The Traitors finalists on the final word betrayal: ‘I trusted the incorrect particular person’

Spoiler alert: This article comprises particulars of the ultimate of the second sequence of The Traitors. You have been warned.

Judas degree treachery, the arrival of Jazatha Christie, and dying by fizzy rosé – this sequence of The Traitors has had all of it.

After 12 episodes, the nail-biting finale noticed baby-faced British military engineer turned arch-manipulator Harry successful the whole prize pot of virtually £100,000 – leaving trustworthy Mollie, his closest pal within the group, with nothing.

Viewers of the hit present have watched Harry, 22, play a close to excellent recreation all through the sequence, fooling nearly everybody whereas quietly “murdering” the faithfuls one after the other, and hanging his fellow traitors out to dry when the warmth was on.

Such was the secrecy surrounding the ending that every one the contestants – bar the ultimate three – have been saved in the dead of night concerning the end result; they watched the finale collectively, discovering out the result concurrently viewers.

Speaking after the massive reveal, Harry admitted he did really feel responsible, regardless of making the day by day betrayal appear easy.

“I feel like everyone deserved the chance of that money,” he stated. “And I was the reason none of them got it… so I was sort of hard on myself, but then it was the game and I was like, if the shoe was on the other foot, they would do the same to me.”

‘It makes you’re feeling you are about to do one thing naughty’

After telling host Claudia Winkleman firstly that he needed to be a traitor, Harry stated he initially regretted it as he waited to see whether or not or not he would get the shoulder squeeze inviting him to the darkish facet.

“I was like, oh my gosh, what have I done? I didn’t want to be tapped. Because of the pressure… how am I going to lie to everyone’s face and keep a poker face? Then as soon as she tapped me, I sort of was like, okay, cool, I’ve got a job to do now, let’s get it done.”

And placing on his traitors cloak every night time was a spotlight of the sport.

“It just makes you feel like you’re about to do something naughty. Every time I put it on I was like, now I feel evil.”

Harry has been applauded for his Machiavellian recreation play on the BBC present – however how do his household really feel about seeing this facet to him?

“My mum calls me the dumbest, smartest person she’s ever met,” he stated. “They laugh and joke about not being able to ever trust me again, but they know that I would do anything for them.”

Five contestants – faithfuls Evie, Jaz and Mollie, and traitors Harry and Andrew – made it by way of to the ultimate. Evie and Andrew have been banished – leaving Jaz satisfied of Harry’s guilt, however Mollie determined to imagine his innocence.

The dramatic final vote noticed Mollie, 21, initially choosing Harry as a traitor – a transfer which might have seen the prize pot break up between her and Jaz – earlier than altering her thoughts on the final minute.

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Viewers noticed her swear and storm out of the room after it was revealed she had been lied to by her pal.

“My head was scrambled in that moment,” she stated, including that her friendship with Harry “took over for me and I just couldn’t do it to him”, although there was a niggling doubt.

Throughout the sequence, the bond between the pair, who have been two of the youthful contestants, was evident.

“It hurt in the moment,” she stated, addressing his betrayal. “I was upset but it was a game… you know that you’re going to have people that betray you in there, you can’t hold a grudge.”

‘He had me completely fooled’

Despite saying earlier than the ultimate reveal that she would by no means converse to him once more ought to he become a traitor, there’s “no beef” between Mollie and Harry now.

“Watching it back, you can see what a good game he played. He had me totally fooled. I think he had a lot of people fooled in there.”

Away from household and buddies and with a lot at stake, feelings are excessive. “Being away from your support system, you do have to trust someone,” Mollie stated. “I obviously chose the wrong person to trust in there.”

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Andrew, who was initially a trustworthy however discovered himself recruited to the traitors midway by way of the sequence, discovered it powerful – and frightened about “disappointing” his mum.

“I struggled with it,” the 45-year-old stated. “I knew it was a game, a very intense game, a different game, but even then I still found it hard… every time I was accusing people and I knew they were telling the truth… my insides were turning like a washing machine.”

He additionally needed to take care of a wardrobe malfunction. “It’s a good quality cloak and I struggled because it is quite long… I kept tripping over it at the start. So getting used to wearing it was quite difficult, the first day or so. I think they actually adjusted it, they got it altered for me then after the first night.”

‘I did not know who Agatha Christie was’

Perhaps the one one who had Harry sussed was Jaz, now christened Jazatha Christie on social media because of his canny detective work.

“I didn’t know who Agatha Christie was,” he stated. “I had to Google that person.”

On Harry’s recreation play, Jaz added: “He started to get everything right. The guy was making no mistakes and I thought, your card’s marked, I’m coming for you. But when the time is right.”

Sadly, his instincts weren’t sufficient to safe a faithfuls victory. But Evie says there are not any onerous emotions in direction of Harry.

“We love him,” the 29-year-old stated. “I’m like equal parts proud and equal parts annoyed. It’s so difficult to watch yourself be played like that but he did amazing. Hats off to him. If I was in his position I would want to play the game like he did.”