The Traitors star Joe hits out at backlash after being called 'worst Faithful ever'

The Traitors contestant Joe Scott has addressed the backlash he's received from BBC viewers successful an exclusive interrogation pursuing his 'murder' conscionable days earlier the final

Former the Traitors contestant Joe Scott has addressed the backlash against him from immoderate viewers.

Joe, 37, had been a Faithful connected the 3rd bid of the BBC show, which concludes with its final aboriginal this week. The English teacher was nevertheless 'murdered' by Traitors Minah Shannon and Charlotte Berman connected Wednesday's episode.

During his clip astatine Ardross Castle successful Scotland, Joe targeted respective chap Faithfuls astatine the circular tables including Kasim Ahmed and aboriginal Alex Oleksy. He did nevertheless ballot for Linda Rands, who was an archetypal Traitor, connected 2 occasions.

Some viewers were not impressed with Joe connected the amusement though and it's adjacent been suggested connected societal media that helium was the "worst" Faithful successful the show's history. He's present addressed the absorption successful an interrogation with the Mirror.

Joe said he's received "quite a large backlash" and told america helium finds that peculiar rubric to beryllium "weird" fixed that helium made it done respective banishments and murders. He said: "I mean, I've had rather a large backlash. To accidental I'm the worst Faithful ever I find weird due to the fact that I made it to the last week."

He went connected to callback sharing his suspicions astir Linda, conscionable similar Jake Brown. The brace were proved to beryllium close astir the retired opera vocalist erstwhile she was unmasked arsenic 1 of the Traitors upon her banishment successful an occurrence past week.

Referencing fans having questioned wherefore she remained successful the crippled for truthful long, Joe said: "Also, truthful galore radical were similar 'how is Linda inactive in?' and I was 1 of the fewer radical with Jake that was connected Linda's lawsuit and radical conscionable wouldn't perceive to us. So y'know, I'd accidental I'm not up determination with the worst Faithfuls. I don't cognize who is but decidedly not me."

Discussing the circular tables, helium said: "It is truthful hard due to the fact that you each go truly adjacent and [that's] what made this twelvemonth a hard happening to beryllium a portion of. Because I thought, 'There's gonna beryllium radical successful determination that I people won't get connected with and it volition marque it easier.'" Joe nevertheless said helium ended up getting on with everyone: "It mightiness not person travel crossed that mode but I genuinely got connected with everybody there. So erstwhile it got to the array it was having to accidental those names."

Joe explained that helium went into the circular tables "really confident" arsenic helium hadn't ever heard anyone rise suspicions astir him. He said: "Because I was truthful outspoken astatine the table, I deliberation radical conscionable thought 'if helium was a Traitor would helium truly spell successful that hard connected different Faithfuls conscionable to marque retired he's 1 of us?'. So I deliberation though I was incorrect with a fewer things, I deliberation that worked to my vantage arsenic a Faithful."

The Traitors continues Thursday nighttime from 9pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The 3rd bid volition past reason with its finale from 8.30pm connected Friday.

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