Richard E. Grant added another slip to The Celebrity Traitors trail on Heart Radio, and what time is Traitors on tonight UK still is not given in the source. The actor had already told fellow contestants that he was a Traitor, so the latest interview only sharpened the suspicion around his game.
“I’ve got voodoo dolls of the lot of them now,” he said to Emma Bunton and Jason King, before adding: “Pinned into my wall.” The line lands differently because Grant is not talking in character or after the fact; he is speaking while the series still hangs over every public appearance he makes.
Grant and the tap
At the start of The Celebrity Traitors, Grant told the camera, Claudia Winkleman and every single one of his fellow contestants that he wanted to be a Traitor. On episode one, Winkleman gave him the tap and made that role official. That left him in the awkward position of trying to play a hidden game after declaring the answer out loud.
Joe Lycett then asked him whether he was a Faithful or a Traitor, and Grant replied: “I’m a Traitor”. He followed that with: “What’s the point in being in the game if you’re not one?” That is the kind of line that sounds bold in the moment and reckless five minutes later, especially in a format built on concealment.
Heart Radio and Classic FM
On Heart Radio, Grant’s joke about the dolls pushed the public self-own a step further. Fans in the comments took it as evidence that he would be banished, which is exactly the problem for a contestant who has already given away too much and then repeated the pattern on air.
Grant later appeared on Classic FM and said: “I have a tendency to get to the punchline too quickly sometimes.” That is the cleanest read on his problem. He is broadcasting the sort of certainty and wit that makes radio work, while undercutting the secrecy that The Celebrity Traitors depends on.
Celebrity Traitors series two
Jerry Hall, his longtime friend and neighbour, sits outside the game but inside the same conversation around Grant’s behaviour. Claudia Winkleman gave him the tap, Grant told the room he was one Traitor, and the public comments followed in quick order. For a contestant in Celebrity Traitors series two, that is a rough sequence to recover from.
The practical takeaway for viewers is simple: keep watching the fallout, not the spin. Grant has already turned a hidden role into a public running joke, and every fresh appearance makes it harder for him to control the story as Celebrity Traitors series two moves on.
