Contestants Denied Time on Celebrity Traitors

Nick Mohammed has revealed that BBC's Celebrity Traitors production deliberately confiscated contestants' phones and watches and withheld knowledge of the time to heighten immersion and paranoia, creating a disorienting "Traitors time." He said production staff would answer "It's Traitors time" when asked the time until, he alleged, one co-star "kicked off," calling the restriction a "basic human right." Contestants were isolated in a Scottish castle with only one phone call a day and limited comforts, which several stars described as claustrophobic and destabilising. Despite the intensity, Mohammed praised the show's craft—saying he "absolutely adored" the experience and calling production "so clever" even as he acknowledged reservations about appearing as himself. His account has renewed discussion about how far reality formats should push psychological pressure as the all-star series heads into its finale.