Jeremy Clarkson Says He Does not Imagine ‘The Traitors’ Is Actual

Jeremy Clarkson has declared his love for The Traitors, however has quibbles about its authenticity.

Chatting with The Solar newspaper, the Clarkson’s Farm presenter congratulated the BBC on a “belter” of a success, however mentioned his TV expertise leaves him with questions on how The Traitors is produced.

“Come on, I’ve labored in tv for 30 years. You’re not going to spend that a lot cash on a programme the place there’s a threat all of it falls to items,” he mentioned. “So, I’ve no concept how they’re doing it, however I bow right down to them.”

Requested if Studio Lambert producers are meddling behind the scenes, Clarkson responded: “They have to be — and I’m not simply being a cynic, I understand how tv is made. You may’t really say to a contestant, ‘Say this’ and ‘say that’, you’ll be able to’t however …”

He added: “I simply don’t consider it’s all for actual, as a result of nothing in tv is. I’m sitting there going, how are they doing this? It may simply be unbelievably painstaking enhancing.”

Studio Lambert has repeatedly made clear that, as soon as The Traitors sport is established and traitors are chosen, they permit contestants on the UK and U.S. variations to get on with the competitors.

“We’ve created the sport and the format’s there, and we allow them to play it. We’re very hands-off producer-wise. We don’t inform individuals to go and speak to sure individuals. We don’t inform them as a result of we don’t need to affect on the sport,” mentioned Sam Rees-Jones, who oversees The Traitors U.S.

Though Clarkson is a fan of the Claudia Winkleman present, the previous Prime Gear presenter mentioned he’s not desirous about showing on the movie star model. “I wouldn’t in one million years. I’ve bought ten jobs already why would I would like 11?” he joked.

The BBC introduced on Tuesday that The Traitors Season 4 will premiere on New 12 months’s Day. The return of the civilian model comes weeks after The Celeb Traitors broke viewing data for the BBC. The present’s finale episode, through which traitor Alan Carr was topped champion, was watched by almost 15M viewers