In a shocking twist that’s got fans buzzing, Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway has dropped a bombshell about comedian Alan Carr’s sneaky edge on The Celebrity Traitors. Appearing as a guest on Romesh Ranganathan’s BBC Radio 2 special dedicated to the hit BBC show, the 58-year-old presenter didn’t hold back, boldly predicting that Alan could snatch the crown—and it’s not just blind faith talking.
“I think he’s going to win. I don’t know. I’m going to say it now,” Kate declared, her voice laced with conviction. But what makes her so sure? It all boils down to a clever psychological ploy that Alan might be wielding like a secret weapon.
Diving into the details, Kate explained how the game’s early rounds exposed telltale signs among the celebrities. The cast was hit with two straightforward questions they knew were true, followed by the big one: “Are you the traitor?” The idea was to spot liars through subtle cues, but as Kate pointed out, everyone’s poker face cracked just a little.
“The flaw in the plan was everybody slightly flickered, their eyes changed,” she told Romesh. “So when you say ‘are you a mother of five,’ they just go yes because they’re relaxed about that.” But Alan? He stood out like a sore thumb. “On every single one, Alan looked guilty, even on the ones that were true,” Kate revealed.
And here’s where the genius kicks in: Kate theorizes that Alan’s perpetual guilty vibe is his ultimate camouflage. “So therefore, I think his thing is that he looks guilty and the more he mucks up and the more he sweats and the more he can’t get out loud ‘I’m a Faithful,’ then the more it plays into ‘Alan’s just being Alan.’ And I think that’s going to be the genius.”
It’s a strategy straight out of a thriller—turning your quirks into an alibi. If Alan’s fumbling and flustered demeanor screams “suspect” all the time, who’s going to bat an eye when he’s actually up to no good? Fans of the show, where celebrities scheme and backstab for a whopping £100,000 charity prize, are now rewatching episodes with fresh eyes.
Kate herself was a Faithful on the program but got the boot in a tear-jerking exit that left her reeling—yet oddly liberated. Speaking to The Mirror, she opened up about how the intense competition became a much-needed escape from her personal struggles. “The whole experience has been transforming. It’s been lovely to meet people from different worlds,” she shared.
For nearly six years, Kate’s life revolved around caring for her late husband, Derek Draper, who battled long Covid since 2020 before tragically passing away last year. “After five nearly six years of caring for someone you love, your world goes very in and you’re literally thinking every minute of the day ‘have I done the medication, what happens next, where do we need to go,'” she reflected. “So it’s been looking in, and then after he passed away, looking in on the children worried for them.”
Stepping into the high-stakes world of The Celebrity Traitors flipped the script. “Suddenly being able to look out and jump into other people’s lives… I mean, people that you’ve respected for years was amazing and to just play,” Kate said, her words painting a picture of rediscovered joy.
What gave her an edge? Her real-life brushes with life and death. “And maybe the one advantage I had was that even though it was so intense and I felt so pressured and I was so useless most of the time, is that when you sort of live genuinely with life and death for a long time, particularly for the first two years, it was daily,” she explained. “Then you have got the ability to enjoy something that is just a game.”
For Kate, the show wasn’t just entertainment—it was a “bursting of a valve,” a cathartic release after years of emotional lockdown. “It was a real release and I am very conscious that I am very lucky to have had that because there are some people that are caring right now, millions of them that are going through their day with that closed down loving claustrophobia.”
As The Celebrity Traitors hurtles toward its finale, all eyes are on Alan Carr. Is Kate’s theory spot-on, or will another twist derail his “guilty genius” plan? One thing’s for sure: this revelation has cranked up the drama, proving once again why the show is addictive viewing. Stay tuned—who knows what secrets will spill next?