Charlotte Church speaks out on Celebrity Traitors as she gives true view on celebrities

Welsh singer and wellness guru Charlotte Church has revealed that her stint on The Celebrity Traitors “restored” her faith in famous people. The Cardiff-born star, 39, who was “murdered” by the traitors during Wednesday night’s episode of the popular BBC One show, confessed she usually steers clear “of that whole celebrity scene”.

The spin-off, presented by Claudia Winkleman, has been a goldmine for viral moments and is described by the BBC as “the ultimate game of deceit and betrayal”.

Reflecting on her time on the programme, Charlotte shared: “It was way more intense than I expected.

“It has restored my faith in celebrities a little because, generally, I just really keep out of that whole celebrity scene, and I have perhaps been a little bit too harsh in my judgment of celebrities.

“It was wonderful to spend time with some really very interesting people.

“I think that’s been my favourite part of the experience. Genuinely, to just be in the company of some extraordinary people with extraordinary stories and minds was the best bit.”

Church was a faithful on the show, which involves players trying to win a charity prize by identifying a small group of secretly assigned traitors before they are banished from the game or “murdered”. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter

She said: “I was really happy to be a faithful. I think even if the traitors had tried to recruit me, I would have said no.

“I just don’t think I would have been able to hack that level of constant deception.

“I think you need to really want it, and you need to be really up on the strategy of the game and working all the angles in order to be a good traitor.

“I just didn’t want that sort of experience. I wanted a bit of an adventure, something different and a challenge.

“Really, as a traitor, you have to hide but you’re in receipt of all the facts and I think that makes the game easier in a way, and less emotional.

“I think it’s much more emotionally wrought when you’re a faithful.

“That said, I don’t know what it is to be a traitor and what that experience is to be feeling guilty potentially.”

She added: “I’ve learnt quite a lot about myself. I’ve learnt that I do feel things very deeply, which I knew anyway, but I thought I would be able to switch it off a bit more and I really couldn’t.

“Not that I want to. Part of what I’m doing in my life now, and the work that I’m doing in the world, is all about re-sensitising the heart and not numbing out feelings.

“I just felt such deep empathy for everyone in there.

“I also learnt that I really enjoy solitude.

“I’ve got such a busy life, which is so constantly full and surrounded by other people, that having those times when you had a moment, didn’t have phones, didn’t have distractions, I was really happy with that and it felt quite peaceful.”

The Celebrity Traitors continues on Thursday at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.