Lorraine Kelly Teases Celebrity Traitors Appearance on ITV Return
lorraine kelly was back on ITV on May 4 and wasted no time turning her return into a teaser. Minutes into the broadcast, she said she could neither confirm nor deny whether she is heading into Celebrity Traitors, a line that immediately put the still-forming cast back in the conversation.
May 4 on ITV1
The 66-year-old returned to her ITV programme after a break caused by broadcaster cuts, with her daytime slot back on ITV1 at 9.30am. Ranvir Singh and Rob Rinder spoke with her on Good Morning Britain before the show resumed, and Singh told her, “The wonderful Queen of daytime, Lorraine Kelly, hoorah! [She] is back after 9.30. I wish I was near you, I'd give you a big old hug.”
Kelly’s reply kept the moment light but pointed. “It's really weird we're not able to do that. It's so good to see you two, it's fantastic!” she said, before later addressing the Celebrity Traitors chatter directly. “Apparently there's somebody else going in a wee bit later on, so I can neither confirm nor deny. I'll just leave that [there],” she said.
Celebrity Traitors line-up
The tease lands against a second series that already has 21 well-known personalities attached and a charity prize of up to £100,000. The cast includes Amol Rajan, Bella Ramsey, James Acaster, James Blunt, Jerry Hall, Joanne McNally, Joe Lycett, Julie Hesmondhalgh, King Kenny, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Maya Jama, Michael Sheen, Miranda Hart, Myha'la, Professor Hannah Fry, Richard E. Grant, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Ross Kemp, Sebastian Croft and Sharon Rooney.
The celebrities have already arrived in Scotland to begin filming, and the series is set to return to the later in 2026. Stephen Lambert has already explained why the Secret Traitor twist from the most recent civilian series will not return, saying, “[It was] different, but it wasn't something we wanted to keep going with because it was a clever way of signalling we were doing something different, but I think the pleasure of the show is [that] the audience know who the Traitors are.”
Russell Myers and Alison Hammond
Kelly said viewers could expect segments with royal correspondent Russell Myers and Alison Hammond on her show, which means the on-air comeback is not just a one-day reset. The bigger story is that her return also fed a casting conversation the has not closed down publicly, and Singh’s disappointment at not seeing Kelly in the line-up shows how quickly one tease can shift attention away from the names already announced.
For now, the practical takeaway is simple: Kelly is back at 9.30am on ITV1, and the Celebrity Traitors field already looks full enough that any late addition would change the shape of the series rather than just fill a gap. If her joke was a refusal to answer, it was also a reminder that the show’s most watchable part may be the off-camera guessing before the cameras roll in Scotland.
