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Celebrity Traitor spoilers incoming.
Who would have thought Richard E Grant would have turned out to be a fucking idiot?
To think he wouldn't let his RHLSTP go out, but he's happy for this to air on national TV. What's his problem?
I guess we'll never know. But he seems set to become an even greater national treasure, so I'd better get on board the bus and say he's great (I did actually think he was great in the podcast- still one of my top 10 and he was hilarious, but as you may have noted I am confused by what happened afterwards).
Was it a tactic or an error from him? Having worked on a few shows like this, people will often turn up having never seen the programme and have no idea what it's about. I feel he maybe only a vague idea of what being a traitor meant and that he got to kill people without realising it was important to keep it secret. Or he just forgot that everything is a part of the show and that he was being filmed. He might have thought that you just had to keep up the pretence on the "actual" programme and it was basically all artifice, like most entertainment, so it wouldn't matter if he told the others who he was.
Or he's just a fucking idiot who wouldn't even let a podcast which he was really good in, go out.
Ironically I think he might get away with it, even though he clearly wasn't joking in the moment, because the others will think there's no way a real traitor would do that. Even though there is no other real logical explanation. Because he really wanted to be a traitor, he pretended he was?
Hopefully enough of the other celebs will keep their heads, or be indignant that he wouldn't let his RHLSTP be put out, and vote him off early.
Even I kinda of want his chaotic energy still in there.
The tactic of bringing in Amol and James for the final bit was stupid too. They could have killed Ross Kemp and diverted attention away from Richard, but instead they are definitely killing one of his main adversaries.
Again, this might actually work, because people will again think that no one would be stupid enough to a) say they were a traitor and then b) kill the person who was most on their case about that.
Will the celebrities be clear-minded enough to work with the only clues they have (like one of the Traitors saying they're a traitor without then making it clear they were joking) and vote for REG? Maybe the new traitor will be able to sew enough seeds of doubt and maybe the others will be too scared to vote for someone who nearly won an Oscar. Or maybe they will realise there's no point in exposing the Traitors til nearer the end, so they don't get replaced and give themselves a better chance of winning.
Even I am wondering if Richard E Grant is really a traitor. Or is he a traitor traitor, put in to be a traitor to the traitors.
Also why did Ross Kemp freak out at having his arm touched the first time, but not when Michael Sheen then did exactly the same thing. Which would have been super clever. If that had been the mission.
Dammit, this is a good show.
