Traitors Alexander's heartwarming speech about late brother as fans donate £60k to charity

The Traitors favourite Alexander Dragonetti appeared connected ITV's Good Morning Britain this week. He spoke astir his precocious member arsenic fans raised £60,000 for the Mencap foundation successful his honour

Despite not winning immoderate wealth himself arsenic portion of his stint connected BBC amusement The Traitors, Alexander Dragonetti won the nation's hearts instead.

From his quirky singing, to his energetic badminton playing and benignant heart, the 38-year-old ex-British diplomat rapidly became a instrumentality favourite aft helium returned to the amusement pursuing his bid exit successful occurrence one.

And to amusement however overmuch they adore him, fans decided to raise £60,000 to the Mencap charity, which Alexander said helium would springiness wealth to if helium won the show.

Alexander wanted to donate to the charity, who enactment with radical with learning disabilities, arsenic they helped his precocious member erstwhile helium was alive.

To speech astir the generous absorption from the public, Alexander appeared connected ITV amusement Good Morning Britain this week with Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley.

A clip of the interrogation that was shared online saw Kate archer Alexander: "What was truthful peculiar was the mode you talked astir your brother, who evidently had each these challenges, and what helium gave you.

"I deliberation that's often thing that radical hide erstwhile they person a sibling oregon a genitor oregon idiosyncratic successful their unrecorded that had those challenges, that really the idiosyncratic who is much neurotyical oregon nevertheless you operation it, is winning arsenic well. Tell america what helium meant to you."

Alexander replied: "My narration with him was everything, helium was conscionable the happiest guy. People accidental this astir radical but helium lit up rooms... He was conscionable truthful overmuch cooler than his member and I loved that."

Talking astir summertime camps that Mencap utilized to run, Alexander besides said it was 'one of the happiest periods of his life' and that helium loved 'being there' for his brother.

"I could spot my full beingness I'd beryllium his protector," helium said. "That would beryllium my job. That was truthful important to me, and truthful his nonaccomplishment was arsenic truly hard."

Richard past asked however the foundation helped retired his brother. Talking again astir the summertime camps, Alexander said: "That was astir apt the week helium looked guardant to the most, due to the fact that he'd beryllium infinitely silly and he'd person infinite attention. He conscionable loved that.

"And what it meant to my parents is that they got a interruption for a week and they could spell and bash immoderate different stuff. That week adjacent successful amongst a twelvemonth matters truthful much."

The video, which was shared connected the GMB X account, has racked up hundreds of likes. One idiosyncratic replied: "What a beauteous young man," portion different said helium was "probably the nicest antheral successful the UK".