Richard Osman brands critics of the Celebrity Traitors winners' refugee charity donations 'idiots' and 'pathetic' in a foul-mouthed podcast rant
James Acaster, who Maya Jama said she had no idea was struggling throughout filming, with Jama adding the experience "was hard" for her to learn about after the fact.Maya Jama, pictured in October, as it emerged that Faithfuls Sebastian Croft and Romesh Ranganathan won the series, splitting the £83,000 prize pot between their two charities.
Richard Osman unleashed a foul-mouthed broadside on his podcast 'The Rest is Entertainment', telling critics who called the Celebrity Traitors finale a "BBC bias stitch-up" to "f*** off" and branding them "pathetic idiots". Winners Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft split the £83,000 prize between the Refugee Council and Choose Love — both refugee charities — sparking fury from right-wing commentators and Tory MPs who claimed licence-fee money shouldn't fund the causes.
Osman pointed out every contestant chose their charity before filming began, making a BBC-engineered outcome impossible.
James Acaster, meanwhile, has denied "completely fabricated" tabloid claims that he complained about teasing by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan on set.
James Blunt claims the full roundtable that forced Acaster's Traitor confession was edited down, saying Acaster 'didn't fall on his sword' voluntarily.
