Body language expert Judi James has revealed a moment of confrontation between Maya Jama and Jerry Hall on The Celebrity Traitors that could bleed into the rest of the series.
During Thursday night's roundtable, Maya attempted to protect newly recruited Traitor Professor Hannah Fry by planting seeds of doubt in the Faithfuls' minds about model and actress Jerry Hall. James, speaking to Paddy Power, described the exchange as going beyond normal 'soft' banter, calling it a genuine 'moment' that could trigger lingering 'model on model' beef.
Maya's 'chef's kiss' moment
James detailed how Maya escalated the confrontation: she began with a controlling use of 'Jerry!' to command attention, leaned over the table, performed a hard blink, and placed her hands flat on the table to announce decisiveness. As Jerry made excuses, Maya raised her voice and added a mocking, 'singing' note to the word 'confusion', then raised her hands to reveal her long nails 'like baring claws'.
Miranda, sitting between the two women, showed the intensity of the moment. Her smile looked embarrassed, and when Maya moved in closer, Miranda leaned back in her seat as though getting out of the way of a battle.
Atmosphere turns 'nasty'
The clash follows comments from Amol Rajan, who was murdered and left in a coffin earlier in the series. He told Radio Times that the atmosphere on the show turns 'nasty' after the Traitors are picked. 'Everyone in there is so nice until the Traitors are picked,' he said. 'Because then it goes from nice to nasty, because then suddenly, all these people you've been getting to know a little bit, having a bit of breakfast and downtime with and chatting to in the castle, suddenly, they're like,
