Sebastian Croft has revealed he changed his strategy at the last minute during the final of The Celebrity Traitors, which he won alongside comedian Romesh Ranganathan.
The 24-year-old Heartstopper star secured £41,500 for his chosen charity, Choose Love, as he and Ranganathan were the last two players remaining at the firepit as faithfuls.
Last-Minute Decision
Speaking about his approach on the show, Croft said: "I think until about an hour and a half before, I was so split between whether I was going to go with James (Blunt) until the end or with Romesh and (King) Kenny."
He explained that he had written a list of everything he thought James, Romesh and Kenny had done that was faithful since Hannah Fry's banishment and the traitors last recruited. "My list for Romesh was really long," he said. "My list for James was even longer, and my list for Kenny was almost non-existent, and then when we went to four and Kenny voted to end the game."
Croft added: "I just knew he was a traitor, and I was banking on James voting for Kenny, so it would be a split vote, because if he'd gone for Romesh, James would have gone. And then it was just like Romesh seemed convinced that James was traitor, so I was like, 'shit, I have a big job to do', and for whatever reason, Romesh and I just really trusted each other."
Initial Disappointment
Despite winning the show, Croft said he was initially "disappointed" to have been chosen as a faithful, but he was now "thrilled" with his role in hindsight.
He said: "The reason I was disappointed was because I think I had a better chance of winning as a traitor, because as a traitor, you can only go if you're banished, and my big worry in the game as a faithful was always being murdered."
Croft added that he was never worried about the roundtables, saying: "I think they are about connecting with people and talking your way out of things, both of which I'm fairly good at. Whereas murder is more about who's a threat, and so as soon as I was chosen as a faithful, I trusted Claudia (Winkleman, the show's presenter), and I trusted the process, and though this is the role I've been given, and now I need to play it to its fullest."
He concluded: "And so operation fly under the radar began. It carried on until the murders were complete. It's amazing."
