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Fiona on The Traitors is a reminder to never underestimate an older woman

Fiona on The Traitors is a reminder to never underestimate an older woman

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter In Wales, adoring neighbours call her “lovely Fiona”. She’s the dotty (her word) 61-year-old who works for local government, runs a dementia-friendly lunch club and has a penchant for floral dresses. The kind of woman you’d share intimate secrets with minutes after meeting. You’d trust her to look after your house, your keys, your PIN number, your cat. Later, you’d dismiss her lightly with words like nice, harmless, or worse, “lovely”. And those lazy assumptions are just what the cardigan-clad Butcher of Swansea, as I call her, is banking on. As she said when she introduced herself on The Traitors, “People always underestimate women of a certain age.” And how. The moment Fiona was revealed as the secret traitor, my WhatsApp lit up with messages of “I knew it” quicker than you can say HRT. How did my fellow fiftysomething mates …

The Traitors 2026 live: Fiona wages war on fellow Traitor as castle descends into chaos: ‘You’ve got a fight on your hands’

The Traitors 2026 live: Fiona wages war on fellow Traitor as castle descends into chaos: ‘You’ve got a fight on your hands’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Fiona wages war on fellow Traitor as castle descends into chaos Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Traitors has returned with a monumental bang – and the surprises are coming in thick and fast as Fiona threw Rachel royally under the bus. The wily Welsh contestant, who successfully worked as a secret Traitor for the initial episodes of the series, left us all flabbergasted for a second time after she called a contestant meeting in the kitchen and declared, “I think Rachel is a Traitor,” despite being one herself. The hullabaloo began when Amanda was banished after a dramatic tie-break roundtable, having confided in Rachel earlier that day that she was, in fact, a police officer. When Rachel shared this news with the rest of the castle, Fiona immediately accused her of lying. Seemingly, the 62-year-old resented how much power Rachel was wielding among the Faithfuls, …

The Traitors star Fiona has ‘sabotaged’ herself according to viewers – here’s why

The Traitors star Fiona has ‘sabotaged’ herself according to viewers – here’s why

Published by Daniella Wilson

Viewers who tuned into Wednesday night’s edition of The Traitors think newly unveiled Secret Traitor Fiona might have set herself up for a banishment.  In the latest episode, nine contestants were up for murder, including Amanda, Faraaz, Jack, Jade, James, Maz, Reece, Sam and Traitor Stephen, and placed in cages at the start of the mission. Host Claudia Winkleman explained that the eight remaining players had to team up with one of them for a chance to guarantee their safety, leaving one player, account manager Sam, without a partner. © BBCNine contestants were up for murder in Wednesday night’s episode The players were tasked with finding ten skulls hidden around an area of marshland, before stacking them up beside their partner’s cage in order to free them, and to add £2,000 to the prize pot. Along with account manager Sam, who was not chosen by any of the eight players, Maz and Reece, who was paired with Fiona, did not earn their freedom.  © BBCFiona took her time collecting skulls during a challenge on The …