In the opening round table of Celebrity Traitors series two, actor Richard E Grant chose transparency over strategy, voluntarily revealing his traitor status and accepting banishment with characteristic grace — becoming the first traitor in the UK version of the show to fall at the very first vote. His departure did not simplify the game but deepened it, as the remaining traitors recruited mathematician Hannah Fry to fill the vacancy, setting in motion a new architecture of deception that would claim its next innocent victim before the night was through.
Celebrity Traitors: Richard E Grant banished in landslide as traitor revealed at first round table
It's changing a lot, this Traitors. It's like the Sugababes.
Mark
So Richard E Grant just told everyone he was a traitor? That seems like a losing move.
Mimi
It was, but it was also honest in a strange way. He said he'd always wanted to be a traitor, and when the moment came, he just owned it. The other players were almost relieved—they'd been looking for a traitor, and he handed them one.
Luke
But here's what I want to know: did Grant actually have a strategy, or did he just decide to quit? The article says it was his "questionable strategy," but that's the writer's judgment, not necessarily fact. We don't know what he was thinking.
Mimi
Fair point. What we do know is that it worked out for the remaining traitors. They got to recruit Hannah Fry, and now she's embedded with them.
Mark
And nobody suspects her yet?
Mimi
Not really. Miranda Hart noticed something off about her at breakfast, but Hart thought it was nervousness about being recruited, not about being a traitor. Hart doesn't know Fry is actually in on it.
Luke
Wait—Hart said Fry "seemed different." That's Hart's observation, not confirmed fact. We're reading Hart's suspicion, not Fry's actual state of mind. The article frames it as Hart being perceptive, but Hart could be completely wrong.
Mark
So Myha'la gets banished instead, even though she's faithful?
Mimi
Yes. Fry, who is now a traitor, asked a pointed question about why Myha'la grabbed the shield and then offered it away. That question made Myha'la look guilty.
Mark
That's brutal. Fry essentially framed her.
Luke
Again, we're inferring that. The article says Fry "stuck the knife in" and Hart later realized Fry "orchestrated events." But we only see Fry asking one question. We don't know if that was deliberate strategy or just a natural follow-up. Hart's interpretation might be right, but it's still interpretation.
Mimi
You're right. But the pattern is there: Fry asked the question, Myha'la looked bad, Myha'la got voted out. Whether Fry planned it or not, that's what happened.
Mark
What about the shield Jama kept secret?
Mimi
That's the real bomb waiting to go off. Jama has a shield that the other players don't know about, and Rooney agreed to keep it quiet. If that comes out, it could blow Rooney's credibility apart.
Luke
But we don't know if it will come out, or when, or what the consequences will be. The article flags it as potentially significant, but that's speculation about future episodes, not reporting on what's happened.
O Pulso
- Richard E Grant walked into the round table having already told his fellow players he was a traitor, making his landslide banishment a foregone conclusion — and a moment of strange, theatrical dignity.
- The eruption of relief from the faithful players, particularly Ross Kemp's vein-popping celebration, masked the fact that two traitors still sat among them completely undetected.
- Maya Jama and James Acaster recruited Hannah Fry in the turret, and Fry's genuine shock at learning their identities quickly gave way to a new and dangerous alliance.
- Suspicion coalesced around Myha'la after she grabbed a shield in the crypt mission, giving Julie Hesmondhalgh's wrong-but-passionate theory about traitor collusion an accidental target.
- Fry, now a traitor herself, weaponised the suspicion at the second round table with a single pointed question, and Myha'la — entirely faithful — was banished as the evening's second casualty.
- Miranda Hart, watching Fry's composed performance, quietly activated her instincts: the mathematician had orchestrated an innocent person's exit, and Hart had noticed.
In the opening round table of Celebrity Traitors series two, actor Richard E Grant chose transparency over strategy, voluntarily revealing his traitor status and accepting banishment with characteristic grace — becoming the first traitor in the UK version of the show to fall at the very first vote. His departure did not simplify the game but deepened it, as the remaining traitors recruited mathematician Hannah Fry to fill the vacancy, setting in motion a new architecture of deception that would claim its next innocent victim before the night was through.
Richard E Grant arrived at the first round table of Celebrity Traitors series two having already made his confession in the bar — he told the other celebrities he was a traitor. The votes were overwhelming, and he left with a kind of serene satisfaction, thanking the group for their near-unanimous verdict and noting that some dreams do come true. The faithful players erupted. Joanne McNally laughed at herself for having believed him entirely. Ross Kemp's relief was almost physical.
But the game had not simplified. In the turret, Maya Jama and James Acaster chose to recruit rather than murder, and mathematician Hannah Fry became the newest traitor. Her surprise at learning their identities was genuine — she had suspected neither of them. Acaster, watching the group's shifting allegiances, compared the evolving show to the Sugababes.
The following morning, Julie Hesmondhalgh built a compelling but entirely mistaken theory around Myha'la, convinced she had witnessed traitor-on-traitor signalling before Grant's banishment. Meanwhile, Miranda Hart quietly noted that Fry seemed different at breakfast — nervous in a way that felt new. No one yet understood why.
