Joanne McNally has very heated exchange with Miranda Hart over her 'bouncing floor' theory in Celebrity Traitors as fans brand the Irish star the 'mean girl' of the group

Joanne McNally has a very heated exchange with Miranda Hart over her 'bouncing floor' theory in Celebrity Traitors.

The latest episode of the hit BBC show saw the cast take on another challenge, where the Faithfuls stood completely blindfolded in a room while the Traitors (Maya Jama and King Kenny) were tasked with quietly sabotaging the game.

Traitor James Acaster refused to participate out of fear of being caught, leaving his team frustrated.

While blindfolded, Miranda felt the floorboards next to her creak, leading her to believe it was Joanne due to her pre-existing bias against the comedian.

After the challenge, the actress enthusiastically shared her physical evidence with James Blunt but soon backtracked after Joanne caught wind of the accusation and reacted furiously.

Then at the round table, Miranda announced to the room that her 'bouncing floor theory' was officially debunked.

She said: 'On discussion since, I'd like to declare the bouncing floor theory debunked. So apologies if that sounds accusatory in any way.'

Michael Sheen asked: 'Why is it debunked?'

Miranda continued: 'Umm, it could've been on the other side of the room, and a floorboard could have been... It doesn't necessarily mean it's the people next to me.'

Frustrated, Joanne interrupted: 'Well, obviously you've said it now. So Miranda said that she thought I was moving around the floor. And I was just like, 'That's not true.'

'It's so not true that then I was suspicious of Miranda because I was like, that just feels like such a set-up.

'Because I had such a heavy table last night, and then you're, I just said that just makes me not trust you. It's the truth.'

Miranda replied: 'I get that you would think that, yeah.'

Joanne fumed: 'So I was just... Of all the people, you would say I was the one moving round the floor seems a bit mad when I literally didn't move.'

'Hence me saying I'd debunked the theory.' Miranda replied before Joanne pushed back: 'You've just brought in a debunked theory and brought it to the floor again.'

'I'm saying debunked,' Miranda snapped.

Following the heated exchange, fans accused Joanne of being a 'mean girl' as they took to X to share their thoughts.

They penned: 'Why was joanne lowkey bullying miranda she got so scared towards the end it was odd seeing her like that,'

'Do not like the way Joanne spoke to Miranda wt the round table.. it’s a game, it doesn’t need to get nasty ESPECIALLY to Miranda,'

'Why is joanne being so passive aggressive omg miranda get behind me,'

'Joanne sayings its madness if Miranda brings up The moving floorboard at the round table, like she didn’t suspect Leigh Anne for using lipgloss and gets it wrong every round table,'

'Why is Joanne being so aggressive towards Miranda. Just because she accused her. That’s the point of the game omg,'

'The way Miranda and Sharon were the ‘nerdy’ girls and Joanne was the ´mean’ girl was like they had reverted back to school days!!'

Elsewhere in the episode, Jerry was banished after the Round Table turned on her at the last minute.

However, many viewers have claimed that the rest of the cast didn't actually think she was a Traitor but just a 'chaotic' and 'bad' Faithful.

They penned on X: 'Yeah they definitely voted Jerry Hall not because they think she's a traitor and more so because she's a bad faithful #CelebrityTraitors.',

'Michael saying they need to keep the good faithfuls in so everyone would vote Jerry.',

'it's smart to get rid of a useless faithful if you have zero clue who a traitor.'

Celebrity Traitors continues on Friday night on BBC1 at 8pm.