Celebrity Traitors star thought they had to pay to take part in BBC show

Former England rugby player Joe Marler has revealed he thought he would have to pay to take part in The Celebrity Traitors.

The 35-year-old reached the final of the BBC reality gameshow earlier this year where he was ousted by comedian Nick Mohammed, 45, after he wrongly suspected he was a traitor, having initially formed a friendship and pact with the former Harlequins player to defeat the traitors.

Speaking on Waitrose’s Dish podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett, Marler said: “It was bonkers. I was a big fan beforehand and then I … went for a booking meeting, or coffee, whatever, and I was like, ‘how much is it going to cost me then?’, and they were like, ‘what do you mean?’.