A crypt mission added further texture to the suspicion. Myha'la found a shield and briefly held it before offering it to Fry, suggesting they keep it between themselves. Later, when shields were surrendered to unlock prize money, Jama quietly kept hers — and Sharon Rooney agreed to stay silent about it, a pact that seemed likely to cost her later.
At the second round table, Myha'la faced intense scrutiny over her behaviour in the crypt. She grew emotional trying to explain herself. Fry, now operating as a traitor, pressed the decisive question: why grab the shield so urgently, only to give it away? The logic landed. Myha'la was banished — faithful to the end. Hart, watching Fry's composed performance, smiled and said Miss Marple was very much on the case.
In the turret, the three traitors drew up their next shortlist. Acaster's reasoning for targeting James Blunt was straightforward: every time someone said the name James, he kept turning around unnecessarily. The board had been cleared and reset. The real game, it seemed, was only just beginning.
Richard E Grant walked into the first round table of Celebrity Traitors series two knowing exactly what would happen. The actor had made an unusual choice in the bar beforehand: he told the other celebrities he was a traitor. When the votes came in, they were overwhelming. Grant was banished in a landslide, becoming the first traitor in the UK version of the show to be identified at an opening round table.
"Thank you for giving me an almost bingo full-house of votes," Grant said as he left, his tone measured and accepting. "I have always wanted to be a traitor, and sometimes in life your dreams do come true." The other players erupted. Ross Kemp's reaction bordered on fury—a vein-popping "get in there!" that expressed pure relief. Comedian Joanne McNally, who hadn't voted for him, laughed at herself: "This is me with men all the time. I completely believed him!"
But the evening's drama was far from over. The two remaining traitors, Maya Jama and James Acaster, faced a choice in the turret: murder two previously shortlisted players, or recruit a third traitor to replace Grant. They chose to recruit Hannah Fry, the mathematician. When Fry learned she was being seduced rather than murdered, her reaction was immediate and genuine. "I had both of you down as faithful!" she exclaimed as she learned their identities. Acaster, observing the shifting dynamics, offered what would become the night's most quoted line: "It's changing a lot, this Traitors. It's like the Sugababes."
The next morning brought new suspicion. Julie Hesmondhalgh, the former Coronation Street actress, had noticed Myha'la winking at Grant before voting for him. Convinced she had spotted traitor-on-traitor collusion, Hesmondhalgh made an impassioned speech declaring her theory—it was wrong. The real traitor among them was now Hannah Fry, and no one suspected it yet. Miranda Hart, however, noticed something off about Fry's demeanor at breakfast. "Hannah seemed different, as if something new has happened to her," Hart observed. "I definitely clocked a nervousness in her, which is very interesting."
During the next mission, players used a battering ram to break into crypts, searching for money and shields to add to the prize pot. Inside one crypt, Myha'la and Fry found a shield. Myha'la grabbed it first, then offered to give it to Fry, suggesting they keep it secret from the others to protect both of them. Later, when shields had to be surrendered to unlock the final chest of prize money, Myha'la and Sharon Rooney gave theirs up. But Jama, the traitor, quietly kept hers. Rooney agreed to keep that secret, a decision that would likely haunt her in episodes to come.
Suspicion hardened around Myha'la as the day wore on. In the cars returning to the castle, she and Hesmondhalgh admitted they were suspicious of each other. "I feel like you've been a little bit vague," Hesmondhalgh said. "That's only because I've thought it's been you from day one," Myha'la replied. The warmth between them from just two episodes earlier—"It's lovely to meet you Myha'la, I'm such a big fan!"—had evaporated entirely.
At the second round table, Myha'la became the focus of intense questioning. She grew visibly emotional as she tried to explain her behavior in the crypt, saying she had worried about her own protection but thought Fry might need the shield more. Fry, now a traitor herself, pressed the advantage. "Why would you scrabble for the shield, and then be keen to give it away?" she asked. The question landed. Myha'la was banished as the second casualty of the evening, confirming she had been faithful all along. Hart, realizing what had happened, grew suspicious of Fry. "Miss Marple is so on," she said with a smile, sensing the mathematician had orchestrated events to make Myha'la look guilty.
In the turret, the three traitors—Jama, Acaster, and Fry—began planning their next move. They drew up a shortlist of targets: James Blunt, Bella Ramsey, and Sebastian Croft. Acaster offered his own reasoning for Blunt: "It would make my life easier because every time someone says 'James', I'm turning around, and half the time, it's for him." The game had shifted. Grant's voluntary exit had cleared the board, and now the real work of deception could begin.
Citações Notáveis
Thank you for giving me an almost bingo full-house of votes. I have always wanted to be a traitor, and sometimes in life your dreams do come true.— Richard E Grant, upon being banished
I had both of you down as faithful!— Hannah Fry, upon learning she had been recruited as a traitor
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