Joe Marler has been forced to backtrack after being caught calling his Celebrity Traitors co-stars 'scumbags' during his elimination from the show.
Appearing on the spin-off series Uncloaked, the former rugby star was shown the moment he was banished by David Olusoga and Nick Mohammed. As he watched, he appeared to shout the insult, a moment which host Ed Gamble was quick to address.
Gamble told Marler: "I was sitting in the row in front of you watching that. When you saw you get banished, you did shout scumbags at them." A shocked Marler gasped and asked "Did I?" before insisting he "didn't mean" the comment.
Explaining his outburst, Marler said he was struggling to understand why he had been voted out, having been banished for being polite to Cat Burns. Meanwhile, Alan Carr's victory as a Traitor left fellow contestants stunned. When Carr revealed he had been a Traitor all along, Nick Mohammed shouted "Oh f**k" and nearly collapsed, while David Olusoga was left speechless.
Carr then burst into tears, telling the group: "It's been tearing me apart. I am so sorry." Nick consoled him, saying: "You've been absolutely brilliant. You've been amazing. It's a game." The full series is available on BBC iPlayer.
