Richard E Grant to learn his fate on Celebrity Traitors tonight after 'idiotic' slip

Richard E Grant’s fate will finally be revealed during Thursday’s episode of The Celebrity Traitors after a seriously tense cliffhanger last week.

Former Coronation Street actress Julie Hesmondhalgh explained her voting intentions directly to Grant, saying: "I’ve come in here tonight with the intention of voting for you, Richard.

"You came into the bar and you said, I am a traitor. It was a bold move. It was chaotic and we love you for your chaos.

"I think we are at risk of being the most idiotic group of faithfuls if we go for someone else tonight based on nothing at all."

Richard E Grant’s fate as a traitor will be revealed in Thursday’s episode

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Comedian Joanne McNally defended the actor, saying: “It was such an obvious joke. I think the people vying for Richard are using him as a fall guy and a decoy.”

The actor also faced scepticism from actress Miranda Hart and mathematician Hannah Fry, who both noted a change in his demeanour after host Claudia Winkleman selected the traitors.

On the same episode, journalist Amol Rajan was murdered by traitors Jama and Grant, while Acaster was recruited as the third traitor.

Speaking on The One Show about leaving the Scottish castle, Rajan said: “It’s absolutely horrible. It was horrible at the time.

“Just so people know when you are on The Traitors, it is your world. It’s not like a game, you are hundreds of miles from your family, you don’t have your phone, it’s so intense, it’s a little bubble.

“So as you walk into that chapel you are absolutely terrified.”

Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh told Grant she intended to vote for him to be banished

During the first episode, which premiered on Thursday, Grant announced to his fellow contestants that he was a traitor only minutes into the game.

This led to many faithfuls, including Rajan, to grow suspicious of the actor and question whether he was bluffing or had actually revealed his identity.

Rajan described it as a “moment of utter madness” and said if he could do it all over again he would “definitely” do it differently including giving the “lord of chaos”, Grant less of a hard time.

As for who will be murdered next - either Fry or former model Jerry Hall will become the traitors’ next victim after failing to get a “shield” during the challenge.