The Traitors' Charlotte reacts to fans claiming she was 'robbed' of £94k

Yahoo

29-01-2025

The Traitors star Charlotte Berman has told Yahoo that viewers were being "very generous" in thinking she would have won the £94,600 if it wasn't for The Seer twist.
She told Yahoo: "I think probably I would never have managed to clinch the win, but maybe I could have got one step closer."
Charlotte narrowly lost out on winning the prize money at the final hurdle, having made the final five of the game and the only Traitor in the group.
But Faithful Frankie (Francesca Rowan-Plowden) discovered Charlotte's true identity as a Traitor in the BBC show because she won the power of The Seer, meaning she could find out whether one person was either a Faithful or a Traitor; it was a role inspired by the card game Werewolf, something that had been used overseas before in The Traitors.
Even winner Jake Brown had Charlotte down in his "100% Faithful" category until The Seer power. Some viewers believed that The Seer "robbed" Charlotte of the £94,000 prize money, that was won by Jake and Leanne Quigley. However, Charlotte lifted the lid on why she didn't see it that way and the one red flag that she felt would have caught her out if she wasn't chosen for The Seer.
Charlotte also shared the future of her friendship with Frankie and the special reassuring moment they shared off-camera after filming the tense Seer scenes.
How did you transition from Faithful to Traitor?
Ooh! I think easier than you might think, because I've been a Faithful for six days — or six episodes if you like. I knew exactly how to be a Faithful. I just was the same. I just literally operated exactly the same, except, obviously, this time, when I was discussing kind of theories and stuff, I obviously knew maybe they weren't correct.
Yeah, I actually found it easier. Maybe being recruited is slightly easier than being a Traitor from the start.
Seeing The Seer twist, I watched the £94,600 slip through your fingers. I really did think you had everyone believing you.
I just think with that the way that The Seer, and how it didn't get revealed who was a Faithful or a Traitor, even if I hadn't been seen by The Seer, Freddie obviously still wrote my name on the board so that would have taken some explaining.
So I reckon I might have survived banishment but I reckon everyone's super clever and they probably wouldn't have taken the risk at the fire pit. Everyone's being very generous, saying I was robbed. I think probably I would never have managed to clinch the win but maybe I could have got one step closer.
Why are friendships so important to the castle?
Oh my God, your relationships in the castle are literally what I think keeps you in the castle. Being frank about it there's 25 people in the beginning but you sort of got on with someone really well, I don't know, that morning, you're probably less likely to vote for them, just because, you know, you're comfortable with them, so it's a real game of relationships, friendships.
Obviously, you naturally form really tight friendships because you're just spending so much time with each other. You're away from your family and friends, you're away from your normal life, and you're away from your phone, [which is] obviously, quite crucial.
It is a game you are banishing people, people are getting murdered but it is still an experience only you guys are going through. Everyone just became really close.
It was super nice and now it's all out in the open and we can all chat openly as well, because when we came out from the filming, obviously, we were all chatting and stuff on WhatsApp but it had to be a bit on the DL [down low]
One of the most important friendships in The Traitors was your friendship with Frankie, do you think your friendship was your downfall in The Traitors or not entirely?
Frankie was saying she was toying between me and Alexander. If she had picked Alexander as The Seer we could have had a totally different outcome.
It has not affected our friendship at all. We know it's just a game. We both were playing our roles, and she's amazing. She was so quick to say, 'Do not be silly, you have nothing to [worry about], it's a game, full stop, end of conversation.'
In a way, it's so great because, you know, we were sat next to each other on the train on the very first day, randomly allocated.
And so straight away we had that sort of shared experience from being that, you know, the first person you sit next to at school.
Sitting next to each other on the train to, you know, having that big Seer moment and making it to the final together, irrespective of how it all panned out, it was just so amazing to do that together which was really nice.
Do you plan to keep all your close friends from The Traitors? Are these friendships for life?
100%. It's crazy. We've just gone through this amazing experience together. It's so fun because, you know, when you go through life, you make friends at school and uni and your jobs and, you know, maybe an NCT class or whatever, but The Traitors is a brand new place and way to make new friends. So it's really great.
How did you find keeping all the secrets on the show and after filming?
On the show it depends what you want to do. So for example, when Anna told me that she had been seduced. I wasn't gonna tell anyone about that because I wanted to build that trust with Anna. Obviously I then got recruited myself.
Some things that you want to keep secret, then there are some sort of rumours that you spread. That's all part of the game. Trying to build up those relationships and maybe keep information to yourself or share information, depending on how it benefits you, really.
But in real life, obviously, it's super easy. We came home from the filming and obviously, people, some people in my life knew that I'd gone and done it but no one knew what happened. It was a secret well worth keeping I think because it was all the more fun for everyone else.
Do you prefer being a Traitor or a Faithful?
I prefer being a Traitor because I really wanted to be a Traitor coming in. I really wanted to play the Traitor role, so I'm just so thrilled that I got to but do you know what? I didn't know the recruitment was coming, and I was super happy as a Faithful as well.
So, I think, you know, I'm just so grateful that I got that unique experience of basically having half my time as a Faithful and half my time as a Traitor, cause it was pretty much 50% of the days there.
I'm really lucky to have had that.
The Traitors is streaming on BBC iPlayer.