Gutted Tameka Empson breaks silence after Celebrity | UK News

Celebrity Traitors star Tameka Empson has confessed she feels “disappointed” by Claudia Winkleman for failing to choose her as a Traitor.

The BBC programme has launched with a spectacular starting, as the Strictly Come Dancing presenter returned to the Scottish Highlands alongside 19 well-known faces decided to deceive, backstab and manipulate their approach to £100,000.

After successful over viewers nationwide when the civilian model debuted in 2022, the cherished homicide thriller sport show has come back stronger than before.

From Alan Carr’s dramatic reveal to fellow Traitors Cat Burns and Jonathan Ross in the tower, Charlotte Church digging her own grave, and Clare Balding’s catastrophic blunder in the opening problem, this sequence appears set to surpass all expectations with its star-studded line-up.

Nevertheless, the cruel eliminations and killings have commenced, with Niko Omilana, Tom Daley and Tameka changing into casualties in tonight’s instalment, following Paloma Faith’s homicide as the first movie star sufferer last week, experiences the Daily Record.

Viewers have been outraged to uncover Niko and Tom’s destiny at the start of the episode, with Tameka later banished as suspicions started to grow.

She’s now damaged her silence during an episode of spin-off Uncloaked, saying: “I am so gutted I’m out.”

Speaking to host Ed Gamble, she went on to say she was “slightly disappointed” that Claudia did not choose her as a Traitor.

She continued: “But at the same time, for me then, I was processing. I thought, ‘Now I’m a Faithful, how do I play the game as a Faithful?’ Because in my mind, I’ve always been a Traitor. So now, it is like, how do I do this?”

The Kim Fox actress went on: “I’m so upset, and I even messed up my outro as well. I wanted to cuss and carry on!”

“It is what it is,” she added.

After her banishment, Tameka admitted she felt that being a Traitor could be a “headache”.

She shared: “I think Claudia saw the faithfulness in me. And now I think about it, being a Traitor is a headache.

“It’s a lot of sport taking part in, and you are going to be up later than anyone else.

“I think it was right for me to be a Faithful, and I really wanted to be a great Faithful. I had plans to lead the Faithfuls to victory, but that was cut short.”

She added: “I was very emotional. In my mind, I thought, I’m not going out. I was sad to leave the game, because I was really getting to know people.

“And, you realize, in this industry you get to know people to a sure level. In this atmosphere, it was actually pretty to spend this size of time and actually get to know everybody. Jonathan is a big teddy bear. He actually is. So is Big Joe.”

The Celebrity Traitors continues tomorrow evening at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.