Kate Garraway has reignited her Celebrity Traitors feud with ‘suspicious’ Clare Balding live on air as she took to Good Morning Britain on Thursday.
The host, who was part of the star-studded line-up of the BBC One show, was joined by sports presenter Clare, 54, on the ITV breakfast show.
Clare took to the show to speak about her debut book, Pastures New, which first hit shelves in September, and tells the story of a woman who moves to a sheep farm for a fresh start.
The duo immediately got off on the wrong foot when Kate, 58, was said to have described the novel as a ‘bonk buster’ by co-star Ed Balls.
Trying to cover her tracks, Kate quickly clarified: ‘I did not say that! I was told that. Look, don’t start trouble between Clare and I all over again.
‘It wasn’t me who said that Clare. I’d like to assure you, that was the impression we got from the producers.’
Kate Garraway has reignited her Celebrity Traitors feud with ‘suspicious’ Clare Balding live on air as she took to Good Morning Britain on Thursday
The host, who was part of the star-studded line-up of the BBC One show, was joined by sports presenter Clare, 54, on the ITV breakfast show
Clare hit back: ‘No, that’s because Jilly Cooper told me to write it but it’s not a bonk buster. It’s about love and faith and trust.’
‘Did you like writing it? Because I always think of you doing stuff that’s fact-based,’ Kate then asked, before Clare mocked her for describing her new venture simply as ‘doing stuff’.
As tensions rose, Clare and Kate then halted interview to discuss the upcoming Celebrity Traitors finale, which will reveal whether the Traitors or Faithful take home the prize money.
The two stars, who were Faithful on the series, were both falsely accused by their co-stars and voted out on two different group discussions.
During the show, both women had suspected each other at the roundtable.
Kate snapped: ‘Clare was the first person in Celebrity Traitors to say that I was suspicious and you can see how she is. I’m at the roundtable all over again….’
Clare retorted: ‘She kept arguing with me Ed, she kept arguing if somebody put your name down – I never put your name down.’
Kate quickly fired back: ‘But you told everyone you thought it was me?’ before trying to move on, adding: ‘Jonathan and David both said it was you. Let’s carry on…’
The two stars, who were Faithful on the series, were both falsely accused by their co-stars and voted out on two different group discussions
Clare took to the show to speak about her debut book, Pastures New, which first hit shelves in September, and tells the story of a woman who moves to a sheep farm for a fresh start
But not backing down, Clare continued: ‘If we’re going to go on who you should trust, if it’s a choice between me and Jonathan, stick with me Kate!’
Ed attempted to break up the pair by bringing attentions back to the book, saying: ‘What is going on? This is better than watching on the TV…’
Clare still wasn’t ready to give up talk of Celebrity Traitors just yet, continuing: ‘I’m going to make a point, I’m going to make a point – is that alright?
‘It’s about the roundtable and it’s how you make voices heard. Because I believe all the time that sport is bigger than just the game being played, I think Celebrity Traitors is bigger than the game being played.
‘Whether you’re in cabinet meetings, shadow cabinet meetings, whether you’re in school staff meetings, team sports and you’ve got the big discussion point, whether you’re in the boardroom.
‘Wherever you are in a team, how do you make your voice heard without being shut down but also how do you make sure all voices are being listened to equally.
‘We defer and we defer on the basis that the deference is to education, gender, age, it’s to a tone of voice. And comedy means you can get away with a lot but Joe Wilkinson said something interesting about that anytime he said something, it was like he was talking in lower case.
‘I think there were a lot of occasions for women in particular who find they’re talking in lower case and no one is necessarily listening.’
It comes ahead of the Celebrity Traitors finale tonight
In a major faux pas for the series, Canadian streaming site Crave uploaded the entire episode hosted by Claudia Winkleman on Wednesday evening
It comes ahead of the Celebrity Traitors finale tonight (November 6), which was thrown into chaos after the ENTIRE final episode leaked online 24 hours before it was due to hit screens – and whether the Traitors or Faithful win revealed by fans.
In a major faux pas for the series, Canadian streaming site Crave uploaded the entire episode on Wednesday evening, allowing hundreds of people to stream it online.
It means that a number of viewers have already discovered the result, which the Daily Mail has opted not to spoil for fans waiting for the finale.
Canadian fans took to social media and online forum Reddit to discuss the episode, including the mystery winner or winners, in the hours after the episode was dropped.
One viewer told The Sun: ‘I have been watching Celebrity Traitors through Crave all season long. Having not realised that the finale was airing tomorrow [in the UK], I logged on this afternoon and found it available.
‘It was only brought to my attention part-way through by a friend outside of Canada that the finale isn’t scheduled to air tomorrow [Thurs in the UK].’
The episode is said to have been taken down from the streaming service an hour and a half after it was uploaded, but many fans had already watched it.
One fan commented: ‘It was really good. Didn’t think this would be the ending!’
The famous faces have been battling for up-to-£100,000 of prize money for their chosen charities throughout the series, which first aired in October
Discussing the leak on Reddit, another penned: ‘Stay away from Traitors news and communities if you don’t want to get spoiled!’
Viewers of the series in New Zealand have also already had a chance to watch the finale early, with the series streaming on ThreeNow.
In response, another fan penned on the forum site: ‘I saw part one (the round table) in NZ this afternoon but they have since pulled it…’
A spokesperson for the BBC said ‘We kindly ask anyone who thinks they know the outcome of The Celebrity Traitors to keep whatever they believe they know to themselves.
‘Please avoid sharing potential spoilers so that the millions of fans who have been faithfully following every twist and turn of the series can enjoy the final this evening.’
The finale of the BBC One series will reveal who has won with a bumper 70 minute extended episode.
The famous faces have been battling for up-to-£100,000 of prize money for their chosen charities throughout the series, which first aired in October.
The finale will be followed by an extended edition of The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked on BBC Two, as host Ed Gamble is joined by host Claudia Winkleman and the final five to open up about their time in Ardross Castle.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1 and ITVX.
