Comedian Alan Carr has confessed to accidentally revealing his victory on the BBC's Celebrity Traitors just 12 hours after filming the final episode. The 49-year-old, who played a Traitor on the celebrity edition of the hit reality series, admitted he “felt so stupid” after the slip-up.
Speaking on BBC Radio 2’s The Scott Mills Breakfast Show, Carr explained that the secret came out during the filming of Channel 4’s gameshow Secret Genius. A crew member jokingly congratulated him, and Carr inadvertently responded, “How did you know I won?” He then tried to backtrack, saying, “I went, ‘haha, got you!’ – I had to backtrack, because you can’t tell anything.”
Carr triumphed over Faithfuls historian David Olusoga and actor Nick Mohammed in a tense finale. He remained largely under the radar during the series, despite his fellow Traitors murdering a string of celebrities including Paloma Faith, Celia Imrie, Lucy Beaumont, and Tom Daley.
Since the show aired, Carr has noticed increased recognition. He recalled a recent holiday to Mexico where a woman shouted from a balcony, “I see you, Traitor. Don’t you hide your face from me. Who are you going to murder today?” Carr joked that people unfamiliar with the show might think he is a serial killer.
