The Traitors' Meg reveals 'wicked' and unexpected compliment host Claudia Winkleman gave her

Virgin Radio

16 Jan 2024, 12:27

The Traitors’ Meg has revealed the surprising - and very welcome - compliment presenter Claudia Winkleman bestowed on her.

The illustrator from Hereford shared Claudia's cockle-warming appreciation exclusively with virginradio.co.uk. The now-deceased series two contestant said about the host: "I mean, [she's] a lovely human, just so lovely. When we had to go and sit next to her and chat about why we wanted to be a Traitor, it was really, really nice to chat with her.

"She said, 'I love your hair'. And I'm like, oh my god, the Winkleman, the Head-&-Shoulders-advert-Winkleman, just said she loved my hair!

"I'm like, wow, this is wicked. This literally never happens to anybody like me. This is so cool. To me, it was really cool. And squawking bird noises... wow, what a story. Maybe one day we'll have to tell the future generations about that. 'By the way, guys, I squawked loads of bird noises at a celebrity on national tele'."

Speaking about her TV journey, she admitted: "I had no expectations. I don't think you can be with something like that. I've never been to Scotland. I never thought I'd meet Claudia Winkleman and never thought I'd meet the 21 other awesome people that were in it with me.

"I never thought I'd meet and do any of the stuff that I did, so I just didn't really have any expectation at all. I just went in there and was like, right. I'm just going to be me and see what happens. It was epic, so epic. Just brilliant."

The fringed host, renowned for her presenting on Strictly Come Dancing, admitted that she initially turned down the opportunity to host The Traitors.

It's a good job she didn't. The reality competition, where contestants navigate deception for a chance to win £120,000, won Winkleman a Bafta for her role.

The Traitors will continue on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Wednesday 17th January at 9pm.