Celebrity Traitors star Joanne McNally shares disbelief over Richard E Grant's 'lies' on the show
Joanne defended Richard in the castleJoanne McNally has admitted Richard E Grant convinced her he was a Faithful on Celebrity Traitors.
Speaking on My Therapist Ghosted Me, the comedian discussed her misplaced confidence with podcast co-host Vogue Williams.
Her confession followed Richard openly declaring he was a Traitor before the show’s first banishment.
Yet Joanne backed him while Joe Lycett pushed suspicion towards the actor at Friday’s round table.
She told Vogue on their podcast: “I’m defending him to the hilt.”
“When I say I have never believed something more than he was the Faithful, it was wild,” she added.
Joanne McNally admits Richard E Grant fooled her on Celebrity Traitors
The comedian admitted Richard’s apparent sincerity had overridden the huge clue in front of her.
“They look me in the eye and I believe their lies,” Joanne said.
She joked that she then charges into their defence, only to end up looking foolish.
Vogue was unconvinced. She argued Richard’s episode-one declaration made him the clearest suspect when the group lacked other evidence.
Joanne said the experience felt very different inside the game. She insisted viewers had not faced Richard’s delivery at close range.
She said: “Vogue, you have not been looked in the eye by Richard E Grant and told that he’s a Faithful.”
“You don’t know how convincing he is,” Joanne added.
She concluded that Richard’s acting ability had worked, while joking about her own gullibility.
Celebrity Traitors star Richard E Grant opens up about his time on the show
Speaking on Heart Radio recently, Richard opened up about his gaffe.
He said: “I thought that when Joe Lycett asked me, ‘Are you a Traitor?’ and I said, ‘Yes, I’m a Traitor’, I didn’t for a nanosecond think that he would actually believe it. How do you troll yourself back from that? And apparently he asked me a second time. I have no recollection of this. And I said, ‘Yes, I am!'”
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Richard added: “I thought it was going to be like Spartacus, where somebody would say, ‘I’m a Traitor, you’re a Traitor.’ No such support. I’ve got voodoo dolls of the lot of them now. Pinned into my wall.”
Celebrity Traitors continues Thursday October 8 from 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer
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