Alan Carr Wins Memorable Moment, Dedicates It to Paloma Faith — Martin Lewis Bafta Speech
Alan Carr used his martin lewis bafta speech moment on Sunday May 10 to dedicate the public-voted Memorable Moment award to Paloma Faith. The line landed after the BAFTA TV Awards had already made their old Celebrity Traitors fallout part of the show.
Greg Davies Opens the Wound
Greg Davies set the tone early by joking that The Celebrity Traitors had turned Carr into a "manipulative serial killer," then adding, "We all know he’s a good person." The ceremony cut to Faith in the audience wagging her finger in protest, which made the night feel less like a routine awards handout and more like a live reconciliation in front of a TV crowd.
Alan Carr then won the Memorable Moment award, a prize voted for by the public, and used his acceptance speech to address the singer directly: "I’ve got to dedicate this to Paloma – there ‘s no one else I would rather murder more than you, I love you." That is a sharp line for a broadcast stage, but it also fit the story that had been building since he "murdered" her early in the inaugural series last year and later went on to win the show.
Paloma Faith on the Red Carpet
BAFTA’s X account posted a clip of Carr and Faith together on the red carpet, adding, "Breaking News: Alan Carr and Paloma Faith are still friends ?" The image did more than the jokes: it showed the bad blood from The Celebrity Traitors had already been replaced by a public truce, which is exactly the kind of off-script payoff awards shows hope for when they lean on reality-TV narratives.
The Celebrity Traitors also won Best Reality Series, giving the franchise a second win on the same night even as the BAFTA TV Awards were dominated by Netflix series Adolescence. For Carr, the speech and the win turned an old betrayal into a promotional asset rather than a liability, and for Faith it put a neat, televised end point on a feud that had already played out in public comments and on the red carpet.
October Podcast Fallout
In October, Carr had already told the Life’s A Beach podcast, "Well I was… I’ll tell you. I’ve killed Paloma Faith, she’s not happy about it," before adding, "There’s been a few, let’s just say little TikTok-y things where she says I’ve let her down because I killed her in plain sight." Faith’s own exit line — "These are like three of my favourite people that I was sure… I hope they never call me again. Bang out of order. Bang out of order. I feel really even more betrayed now. I feel betrayed by Jonathan [Ross] and Alan." — makes the BAFTA appearance look less like a throwaway gag and more like the first clear public reset between them.
The second series of The Celebrity Traitors has already been unveiled, so this reunion gives the franchise a ready-made story line before the new run lands. The award win matters because Carr did not just collect a trophy; he used a public-voted stage to close the loop on a betrayal the audience already understood, and that is cleaner television than any prewritten apology.
