LAST night’s episode of The Traitors saw former barrister Harriet banished from the castle after failing to out Rachel to the rest of the Faithfuls.
Following the main show, she appeared on companion show, Uncloaked and viewers were able to the exact moment she found out exactly who the Traitors are in the game.
Before opening the letter, the crime writer reaffirmed her suspicions for Rachel and also threw Roxy, James, Jessie and Sam’s names into the ring too.
As she opened up the letter halfway, she discovered Stephen is in fact a Traitor.
Looking absolutely gobsmacked, Harriet let out: “Oh, Stephen! A good Lewis boy there. I like that, representing for the Western Isles.
“That is tremendous, but oh, he has done a brilliant job, good for him, in the worst possible way.”
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She then pulled the paper down to reveal Rachel’s name as she let out an excited squeal and began hitting her leg in glee before laughing uncontrollably.
“It’s Rachel,” she said before continuing to laugh in a high pitched manner.
“Sorry, forgive me – it’s just nice to be right,” Harriet expressed as she added: “What is lovely about this is now I can really cheer on team Faithful and I just really hope if they end up, up against Rachel, I think that I’ve done enough to ruin Rachel’s credibility at the end.”
During Wednesday’s instalment, Harriet revealed her true identity as an author and barrister to the Traitors after she won the opportunity to ask them questions via a confessional box.
Harriet then told the Traitors that they had taken her for a fool when they told her she was one of their favourites to recruit and that her voice was shaking through anger at them.
She said: “The gig is up for Rachel,” and then asked if they would continue to work in a pack to protect Rachel which left the Traitors terrified that she knew who they all were.
“She’s scaring the life out of me,” exclaimed Rachel to Stephen.
The next morning at breakfast Harriet revealed what happened the night before to the rest of the contestants and told them she would be coming for Rachel at tonight’s roundtable.
However, at a tense round table, Harriet’s plan to oust Rachel backfired and and the stars voted her out instead after she asked them to call her bluff.
Harriet is a Scottish novelist and the author of Blood Orange. The Lies You Told, It Ends at Midnight and A Lesson in Cruelty.
Her next book Witch Trial, about two girls accused of murder, is set to be released next month.
Her first novel became a Richard and Judy choice and became popular during COVID in 2020.
And according to The Book Seller, her sales have increased by an astonishing 95.6% since the first episode of The Traitors aired.
The publication says copies purchased have shot up from typically 181 copies to 354, with her recent novel A Lesson in Cruelty credited for the increase.
Meanwhile, in the first week of January, The Lies You Told recorded 263 copies – 93.4% more than the previous week.
The Traitors continues tonight at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
