England Gather To Watch Marler In Celebrity Traitors

Spoiler warning: This article reveals specifications from The Celebrity Traitors finale

The England squad gathered to watch erstwhile prop Joe Marler compete successful nan last of Celebrity Traitors pinch Marler saying it was "way much stressful" than playing for his country.

An mean of 11.1 cardinal people tuned successful to watch nan section - nan biggest unrecorded assemblage of nan twelvemonth for a azygous TV show.

It was nan highest overnight assemblage since nan Gavin and Stacey finale, which attracted 12.3 cardinal connected Christmas Day past year, nan BBC said.

The show pitted 'faithfuls' against 'traitors' successful a crippled of deceit and treachery played retired successful a castle, pinch 35-year-old Marler, who retired from rugby past year, emerging arsenic nan 1 of nan breakout stars.

He was double-crossed successful nan last by Ted Lasso prima Nick Mohammed, moreover though they had formed an confederation successful bid to hit traitors Cat Burns, nan singer-songwriter, and comedian Alan Carr.

Mohammed changed his mind astatine nan past infinitesimal and voted to banish Marler - to cries of anguish, external from England's training guidelines wherever players were consenting connected their erstwhile team-mate.

"We were each watching successful nan squad room. Joe seemed to person publication it perfectly and he had Nick onside and it was each going swimmingly," 2nd statement Alex Coles said up of Saturday's conflict pinch Fiji.

"I conjecture they edited it to make you deliberation it was each going to spell precisely to scheme and past nan rug was pulled correct retired underneath him.

"We each expected that he was really going to do really good if he was fixed a spot of clip for group to get to cognize him.

"Joe's a very charismatic person, he's sewage a awesome consciousness of humour and it's bully to spot a different broadside of a rugby subordinate being shown to nan wide public.

"We're each really pleased for him. Shame he sewage backstabbed astatine nan end, but that's nan measurement nan crippled goes I guess.

"He's shown his character, his characteristic and I'm judge disconnected nan backmost of it he will do really good if he wants to enactment successful that media space."