Celebrity Traitors Stephen Fry says it was ‘inevitable’ in ’embarrassing’ admission after exit

The former QI presenter was the latest star eliminated from the BBC series

Stephen Fry on Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked(Image: BBC)

Celebrity Traitors Stephen Fry has said that it was ‘inevitable’ as he made an ‘embarrassing’ admission after he was banished from the BBC series.

The former QI presenter was one of three stars who were eliminated from the Claudia Winkleman series on Thursday night (October 23).

Line of Duty actor Mark Bonnar was the first to be sent home, following a cliff-hanger where both him and historian David Olusoga fates were left to chance the night prior.

Mark and David were made pick between two chests in a tense moment as David’s case contained a shield and meant the other went home.

Just moments after this, the traitors Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross and Cat Burns had to decide in the turret just who to murder next.

After considering Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway and Stephen, they decided to murder comedian Joe Wilkinson.

Following a challenge where the players were split into two groups and had to answer questions already given to the traitors, it was time for another roundtable.

Stephen Fry was the latest star banished on The Celebrity Traitors(Image: BBC)

Most of the attention was on Jonathan and former rugby player Joe Marler, as the two went back and forth on which one of them was a faithful.

Despite not having that much heat on him, Stephen was sent home after receiving the most votes from the other players.

Appearing on Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked, Stephen told presenter Ed Gamble that he believed it was ‘inevitable’ and he was ‘expecting’ to go home.

Most of the season have seen the stars believing the ‘big dog theory’, which indicated that either Stephen or Jonathan were a traitor due to them being household names.

Having his say on the theory, Stephen said: “By that you mean household name status, it’s all a bit embarrassing really. You sort of know what it meant.

“In that case it’s only Jonathan and Alan left. It’s possible. I hadn’t really thought either of them were.”

Sharing who he thought the traitors were, Stephen said he wasn’t sold on Joe, David and Cat being fellow faithfuls.

“At first he [Joe] presented as quite shy, quite silent with at the times the most amazing joke. He started to have moments at the roundtables where he really steers and pushes.

“Cat I just suspect because she keeps so quiet in the background. David, he’s so smart and so in control. I can see him calmly working out the right person to murder,” he said.

Reacting to who the traitors were, Stephen added: “Cat, yes I knew it! I am so pleased about that. I got it for a good reason as well as instinct with her sleepiness.”

Branding the trio ‘two big dogs and one small cat’, Stephen went on to provide an insight into how he’s finding the reaction to the series.

“Watching it, I watched the second season and I was immediately hooked by the human drama. When I got the call, I had to say yes.

“I’ve been in television for 40 years, but I don’t think I’ve done anything where every building site, taxi ride and shop, people say ‘who are you going to vote off this evening’.

“Or they say ‘can’t you see that it was Alan’. No I couldn’t. Being in the public consciousness has been truly exciting,” he noted.