Trusted Traitors, Sherlock Blunt and Kenny’s Cliffhanger | Celeb Traitors Ep 8 Reaction
The Turret: The Traitors Fan PodcastShow Notes
Ellie Brennan is in charge of the turret and is joined by Radio 1’s Vicky Hawkesworth and Series 4 Faithful Reece Ward and producer Sammy James to break down episode 8 of The Celebrity Traitors.
Miranda is murdered, the Faithfuls hand the game-changing power to the three most trustworthy players, and somehow it’s all three Traitors. Was it skill, luck, or a 0.83% fluke? And with Claudia laughing and the trio smirking at the back, can anyone stop them now?
Elsewhere, the team pick apart suspicious Sharon’s mission meltdown and her “couldn’t care less” defence, Joanne pleading her case as a Taurus, and Sherlock Blunt being strong, wrong and suddenly very nervous. They also ask whether James Acaster’s part-time Traitor act will see Maya and Kenny turn on him, and whether Kenny’s double vote could be the slip-up that changes everything.
Reece reveals what it’s like being murdered with no chance to say goodbye, the week his family spent waiting for him to call out a Traitor, and which past players he’d boo if they came back.
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