The Traitors' most villainous contestant Paul Gorton reveals what the celebrity Faithfuls should do if they want to win the show

The Traitors' most villainous contestant Paul Gorton reveals what the celebrity Faithfuls should do if they want to win the show Celebrity Traitors is set to return for its hotly-anticipated second season this evening, with the likes of Jerry Hall, Maya Jama and Richard E. Grant set to battle it out and determine who's a Faithful, and more importantly, who's a Traitor. Now, one of The Traitors' most villainous contestants Paul Gorton has revealed what the Faithfuls can do if they want to break the Traitors' winning streak following Alan Carr's victory last year. Paul, 39, appeared on series two of the civilian show in 2024, where he was made a Traitor on day one and managed to throw a host of Faithfuls under the bus before he was banished in episode eight. He became famed for his machiavellian ways, having admitted to reading American Psycho each night to get him into character for the game. Paul, who remained largely undetected until fellow Traitor Harry Clark turned on him, has now offered some advice to the celebrity contestants, telling the Daily Mail that they need to flip the game on its head if they want to get ahead. He explained: 'I think a lot of people miss the point of the tasks.' The Traitors' most villainous contestant Paul Gorton has revealed what the celebrity Faithfuls should do if they want to win the show and break the Traitors' winning streak Paul continued: 'Obviously it's to get the money in, but the tasks are so stressful. 'As a Traitor, you're playing but you have to build relationships with people and I think people should be watching the tasks a lot more. 'A lot of evidence that's used at the round table is how people behave in the tasks, and it's the most excruciating thing.' Referencing last year's series of The Traitors, when Stephen Libby accidentally outed himself as a Traitor in one of the tasks when he wasn't murdered, Paul went on: 'It was so obvious that it was him. 'But no one brought it up, and it just shows that the most glaringly obvious things about these tasks aren't seen. 'And also, in my opinion, the point of The Traitors isn't to find Traitors. The point is to survive to the end. 'So if you do find a Traitor, you befriend them, you stay close to them, and you take them to the final, and then betray them. 'I don't think anyone's done that accurately yet, but the point is to be fully ingratiated in herd mentality and just follow the group, that's all you need to do.' Yet Paul can't yet pick who he thinks will go the furthest in the celebrity version, saying: 'You cannot call it with the characters and the way they can turn and change. 'Look at Mark Bonnar in the celebrity one last year. People were like, "he's an actor, so he'll be amazing. He'll go through to the end because he's used to portraying being in high stress situations." 'But he was the most overly emotional and stressed one!' Paul said: 'It would be amazing to see a catastrophe in the celeb one. But I don't think anyone's going to be proper villainous, because I think, sadly, people are scared of public opinion' This year, Paul is just hoping that the celebrities aren't afraid to play the game. 'It would be amazing to see a catastrophe in the celeb one,' he mused. 'Jonathan Ross got there a little bit, he started being a bit maniacal at one point. 'But I don't think anyone's going to be proper villainous, because I think, sadly, people are scared of public opinion.' Paul continued: 'I think what's funny with how the show's turned out is there probably won't be someone as villainous as I am. 'Because I think now people realise that they can get careers off the back of it, whereas when I was on the show, no one thought you could. 'Now I look back, I think, "God, if I was a good guy, I'd probably be presenting on The One Show or something!" 'I've not watched my season back. I think I would just cringe too much and give myself the ick. I still can't believe I bowed at the banishment!' Despite this, Paul would happily return to the show if they ever did an All Stars version, which fans have been calling out for. 'I see it as national service,' Paul joked. 'If Claudia knocks on your door and says you've been drafted, you're not allowed to say no. 'I would love to go back and bring back 22 former traitors to play. 'Imagine I'm sat at the table with Jonathan Ross, Harry Clark, Wilf Webster, Minah Shannon, Fiona Hughes, Stephen Libbey and Rachel Duffy and we're all just staring at each other going, where do we begin?!' The Celebrity Traitors season two launch episode airs 8PM on Thursday, October 1 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.