Dermot O’Leary has spoken out about his connection to a Traitors star, and was surprised when he saw her on television in Claudia Winkleman’s hit BBC series
Dermot O’Leary has revealed his surprising connection to a Traitors star. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the hit BBC series is currently enthralling viewers with its latest run of episodes as contestants battle it out to win a potentially six-figure prize pot in the mysterious game.
During Friday’s edition of This Morning, Dermot was joined by Alison Hammond in their usual slot as they provided relief cover for regular hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, when they were joined by actress Sarah Parish, and conversation turned to the nation’s favourite game show.
Sarah, best known for her starring roles in dramas like Peak Practice, Bancroft and Stay Close amongst a host of others, is back for another series of Piglets, the ITV sitcom all set at a police training college, which is currently airing every Thursday on ITV.
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Sarah features alongside Mark Heap, Rebecca Humphries and Maddy Smedley, who competed on the very first series of The Traitors when it aired in 2022, and has since gone on to carve out a career as an actress. Speaking about her co-star, Sarah admitted: “She’s incredible, she’s so natural, she’s brilliant!”
It was then that Dermot revealed that he actually knew Maddy, because her sister worked as his runner when he was the host of The X Factor in the late 2000s. He said: “I used to work with her sister, Rosie, on The X Factor. She was my runner. And I remember meeting her when she was just a young actress starting out and then I watched her on Traitors and thought ‘Hang on, I know her.'”
Sarah then admitted that she has never actually seen The Traitors, and struggles to watch most television when people are made to feel “uncomfortable” on camera, as she joked that she cannot even stand to watch the infamously acerbic judge Craig Revel Horwood on Strictly Come Dancing.
She added: “I’ve never watched Traitors, though. I’m the only person in the world. I’m just not very good with anything that makes people feel uncomfortable, I don’t like it. I can’t even watch Strictly Come Dancing, as soon as Craig comes on, I have to switch over!”
Just last week, Maddy made her debut on long-running medical drama Casualty, playing a patient who sustains severe burns after falling asleep in the sun.
Announcing the role on X, formerly known as Twitter, shortly before the episode went to air, Maddy told her followers: “Meet Bethany Chimes tonight on Casualty at 8:45pm BBC 1 or on iplayer now – she’s addicted to a sun tan cos she’s lonely.
“Sad story really and hope it raises awareness of melanoma and how bad the sun can really be. @bbccasualtyofficial #casualty love working again at casualty x.”
Maddy was one of the original stars on BBC One’s The Traitors, rising to fame after becoming one of the few Faithfuls to correctly suspect Wilf Webster of being a Traitor. While she made it to the final week, she was banished just before the last episode.
The reality star , who was an actress before signing up to the Traitors, has appeared in a number of shows since leaving the reality competition. She originally appeared on Casualty back in 2022, playing Jasmine Madbury.
Maddy also played the role of Faye Fuller in Hollyoaks, Sally in Big Boys and appeared as Dilys Shaughnessy in two episodes of Call the Midwife. Meanwhile, she made her film debut in 2023 in the film Unicorns.
Source: Mirror
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