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Charlotte Church says appearing on Celebrity Traitors “restored her faith” in famous people after she teamed up with them in the show’s castle. The former singer and actress, 39, paid the price for being too inquisitive and was murdered by the Traitors Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr and Cat Burns in the latest episode of the BBC show tonight. Speaking after she left the show , Charlotte said: “It was way more intense than I expected. It has restored my faith in celebrities a little because, generally, I just really keep out of that whole celebrity scene, and I have perhaps been a little bit too harsh in my judgement of celebrities. “It was wonderful to spend time with some really very interesting people. I think that’s been my favourite part of the experience. Genuinely, to just be in the company of some extraordinary people with extraordinary stories and minds was the best bit.” After learning she had been ‘murdered’ on the BBC show, Charlotte has seemed less annoyed than some other contestants. She told the cameras: “I've spoken at the round table, and I've outspoken with my opinions. Not that I was successful in being much of a threat to the traitors. But as the game progressed, I hope that I would have been and I hope that that's why they've gotten rid of me. Well played traitors.” Reflecting on it further afterwards, she said: “I was really happy to be a Faithful. I think even if the Traitors had tried to recruit me, I would have said no. I just don’t think I would have been able to hack that level of constant deception. “I think you need to really want it, and you need to be really up on the strategy of the game and working all the angles in order to be a good Traitor. I just didn’t want that sort of experience. I wanted a bit of an adventure, something different and a challenge. Really, as a Traitor, you have to hide but you’re in receipt of all the facts and I think that makes the game easier in a way, and less emotional. I think it’s much more emotionally wrought when you’re a Faithful. “That said, I don’t know what it is to be a Traitor and what that experience is to be feeling guilty potentially.” She described the game as “Complex. Discombobulating. And…naughty!” And said she had learned things about herself which she would take with her beyond the series and back to Wales, where she now runs a wellness retreat. Mum-of-three Charlotte said: “I’ve learned quite a lot about myself. I’ve learned that I do feel things very deeply, which I knew anyway, but I thought I would be able to switch it off a bit more and I really couldn’t. Not that I want to. Part of what I’m doing in my life now, and the work that I’m doing in the world , is all about re-sensitising the heart and not numbing out feelings. I just felt such deep empathy for everyone in there. “I also learned that I really enjoy solitude. I’ve got such a busy life, which is so constantly full and surrounded by other people, that having those times when you had a moment, didn’t have phones, didn’t have distractions, I was really happy with that and it felt quite peaceful.” Charlotte also praised the show bosses for the missions they set up for the celebrities to play to try to win money for charity which including trying to guess and match wailing sounds and also pulling a Trojan horse along a road. She said: “The Missions were fun, absolutely. It was really wonderful to be playing. Essentially, that’s what we were doing, playing in a way that we probably haven’t done since childhood. “When you’re a child you’re making up your own games which are a bit nonsensical. In this environment you have absolutely brilliant people formulating incredible games for you to play that you wouldn’t experience anywhere else. That was really fun. “I had the most fun in the Wailing Banshee Mission! I think the most impactful was the Trojan Horse Mission, because it was so extravagant. It was beautiful being in the Scottish Highlands. Also, it was genuinely really hard lugging this enormous horse as a group of people.” * Celebrity Traitors continues on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer on Thursday night. Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .
