Ross Kemp had a savage message for the Traitors after being murdered in plain sight on the Celebrity Traitors.
The trio were tasked with murdering by spraying a perfume from a peacock bottle and then encouraging a Faithful to yawn to inhale the perfume. Jama and Acaster prompted Kemp to yawn by yawning themselves during their group conversation.
Once Kemp yawned, Acaster sealed the deal and said: “Sorry, am I boring you?”
The documentary host was soon delivered with a letter evicting him from the castle and, upon finding out his fate, said: “Oh no, it had to happen at some point.”
During his time on the series, Kemp was especially paranoid of being murdered in plain sight, suspecting Leigh-Anne Pinnock of trying to murder him when she touched his shoulder and Bella Ramsay of murder when she placed a hat on his head.
Ross Kemp was murdered in a yawning mission
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“I was really sensitive to people coming close to me. Could have been a cheers. Could have been anything,” he said.
“There’s a great line from Shakespeare, I think it’s Polonius’s advice to his son: ‘to thine own self be true’. I have been true to myself and I have been true to the faithfuls.
“Well played Traitors, but you’re always going to be Traitors, and I know where you live.”
Appearing on the spin-off show Traitors: Uncloaked directly after being “murdered”, Kemp had some brutal words for his rivals.
“In terms of the challenges, I really hope the next challenge is climbing hills, mountains, I want to see deep water, rapids, piranhas, I want to see some real, real tough stuff,” he told host Ed Gamble.
He said afterwards that he wants the Traitors to ‘suffer’
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Kemp, who was known for being impressive during the challenges, went on: “Because if they thought it was a good idea to get rid of me, the Traitors, I hope they have it really tough from now on in.
“I hope it rains proper Scottish rain every time they step out to do a mission. I wanna see some sufferance. I want all of them to suffer.”
The actor then revealed he suspected Jama of being a Traitors “because of the way that she accused me early on and she seeded me and put the spotlight on me”.
He also put Acaster in the line of fire and “possibly” Pinnock and James Blunt, before naming Bash Croft and Sharon Rooney as his “definite Faifthfuls” because they had “bonded”.
Upon finding out that Jama, Kenny and Acaster were the Traitors, he admitted that they were a “strong” trio - but predicted that the Faithfuls could still sniff them out.
Viewers at home shared their frustration over the Faithfuls being unable to suspect Jama following Kemp’s murder considering her recent suspicious actions.
Maya Jama kept yawning to try to prompt one of the others to yawn
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“Maya was standing next to Miranda. Maya had two pieces stolen and not put on the shield. Maya was in the room with Ross. And the faithful just aren't making those connections?” one raged on X.
“How have none of these people suspected Maya yet?? Ross gets killed off and both her and James A spent time with him in the library that night. Her name hasn’t been brought up once!” another added.
“Ross was so suspicious about everything at the start, but can't see that James and Maya are trying to get one of them to yawn is ridiculous,” a third posted.
Another remarked: “The irony of Ross being murdered in plain sight after being paranoid the entire time.”
Following his death, Jerry Hall was banished from the castle and told the group that she was, in fact, a Faithful.
The TV star had been vocal about his hopes to join the treacherous famous faces but remained faithful until the end.
Meanwhile, Kenny filled the vacancy left by Hannah Fry, after she was banished during the roundtable in Thursday’s episode and exposed as a traitor. Celebrity Traitors continues on BBC One.