In a twist that’s got everyone buzzing, Kate Garraway has spilled the tea on the one celebrity who flat-out refused to join the explosive WhatsApp group chat from BBC’s The Traitors: Celebrity Edition. As the dust settles from the show’s nail-biting finale—airing November 6 after wrapping filming in early May 2025—the 58-year-old broadcaster has unmasked the “rebel” star who’s keeping her distance: none other than the show’s charismatic host, Claudia Winkleman.
Picture this: a buzzing group chat that’s “popping off all day and night,” filled with behind-the-scenes gossip, laughs, and probably a few shady side-eyes from the cast. But when the invite went out to Claudia, the queen of the castle herself? Crickets. Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Kate dished: “We invited Claudia to join the group because we all adore Claudia, obviously. But she said no. She said, ‘You need a place that’s just for you guys now that you’re out and you know what’s going on.'”
It’s a classy move from the host who orchestrated all the backstabbing drama—giving her players the sacred space to debrief without Big Sister watching. But amid the post-show bonding, Kate admits she’s still piecing together the wild undercurrents she missed while deep in the game. “There’s a lot I didn’t know about the dynamics,” she confessed, only discovering juicy off-camera comments by binge-watching the episodes. And friendships? Let’s just say not everyone’s spilling the full story.
Take Alan Carr and Paloma Faith, for instance. The comic Traitor infamously “murdered” his real-life pal first in the game, sparking whispers of a fractured bond. Paloma, fresh off announcing her third pregnancy, has been venting her shock on social media, calling out Alan for the betrayal. On his latest podcast with Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim), Alan owned it with his signature cheek: “I’m a Traitor init and I’m killing people willy nilly. I’ve got a real taste for it… I’ve killed Paloma Faith, Tom Daley, I can’t stop killing.” When Norman probed about their fallout, Alan quipped: “She’s not happy about it. There’s been a few, let’s say, TikTok things where she says I’ve let her down… But I said I’m the Traitor, the show’s called The Traitors. It’s like going on Naked Attraction and being told, ‘What? I have to take my knickers off?’ You know, it does what it says on the tin.”
Kate, ever the diplomat, insists she hasn’t heard a bad word from Alan about Paloma—and swears they both seemed “fine” during a recent cast catch-up alongside Jonathan Ross and Ruth Codd. But oh, Ruth… the 29-year-old Irish firecracker from Netflix’s The Midnight Club and The Fall of the House of Usher didn’t hold back after her shock early exit as the third Faithful banished.
Sources close to the set told the Daily Mail that Ruth erupted in a behind-the-scenes meltdown, branding Jonathan Ross a “fing snake” after correctly pegging him as a Traitor—only for him to orchestrate her demise alongside Alan and Cat Burns. “Ruth was furious after she was murdered during the early stages of filming,” an insider revealed. “She called Jonathan a ‘fing snake’ and really let go of her anger… There was definitely frustration from Ruth that her co-stars weren’t listening to her after she correctly identified Jonathan as a Traitor. Ruth felt that not many of the celebrities were following their own instincts and minds, which meant the game wasn’t always played properly.”
Ruth later opened up about an “unspoken hierarchy” on set that left newcomers like her at a disadvantage against industry vets like Jonathan. “It placed certain people, like myself, at a disadvantage,” she said, slamming the early boot as a “f***ing joke” when she had “a lot more to give.”
Jonathan, 64, hasn’t shied away from the fallout either. The chat show legend admitted the Traitor role was a psychological minefield—lying straight to friends’ faces left him rattled. He’s even playing the ultimate buzzkill, warning celeb pals against signing up for series two: “I know they’re already planning a second celebrity version… I’ve had two celebrity friends of mine call me and say, ‘I’ve been approached, is it good to do, is it bad to do?’ So I’m giving them the benefit of my experience, which was I didn’t enjoy it.”
As the finale looms, The Traitors: Celebrity Edition proves once more that in the game of thrones (or should we say, banishments?), no one’s safe—not even from a simple WhatsApp ping. Claudia’s “Don’t add me!” stance? It’s the ultimate power play, reminding us all: sometimes, the real traitors are the ones who see everything coming. Tune in November 6 to uncover the rest—before the group chat explodes for good.