Joe Wilkinson has joked that he misplaced half his earnings from BBC’s Movie star Traitors as a result of an uncommon demand made throughout filming

A Movie star Traitors star has claimed he suffered an obvious monetary loss on account of a requirement made in the course of the present. Joe Wilkinson, the comic greatest know for his roles in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and After Life, was dramatically ‘murdered’ on the BBC sequence by Traitors, Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr and Cat Burns, after he got here dangerously near exposing them.

Now that the present is over and funnyman Alan was topped the 2025 winner, Joe has opened up a couple of shocking demand he confronted in the course of the present. In line with the Mail’s Ephraim Hardcastle, Joe – probably tongue in cheek – claimed he was made to spend “almost half of his £40,000 payment” on new garments for the sequence.

The Cockfields star is thought for his informal strategy in the case of his private wardrobe, however he says producers pushed again on his clothes of alternative, insisting it will “look bizarre” on digital camera. Moreover it was reported that he was compelled to “put on the identical trousers twice”.

Joe defined: “What’s incorrect with my very own garments? I put on shorts yr spherical, they usually made me put on trousers twice, as soon as for the ultimate and as soon as for the funeral. They’re like, ‘It will look bizarre when you go to a funeral in shorts’. I am like, ‘It isn’t an actual f****** funeral’.”

In different revelations, Joe just lately claimed he had accurately recognized Cat as a Traitor earlier than his exit and stated that the “solely cause” he voted for her was as a result of somebody instructed he “have a look at the particular person you consider least”.

Joe added: “You do not actually see it within the present, however I used to be hanging out with Cat rather a lot… Abruptly, I went, ‘Cat! Why do I belief Cat?’ It is primarily as a result of I’ve simply been hanging out together with her.”

Nonetheless chatting with the Metro, the 50-year-old admitted that he would not have voted for her on the present’s spherical desk had he remained within the recreation.

He defined that he “actually appreciated her” and thought she was “beautiful to hang around with”.

Joe has additionally been within the highlight just lately due to his position within the light-hearted Waitrose Christmas advert, starring alongside Pirates of the Caribbean actress Keira Knightley, the Mirror stories.

Within the festive advert, Joe’s character Phil seems to be “falling in love” with Keira. The heartwarming scenes present the pair assembly on the grocery store’s cheese counter, earlier than the advert ends with Phil baking her a home made pie.

Talking about collaborating within the advert, Keira stated she “could not flip it down,” describing it as a “foolish, enjoyable and scrumptious movie”.

Whereas Joe added: “It was nice to be again with Waitrose for his or her 2025 Christmas marketing campaign. This yr, Phil received to take pleasure in each the love and the meals he really deserved.

“As you’ll be able to think about, it was robust having to eat the scrumptious Waitrose meals and falling in love with Keira, however I simply received on with it, just like the trooper I’m.”