Jonathan Ross in The Celebrity Traitors

Jonathan Ross is insisting that his recent comments about his time on The Celebrity Traitors have been somewhat misconstrued.

The talk show host is one of 19 famous faces who was recruited to take part in the first ever star-studded edition of The Traitors UK, which got underway last week.

During the first episode, Jonathan was among three contestants selected to be part of the Traitors group, but during the latest edition of his podcast Reel Talk, he admitted this was somewhat more difficult than he anticipated.

“I know they’re already planning a second celebrity version. I know because I’ve had two celebrity friends of mine call me and say ‘I’ve been approached – is it good to do, is it bad to do?’,” he told his listeners. “So I’m giving them the benefit of my experience, which was that I didn’t enjoy it.”

Jonathan went on to say that the “constant lying” to his fellow contestants was something he found was “really wearing” him down as time went on, making him “increasingly uncomfortable”.

“We were lying all the time, because you’re sharing a car with people in the morning,” he recalled. “Even though we’re not supposed to be talking about........

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