Celebrity Traitors: Chaos, coffins and ‘Claudiapatra’ steal the show

Ex-BBC journalist Amol Rajan swooped the following day, asking Grant: “What happened last night?”

But instead of sowing clever seeds of doubt, Grant said he’d been so “blatant” about wanting to be a traitor that he simply responded he was one, when he was asked.

It was an odd reply, perhaps because he was flustered.

Rajan labelled him the “Lord of Chaos”, but Hall stayed loyal.

“I just don’t believe Richard’s a traitor, I’ve known him 30 years and he’s my neighbour,” she said.

“He says and does eccentric things, he’s an amazing guy, but I think he’s acting out because he’s not been chosen.”

Hall’s loyalty could be tested though, given Alan Carr murdered Paloma Faith in series one by touching her face.

Comic and writer Miranda Hart also thinks Grant could be a faithful, but admitted she is confused.

Winkleman told the press launch she thought Grant blurted out his identity in error, because he was so thrilled to be a traitor.

“He was giddy, wasn’t he? He’s just laughing at what’s happening. Fantastic,” she said.

Ed Gamble, the host of BBC One and BBC Sounds spin-off show Uncloaked, added: “It felt like he’d been given the lead role in a film and he just had to tell everyone. It’s such an insane moment.”

Stephen Lambert, the head of Studio Lambert, which produces the show, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday: “It’s a strange way to be a traitor. To be a traitor on the show is all about keeping the fact that you’re a traitor a secret.

“He had to row back quite quickly because he remembered that actually the point of being a traitor is not to tell anyone.”

Grant may find that no-one tells him a secret ever again.

He did eventually decide to let the much more cool, calm and collected Jama take the lead in their subsequent decision making.