Richard E Grant banished in Celebrity Traitors round table vote

Actor Richard E Grant was banished from the second series of The Celebrity Traitors in a landslide vote, BBC News reported. Two players were banished in total during the third episode of the reality competition, which aired on Thursday. BBC News added that actress Sharon Rooney appeared shocked when she saw which players returned to breakfast. [1][8]

Grant was voted out after employing a questionable strategy in which he revealed to other contestants that he was a traitor, according to BBC News. Before the episode, the Guardian reported that viewers were waiting to see who would become the first famous contestant to be banished from the show. [1][6]

The second series of the U.K. reality competition premiered on Thursday, 1 October, and features a cast of 21 celebrities, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The series is a spin-off of the British version of The Traitors and is presented by Claudia Winkleman. [7][9]