Author and television presenter Richard Osman has admitted that he would only want to appear on Celebrity Traitors if he could be a traitor rather than a faithful.
Richard, who turns 55 today (Friday, November 28), told The Chipping Forecast podcast that he had been approached to appear on the BBC series which gripped the nation and saw Alan Carr, one of the traitors, win out overall.
When asked if he was going on the next season, Richard responded: “I said to them, they did ask, I said I could only do it as a traitor.”
As to why he could only be a traitor, Richard said that it was to do with how he would respond when seated around the big table during the sessions when the contestants are trying to work each other out.
Richard explained: “And the reason I could only do it as a traitor, I think, is if I am sat around that table and someone accuses me of being a traitor and I am a traitor, I don’t mind, of course, that’s fine and I’ll fight for myself.
“If I’m around that table and someone accuses me of being a traitor, and I’m a faithful, I would lose my mind. I would, honestly, I would not be able to deal with it in anyway whatsoever.
“I just couldn’t, just the injustice of the thing it would drive me insane. I don’t think I could do it unless I could be a traitor and they cannot guarantee that.”
Alongside discussing his potential appearance in the Traitors universe, Richard has also in the past discussed more personal matters, including his successful career to date.
Appearing on The High Performance Podcast, the presenter and The Thursday Murder Club author admitted to feeling fear at certain points in his career, including his first time presenting the aforementioned Pointless.
Richard recalled: “The first time that I really had fear was sitting in a makeup chair and hearing my first live audience.
“I could hear the audience out in the studio, and that’s the first time I just thought… Because I’ve sat in studios and heard a live audience a thousand times, I hadn’t heard it when I had to go on and talk to them, that’s just not something I had (done).”
When asked how he dealt with the fear he said: “You have to live with it. You have to go, ‘there’s two choices here, either feel that fear or go home.’
“And you’re not going to go home, because look where you are. So I sat there, I went out there, I felt slightly uncomforable.”
