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Celebrity Traitors star Romesh Ranganathan feels 'humiliated' after the Faithfuls are called the 'worst ever' and says the lack of concern from teammates of his sacrifices is 'insulting'

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Romesh Ranganathan expressed feelings of humiliation after his group, the Faithfuls, were criticized as the "worst ever" on an episode of Celebrity Traitors. The criticism stemmed from their decision to vote for contestants from the opposing team (the Traitors) as those they trusted most, which backfired and awarded the Traitors a special power. Ranganathan also mentioned that he felt insulted by his teammates' lack of concern despite sacrificing himself in two challenges.

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Romesh Ranganathan, a contestant on the BBC reality show Celebrity Traitors, feels "utterly humiliated" after his team, the Faithfuls, was labeled the "worst of all time." During an episode aired on Friday, the group chose Maya Jama, James Acaster, and King Kenny as the three contestants they trusted most, which backfired since these were members of the opposing team, the Traitors. Ranganathan, 48, revealed in a BBC Radio 2 interview that he had no prior knowledge of internal conflicts among his teammates during a shield challenge when James Acaster refused to remove his blindfold and sabotaged their efforts. Despite making personal sacrifices for the group's benefit in two challenges, Ranganathan expressed being insulted by his teammates' lack of concern for him afterward.

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Topics

BBC Radio 2 Faithful Faithfuls TikToks Traitors

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Faithfuls NORP · 6× Faithful ORG · 2× James Acaster PERSON · 2× Kenny PERSON · 2× King Kenny PERSON · 2× Maya Jama PERSON · 2× Romesh PERSON · 2× Romesh Ranganathan PERSON · 2× Traitors PERSON · 2× BBC Radio 2 ORG · 1×

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Romesh Ranganathan has said he feels 'utterly humiliated' after the Faithfuls were branded the 'worst of all time' on Friday's episode In a spectacular own goal, the group chose to vote for Maya Jama, James Acaster and King Kenny as the three contestants they 'trusted most', giving them a special power Romesh said he was watching with viewers and had no idea the Traitors had fallen out during the shield challenge after James A refused to take off his blindfold and sabotage shields. The comedian also said he sacrificed himself for the good of the group in two challenges, but found the lack of concern from the others 'insulting'.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-25

🔮 In a spectacular own goal, the group chose to vote for Maya Jama, James Acaster and King Kenny as the three contestants they 'trusted most', giving them a special power.

2026-10-25 · Daily Mail

Celebrity Traitors star Romesh Ranganathan feels 'humiliated' after the Faithfuls are called the 'worst ever' and says the lack of concern from teammates of his sacrifices is 'insulting' · assertive framing

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Romesh Ranganathan has said he feels 'utterly humiliated' after the Faithfuls were branded the 'worst of all time' following Friday's episode. asserted

Faithfuls → say → episode

In a spectacular own goal, the group chose to vote for Maya Jama, James Acaster and King Kenny as the three contestants they 'trusted most', giving them a special power. asserted

they → choose → power

Speaking about what the show was like behind-the-scenes, Romesh, 48, said on his BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday: 'I’ll tell you a couple of things. asserted

I → speak → things

The first thing that I imagine, if you’ve been watching, that’s paramount in your mind is the complete and utter humiliation of being asked in the scarecrow task to pick our most Faithful people to potentially get the special power, and we chose the Traitors. asserted

we → imagine → Traitors

I’m going to tell you now, not ideal. asserted

I → go → you

I had to stay off socials, just loads of people doing TikToks going, "Oh my God how thick are they? asserted

they → have → TikToks

This has got to be the worst set of Faithfuls I’ve ever seen in my life!" asserted

I → get → life

More difficult than it looks! asserted

it → look → ?

And the other thing, when you do the show they say to you, "There are two parts to doing this show, and the first part is actually filming the show, and then the second part is the show going out," because, obviously, you’re seeing stuff that you didn’t know was going on, and also I’m seeing conversations that I never had any awareness of.' asserted

I → do → awareness

lack → say → others

He said: 'What I would say, if you watch back the episodes, there are two consecutive missions in which I am eliminated early because I sacrifice myself. asserted

I → say → myself

The lack of concern from the other contestants is what I would describe as insulting!' asserted

I → describe → what

Viewers believe the Faithful don't have a hope in winning the jackpot after Friday's episode saw them vote for the three Traitors as the most trustworthy. asserted

them → believe → trustworthy

The scenes unfolded when the stars entered a ‘field of screams’, where scarecrows bearing each of their names stood beside pitchforks. Working in pairs, one celebrity collected bags of gold worth £500 while the other hung them on the pitchforks to bank the cash. asserted

other → unfold → cash

Three bags on one pitchfork blew up the scarecrow, knocking that celebrity out of the running for a secret power. asserted

bags → blow → power

Kenny was awarded a dagger carrying a double vote, while the stars added £13,500 to the charity prize fund, taking it to £59,500. asserted

stars → award → 59,500

Kenny was awarded a dagger carrying a double vote, while the stars added £13,500 to the charity prize fund, taking it to £59,500 Viewers wrote on X: 'As if they've picked the three actual Traitors to have the possibility of winning the special power. asserted

they → award → power

The worse set of Faithfuls of all time'; 'No way the three they chose were the three Traitors'; asserted

they → choose → time

; 'By the end of this series, there won't be any Faithfuls left'; 'These Faithfuls haven't got a clue . asserted

Faithfuls → leave → clue

The three they named the most trustworthy are the three Traitors?!' asserted

they → name → ?

His advantage was set to prove decisive when the Round Table vote left Sharon Rooney and Joanne McNally fighting for survival. asserted

vote → set → survival