Claudia Winkleman has revealed the habit that has landed her in hot water with bosses of BBC game show, The Celebrity Traitors.
The 53-year-old presenter has hosted every edition of the UK civilian series so far, and is currently fronting the star-studded spin-off which features the likes of Jonathan Ross, Charlotte Church and Stephen Fry.
However, she admitted in an interview with MailOnline that she was “desperate” to help the contestants with their challenges, so much so that she even tried to cheat the game on more than one occasion.
The latest challenge the celebrities took on to boost their prize pot was matching the wails of ‘banshees’ with their corresponding lockets. One half of the group recounted the wails and sang them back to the others in the team, who then had to find a locket that played the same sound.
View 3 Images Claudia said she was ‘desperate’ to help the stars with the show’s challenges(Image: BBC)
“Sometimes I try and drop big clues, but my producer tells me off,” Claudia admitted, as she also revealed how different the experience was with celebrities on board.
“I think it was scarier, because all I wanted to do was chat to them and make them like me. But of course, I have to be extremely unlikable. It was tricky,” she confessed.
“I’m such a fan of every single one of them. The whole team were just in awe, it was hard not to scream ‘You’re here’.”
View 3 Images Claudia said she couldn’t help herself from offering hints (Image: BBC)
Four episodes of The Celebrity Traitors have now aired, with just five left to go. While the civilian series runs for 12 episodes, there are just nine that make up the celeb edition with two episodes airing a week.
The Traitors on the new series are Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr and Cat Burns who have so far remained undetected by their peers despite Jonathan coming under increasing suspicion. Joe Wilkinson suggested the chat show host was the only person he felt had “the mettle” to murder Paloma Faith, who became the first murder victim of the series.
Former Traitors finalist, Alexander Dragonetti, offered up his insight into the gameplay, particularly on how Jonathan had avoided getting caught. In an Instagram video, he shared: “I thought Jonathan handled Joe’s suspicion really well. He agreed, he nodded, he absorbed.
“He never looked defensive. Then he let the conversation move on. That’s good diplomacy – reflect, don’t react.”