Despite prior claims that all Celebrity Traitors contestants took home a flat fee of £40k, finalist Joe Marler has revealed that he actually got paid much less…
Celebrity Traitors fan favourite Joe Marler has debunked the claim that all the show’s contestants all received a flat fee of £40,000. He in fact got thousands less than that, saying that he doesn’t believe everyone received the same amount.
The BBC treachery show took the nation by storm, with its final reaching a maximum audience of 12 million. Many wanted to know how much the stars got paid to take part. Richard Osman and Marina Hyde seemed to spill the beans on their podcast The Rest Is Entertainment, with the latter saying everyone got paid the same: £40,000.
“They were able to pay everybody a blanket £40k fee, right? I am spilling all my tea today. They’re paying them a £40k fee,” Marina said. However, Joe has now said this was not true.
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When a reporter from The Times asked the ex-England rugby star what he was paid and said they’d heard it was £40,000, Joe said: “Yeah, Daisy [his wife] read that too. She said to me, ‘Hold on, I thought you only got 30?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I did.’”
He then added that he didn’t think they were all paid the same, but that it didn’t matter because £30,000 was still a lot of money. “No, I don’t think everyone got paid the same. But I’m not bothered. It was 30 grand whether you lasted two days or three weeks — a no-brainer.”
Joe did last three weeks. He made the final of the competition and, though the Faithfuls had played a terrible game so far and took several roundtables to catch even one Traitor, Joe seemed to have figured out that Cat Burns and Alan Carr were the remaining deceitful pair. His win seemed assured.
However, in the nail-biting finale, while he managed to convince Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga to banish Cat, he was unable to convince them to banish Alan. Instead, he found himself in the firing line and was voted out of the game. Ultimately, Alan won the game.
Joe’s intellect in the game and ability to accurately work out who each other Traitors were made him a favourite in the show. His ability to read people has also opened up more opportunities for him, as he has been able to start a new podcast call Joe Marler Will See You Now.
In the podcast, launching on 13 November, Joe invites celebrity guests to his ‘clinic’ for a pseudo-psychological evaluation. What starts as a simple Q&A soon descends into a mix of probing questions, ridiculous assessments and a examinations of personality traits.
Speaking about the podcast, Joe said: “I’ve always loved asking questions and learning new things. This new show lets me do it in the most surreal, unpredictable way. I can’t wait for people to see just how ridiculous, and surprisingly revealing, it’s going to be.”
Source: Mirror
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