Actor Richard E Grant has reflected on his early exit from The Celebrity Traitors, attributing it to his failure to recognize that his fellow contestants would take him seriously. Grant was voted off as a traitor after openly admitting his status to the other contestants.

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Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Grant described revealing his true identity so early in the game as a mistake. He stated,

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"I never thought they would take me seriously. It was a completely catastrophically idiotic thing to do. I can only imagine the faces of the producers looking at each other and mouthing ‘he said what?!’. The strategy of no strategy is the strategy, clearly."

Grant shared that his daughter had warned him before filming that he would be “slaughtered” because he is “incapable of hiding what you feel about people or anything.” During the first episode, he appeared excited to be selected as a traitor, but his enthusiasm led to a pivotal moment when fellow contestant Joe Lycett asked him which side he was on. When Grant confessed to being a traitor, Lycett remarked,