James Blunt says Acaster interrogation was edited down

James Blunt says viewers of The Celebrity Traitors saw an edited-down version of the roundtable interrogation that preceded James Acaster’s confession, describing the exchange as more extensive than the broadcast suggested. Blunt told the BBC that Acaster did not simply volunteer his identity as a Traitor. He said contestants had questioned the comedian over a perfume bottle connected to the murder of Ross Kemp in plain sight, and that the interrogation had led them to catch him in a lie. Blunt said the exchange was “heavy” and “clearcut,” adding that viewers had not seen its full extent. Acaster, who entered the game as a Faithful before being recruited as a Traitor, revealed his role at the penultimate roundtable and was banished. In the programme, he described himself as an unwilling Traitor. He later said he had entered the roundtable believing he faced little suspicion and was surprised when the attention turned to him. He also said he was glad the contestants caught him. Acaster has separately said that he told fellow contestant Jerry Hall he might be a Traitor, an exchange that did not appear in the programme. He also said the broadcast omitted much of what he said...