Celebrity Traitors star Rob Beckett said the reports about his rumoured fall out with fellow comedian James Acaster on the hit BBC reality show “upset me a little bit”
Comedian Rob Beckett has had his says on the rumoured fall out with fellow comic James Acaster on the Celebrity Traitors. Reports suggested James felt singled out by long-time friends Rob and Romesh Ranganathan during filming at Ardross Castle in Scotland.
For his part, James said the reports over the BBC show were “completely fabricated” during an appearance on Allan Carr’s Life’s A Beach podcast. Rob, who was eliminated from the competition early, has now weighed in on the debate.
Speaking on the Parenting Hell podcast, which he co-hosts with Strictly Come Dancing presenter Josh Widdicombe, the pair got to talking about Rob’s experience on Celebrity Traitors.
The comedian said he “didn’t tease” James during filming, and said the reports “actually upsets me a little bit”. He called “teasing and bullying the worst thing you can do to anyone.
Rob said: “Apparently James made an official complaint about me and Romesh teased him for his middle class upbringing. We were like ‘obviously not, no. He’s my mate, known him 10 years, we’ve been texting each other as the show has been going on.’
“I didn’t say that, I was like, ‘absolutely not, that’s completely wrong.’ Romesh and his agent, me and my agent and so did he, James and his agent, said ‘absolute nonsense’. The BBC said absolute nonsense. Printed it anyway.”
Rob went on to say how painful he found the report, which appeared in the Mail on Sunday. The report said James complained to producers the he was being “teased and mocked” during filming.
James was then involved in one of most dramatic moments of the series when he unmasked himself as a traitor after being reluctantly recruited. He then reported experiencing severe anxiety and filming was halted so welfare staff could step in and check on him. James was also absent from the live reunion.
Rob continued: “It actually did upset me a little bit. Teasing and whatever you want to call it, bullying, it’s the worst thing to do to anyone. And when you know it’s categorically not true, and everyone’s denied it, but it still exists out there.”
Meanwhile, Rob has expanded further on his time on the popular reality television show. He joked that celebrities thinking about signing up should do the I’m A Celebrity instead because “it’s an easier gig”.
The comedian used to present spin-off show I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! NOW!, so knows how the programme is made. While he didn’t go into specifics – Celebrity Traitors contestants have to sign NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) about how the show is made – he suggested it is not an easy job behind the scenes.
Rob said: “So Traitors has been and gone. The problem with Traitors is you cannot talk about it, you sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement). I’ve never had to do this for any show I’ve done about the way a show is made.
“I can’t talk about it, to any celebrities who want to do it. Take the money in the jungle. It’s an easier gig. Take the money in the jungle, donate what you could have won on Traitors and enjoy your life.
“Because I’ve been in both shows, I’ve watched the jungle being made, the jungle is an easier gig, I’ll tell you now. And I can’t tell you why, because I’m not allowed to, I’m sure one day I’ll be able to.”
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