.
“Where he stood in the turret was the same spot that both myself and series three’s Charlotte stood – that left hand side of the turret. From a psychology perspective, if you walk into a restaurant, the most powerful position is when you have your back to the wall and you can see the entire room.
He added: “That position in the turret is facing the door and you can see everyone else in the room. I find that really, really interesting that Jonathan is in the same spot as that myself and Charlotte were in and I would say all of us were villains on our own seasons.”
Both Paul and Charlotte ultimately betrayed their fellow Traitors – with Paul voting banish fellow Traitor Ash twice, while Charlotte turned on fellow Traitors, Minah and Freddie, in series three.
Jonathan is relishing his role as a Traitor (CREDIT LINE:BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry)
With Jonathan set to become “the villain” of Celebrity Traitors, this could mean that he’ll ultimately betray either Alan, Cat or perhaps both of them to win the money for his chosen charity.
Earlier this week, contestant Joe Wilkinson revealed that he was left raging as bosses insisted on searching through his bags before filming began in May.
Speaking on his podcast Chatabix, Joe said: “This man said, ‘I’m going to go through your bag’. I was like, ‘I don’t think you are, pal’. All the producers came.
“I was like, ‘You’re going to have to trust me,’ but they were like, ‘Well, you have signed up to this, you p***k’, and I was like, ‘OK, carry on.'” He later added: “they were polite, and it was fine in the end.”