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James Acaster Denies Complaining About Co-Stars on 'The Celebrity Traitors'
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In Short: James Acaster, star of 'The Celebrity Traitors,' denies reports that he complained about fellow contestants Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan.
James Acaster, a comedian and host of the Off Menu podcast, has denied reports that he complained about his co-stars Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan during the filming of 'The Celebrity Traitors.' Acaster told Variety, 'I’ve been friends with those guys for like, over 10 years. They were lovely the entire show. I didn’t complain about any of my fellow players. It’s so completely fabricated.'
The reports emerged after The Mail on Sunday cited sources claiming Acaster had complained to producers about being teased and mocked by Beckett and Ranganathan. In response, the BBC issued a statement denying the claims as 'categorically untrue,' and Acaster's representatives echoed this stance.
The Celebrity Traitors, a spin-off of the British version of 'The Traitors,' has been a massive hit, averaging about 9.3 million live viewers per episode, a figure described by Deadline as 'almost unheard of outside of sport and major national events.'
The show's second season has seen ten celebrities compete, with Maya Jama and King Kenny being banished in the final episode on October 30. James Blunt was voted out last after choosing to banish again instead of ending the game.
While Acaster's denial of the complaints has been widely reported, the show's popularity and the drama it has generated continue to be a significant talking point in British entertainment.
Background
The Celebrity Traitors is a spin-off of the British version of the reality television series The Traitors. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 8 October 2025.
What's confirmed
- An insider told the publication that Acaster complained to producers that he was being “teased and mocked” by the pair, who were “going too far” with some of their jokes.
What's still developing
- When she was murdered, she also demonstrated genuine emotion in her response.
- James Acaster got him to yawn by asking if he was boring him.
- Maya Jama is off to a strong start as a traitor, but Richard E Grant is in damage control mode Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from the second episode of The Celebrity Traitors, series two.
- Grant’s stunning early blunder to James Acaster and Amol Rajan pleading for their lives, the drama has been coming thick and fast over October, with even more thrills and spills still to come in the final two episodes.
- James, 41, hosts the hugely successful Off Menu podcast, which he co-presents with The Traitors : Uncloaked host Ed Gamble.
- Season two of The Celebrity Traitors (still produced by Studio Lambert) is now the most popular installment across all of the celebrity and civilian versions, and holds the biggest launch episode of any series across the entire market, scripted or unscripted, since 2022.
- Acaster, 41, is just one of several comedians competing in this year’s competition, with Rob Beckett, Joe Lycett, Joanne McNally, Miranda Hart and Romesh Ranganathan also part of the 2026 line-up.
- To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video It is hard to believe that the Celebrity Traitors season 2 has already reached the final, and it hasn’t disappointed.