Joe Lycett demands major rule change in Celebrity Traitors

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors

Following the murder of Rob Beckett, we’ve had another sad loss of a comedian on The Celebrity Traitors.

Last night’s (16 October) round table saw Faithful Joe Lycett take a large majority of the vote and be banished from the castle.

Well, I mean, we say he’s a Faithful but he wasn’t a total Faithful, the man was desperate to be recruited as a Traitor.

Following Hannah Fry’s banishment on Thursday, he’d practically pleaded that he be the newest recruit, only to be beaten out (and correctly so) by King Kenny. And all of this only moved more heat onto Joe.

But he’s still going on about it as after having left The Celebrity Traitors, he’s still asking to be a Traitor and has even suggested a rule change.

Oh, and he was totally wrong about who he thought the Traitors were. (BBC)

Joe’s demand for the rules

Look, you can’t blame the guy for wanting to be a Traitor – it’s a huge part of the show and if you can hack it, it looks pretty fun.

He even spoke on The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked about his ongoing desire to don the coat in the castle.

And following his exit, Joe was asked if he had any ‘words of motivation’ for the stars as they carried on with their search for the Traitors. But his answer wasn’t exactly help for the Faithful.

“Absolutely, I’d like to motivate the Traitors to find an unknown clause in the contract that can bring back a Faithful that's been banished to recruit because I'm there if they want me!” he joked.

But Joe did offer up some useful advice for the Faithful: “I would say to the Faithful that they need to stop voting in a block and experiment with voting with their heart and their instincts, rather than following what happens at the Round Table, because that might reap more rewards.”

Hey, he's got a point. (BBC)

But… Joe told Claudia Winkleman he wanted to be a Faithful

When we first saw the celebrities talking with Claudia about their wishes for the game, the comedian actually said he wanted to be a Faithful… who was recruited.

He wanted the best of both worlds, basically.

“I'm a fan of the show, I really love this programme, and I wanted to get as much of the experience as possible,” Joe explained as he wanted to know what it felt like in both roles.

“So it was just a desire to absorb as much of the experience as possible. But I hadn't factored into that that I'm a silly billy, so I sabotage myself sometimes,” he continued.

“I think I did get a very me experience of what it was like to be me on the Traitors. I don't feel like I pretended to be someone else.”