Axed Celebrity Traitors star gives brutal eight-word statement after sudden exit

Charlotte Church was brutally murdered at the start of episode five of The Celebrity Traitors. Last week, fans were left on tenterhooks after the episode ended on a dramatic cliffhanger, with Charlotte, Kate Garraway, and David Olusoga all at risk of becoming the next victim.

Charlotte's demise follows the earlier murder of Ruth Codd and the banishment of Clare Balding, both eliminated after coming dangerously close to unmasking Jonathan Ross as a Traitor. When the final two celebrities, Kate and Jonathan Ross, entered the breakfast room, it became clear to everyone that Charlotte had been murdered. Turning to Celia Imrie in shock, Stephen Fry exclaimed: "How wrong we are!"

The night before, Traitors Jonathan, Alan Carr, and Cat Burns secretly agreed to murder Charlotte in a calculated move to deflect suspicion from themselves.

"I thought I was going to be murdered," Charlotte bluntly admitted after learning she had become the latest victim.

Explaining why, the singer said: "I'm outspoken at the roundtable and I'm outspoken with my opinions. Not that I was successful in being much of a threat to the Traitors. But as the game progressed, I hope that I would have been and I hope that's why they have gotten rid of me."

"Well played, Traitors," Charlotte added.

Reacting to the news at breakfast, Nick Mohammed exclaimed: "That's mad!" To which Mark Bonnar responded: "That's utterly insane."

"What a surprise. I never saw that coming," Stephen quipped as Celia agreed.

Viewers immediately took to social media to react to the decision, with many insisting it was the wrong one.

One fan wrote: "Think this time #TheTraitors made a mistake. If they heard that the Faithfuls suspected CHARLOTTE of being a traitor, they should've chosen some1 that Charlotte was gunning for or someone who targeted Charlotte. I wanted Kate to leave tho."

"Killing Charlotte is a very dumb move," another viewer agreed as a third fumed: "Charlotte Church is a national treasure! Shame on the traitors."

Another echoed: "But wasn't there scepticism over Charlotte? It's going to hugely backfire on Jonathan, I feel it in my waters."

A fifth added: "The traitors made a mistake killing Charlotte, she would have been banished."