Singer James Blunt has revealed that his wife secretly signed him up for the BBC's Celebrity Traitors after his management rejected the initial approach. He discussed the revelation during an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Monday, November 9.
How James Blunt Joined the Show
Blunt explained that he had already written and recorded his new album when the offer from the show came in. He joked with host Susanna Reid about the timing, saying: "You're so cynical to say I'm just cashing in on the Traitors. Really, no, I'd written and recorded the album and then the offer from the Traitors came."
He then admitted: "My manager actually said, he didn't bring it to me. He said no to the Traitors' team and my wife signed me up without telling me. Just one day said hey James, Claudia Winkleman has been in touch and I've signed you up for Celebrity Traitors."
A Surprising Revelation on Good Morning Britain
Reid was taken aback by the news, asking: "What? Your wife signed you up? Had you watched it?" Blunt replied: "I hadn't watched it no, I didn't no anything about it no, and I think you can tell that while I'm playing the same, I didn't know."
He described his approach to the game as "blundering through and apologising profusely," adding: "Realistically, it's not a detective game, it's a survival game and in many ways it's a guessing game as well, but privileged to be part of."
Reaching the Final and His Wife's Reaction
Blunt made it to the final of the series, which saw Bash and Romesh crowned the 2026 winners. He was banished at the last moment, despite facing scrutiny earlier in the competition.
Speaking about how close he came to winning, Blunt said his wife was "disappointed," adding: "We're not supposed to tell anyone what had happened when we film it in May and so I went home and I hadn't told anyone at all. I was very good at not telling a single person, and as we watched the final episode, my wife turned to me and she said I thought you'd won. She was so disappointed, not just in what had happened but in me."
Blunt also reflected on the moment Traitor James Acaster outed himself at the roundtable before the vote, stating: "We were nailing him to a post and we caught him, it felt like being in a TV, film we got our guy and we cornered him."
Celebrity Traitors can be streamed on BBC iPlayer.
