Celebrity Traitors star reacts after worst fears come true and they're brutally murdered

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors

Celebrity Traitors star Ross Kemp has revealed how his death on the show dredged up a long-term fear of his in real-life.

Maya Jama, comedian James Acaster and content creator King Kenny are currently the only Traitors left in the show after the likes of Richard E Grant and Professor Hannah Fry were banished soon into the start of the new series.

And they haven't been forgiving of the Faithfuls surrounding them.

Just last week, the trio of Traitors were tasked with killing a Faithful in front of everyone simply by making them yawn after spraying a 'deadly perfume' into the library.

Of course, this then turned the episode into one where the Traitors were seen fake-yawning like their lives depended on it.

However, their efforts worked and Kemp's reactionary yawn got him ‘murdered’ and then exited the show.

As soon as Ross landed himself with a target on his head when he eventually yawned, Acaster went on to deliver the killer line: “Sorry Ross, am I boring you?”

But while it seemed innocent enough, the former Eastenders star said the move played into one of his fears.

Ross Kemp has issued a message over his fears (BBC)

Speaking after it was revealed that he'd been murdered in plain sight, Kemp said of his apprehension as a Faithful: “I mean I was really sensitive to people coming close to me, it could have been a cheers, it could have been anything.

“There’s a great line from Shakespeare. I think it’s Polonius’s advice to his son: ‘To thine own self be true!’ and I have been true to myself. And I have been true to the faithfuls.”

He also said in the Diary Room: “Well played traitors, but you’re always going to be traitors...and I know where you live!”

Now as the dust settles on his exit, the 62-year-old has revealed how his shock exit played into his constant jumpiness whilst filming the show.

He said, per The Sun: “I lived every day thinking I was going to get killed – and now it’s actually happened.”

He added: “The whole environment just makes you paranoid. If you’re a fan of the show, you know that murder in plain sight happens.”

The TV legend previously suspected he’d been secretly killed by Bella Ramsey and Leigh-Anne Pinnock when the former placed a hat upon his dead and the latter touched his arm, explaining: “So when someone puts a hat on you, or touches your arm, however innocently it might be, I don’t think I’m wrong in suspecting it.”

Maya Jama later asked to be 'friends' (BBC)

Jama later confessed in the Diary Room after their cunning plot that despite cutting his time short on the show, she wants to 'be friends'.

The Love Island host said: “Grant Mitchell, aka Ross Kemp, I loved you as a child and I love you as a real person. You just fell into the worst trap ever and I’m so sorry. Hopefully, we can still be friends?”

In another area of the show, Acaster – who revealed from the start his distain of being a Traitor – explained how it made him feel to bump Grant.

He said: “Listen I didn’t want to be a Traitor, but I’m going to admit something to you now: when I killed Ross Kemp in plain sight, I loved it.”