10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Door remains open', RTE show bosses say as presenter turns down role on highly-anticipated series over ‘anxiety dream'
BOSSES at Traitors Ireland have confirmed podcaster Marina Hyde turned the show down.
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Marina Hyde turned down a role on Traitors Ireland
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Discussing the upcoming celebrity version of
'But my anxiety dream is that I am on reality TV, which I think is very very exposing.'
Contacted by us, Traitors Ireland confirmed that an offer was indeed made to the journalist to be a contestant.
Darren Smith, MD of Kite Entertainment, told
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'Alas despite her very smart children thinking it was a great idea, Marina decided against pursuing this offer.
'Marina should know that our door remains open as we believe the key to a happy home life and shaping your kids into becoming incredible adults is taking their advice on all career-related matters.'
Despite the snub, Traitors Ireland is due to hit Irish TV screens later this year with
Filming has already been completed which was
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Project manager Jake Brown and former soldier Leanne Quigley won the most
The nail-biting psychological reality competition sees a group of
strangers asked to play the ultimate game of deception, betrayal and
trust, all in the hope of winning up to €50,000.
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But, hidden amongst them are the Traitors, who will attempt to
secretly murder a player every night, without getting caught.
It's up to the others, the Faithfuls, to try to detect who the Traitors are, and banish them from the game, before they become their next victim.
The Traitors Ireland will air on RTE One and RTE Player later in this year.
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Marina co-hosts the Rest Is Entertainment podcast alongside Richard Osman
