Celebrity Traitors fans have gone wild as Joanne McNally and Richard E Grant have shared photos from their impromptu reunion this week.
Richard, arguably one of the worst – if not most entertaining – Traitors in history, immediately gave himself up after revealing his identity, in what many viewers assumed was a strategic move. However, he was swiftly banished at the first roundtable, marking a first for the series.
While Joanne’s strategy of ‘keep putting the foot in it while looking for the love of your life’ saw her fare relatively well, she remained unconvinced that Richard was a Traitor, even after his admission. The faithful was so certain of her suspicions that she declared she’d ‘eat her bonnet’ if the actor turned out to be a Traitor.
While Joanne did, in fact, eat her bonnet while on tour in the US, she still didn’t care that Richard was a traitor — case in point, when traitor and faithful reunited to switch on the Covent Garden Christmas Lights.
‘Totally unexpected TRAITORS reunion with @joannemcnally who introduced Christine Baranski and me on the Punch & Judy balcony this evening, to officially switch on the Covent Garden Christmas lights!’ Richard wrote alongside a series of selfies.
Richard reminisced on when he was out of work, too, working in Tuttons over four decades previously — with this moment coming full circle earlier this week.
‘I was a waiter at Tuttons Brasserie 45 years ago when I was an out of work actor. Dreams really can come true! Mine certainly has!!!’
‘What a speedy but joyful reunion!!’ Joanne commented, while Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman shared a series of heart emojis.
Others thought that the context of the photo was in an incredibly different context, as one commented: ‘I thought you were engaged again!!’
‘Why does top right look like an engagement announcement lmaooo congratulations!’ another joked, while another hoped that they would join each other on My Therapist Ghosted Me, adding: ‘PODCAST! Get it sorted you two would be brilliant.’
Joanne’s forfeit came to fruition after she told the producers that she’d eat her bonnet if Richard E Grant was a traitor — something she did while in Denver Airport on her US tour.
