Irish actress Ruth Codd has become the latest contestant to be "murdered" on The Celebrity Traitors.
Codd, 29, was "murdered" at the start of the episode of the BBC One reality gameshow, following a discussion in the castle’s turret in which TV presenter Jonathan Ross told fellow traitors, singer Cat Burns and comedian Alan Carr, she was "the only sensible choice".
After opening the letter telling the Irish Blood star she had been murdered, The How to Train your Dragon actress said: "I was murdered definitely because I was a threat to the traitors.
"I was one of the few people in the group that had my own mind that couldn’t be influenced. I’m mentally extremely strong and stubborn. I really do wish the faithfuls the best of luck."
The Small Town Big Story actress’s murder comes after The Dry actress raised her suspicions about Ross being a traitor during Wednesday’s episode.
Before the murder, Ross said: "Ruth, she’s not going to let it go with me, and I’m afraid this cloak is feeling a little bit like it might be pulled tighter around my neck."
Burns warned that "it could backfire on you", but Ross replied: "Look, if I was a traitor, I wouldn’t have done that."
Asked who she gravitated towards in the castle, following her departure, The Midnight Club actress replied: "Clare Balding, an unlikely duo, I kind of look like her goth child that should be a disappointment, but she's incredibly proud of.
"Charlotte Church is another amazing woman, Celia too, those three women, really, I don’t even know if they know how much they just made the experience for me.
"Really, regardless of whether they’re traitors or faithfuls, I don’t really care. I think the three of them are amazing and people you’d never cross paths with ordinarily in life."
Balding was banished from the castle during Thursday’s show, after receiving seven votes from her fellow contestants, before revealing she was a faithful.
Codd went on to say she was "50/50" about being a faithful at the start of the show, but said she was happy with it in the end as she turned out to be "quite a loyal person".
She said: "I’m not good with big groups, and I normally keep myself to myself, so I wasn’t expecting to go into a big group and fit in right away.
"I was part of it from the beginning and I’m really glad that I didn’t have to murder them all and lie to their faces."
The Creepshow star went on to say that being buried in a grave next to singer Paloma Faith and TV presenter Stephen Fry was not "on my 2025 bingo card".
She said: "I mean … to say it’s been surreal … I’m not sure that I’m not about to be woken up from a very weird dream."
It follows former Olympic diver Tom Daley and Never Tear Us Apart singer Paloma Faith already being murdered by the traitors, while YouTube star Niko Omilana, known for his online prank videos, and EastEnders actress Tameka Empson have both been voted out at separate roundtable discussions.
For the episode’s challenge, the contestants were split into halves, one group who went into a forest and another who remained in the garden of the castle.
Those in the forest were tasked with asking a group of banshees to sing, before relaying their songs down a well to those in the garden.
The contestants in the garden then listened to the songs, by sticking their head down another well, and matched them to a locket giving out the same song in order to add cash to the prize pot.
The group raised £4,000 during the task, and the garden group were then told to find a shield in the garden, with one of the lockets hinting they should look in a watering can.
Ross found the shield but opted to give it to TV presenter Stephen Fry.
Afterwards, Ross said: "Stephen got the shield, in part because I let him have it, and afterwards that did worry me, is that suspicious?
"But no, it isn’t suspicious, because it’s the way the faithful are playing the game, whose turn is it for a shield? What is this nonsense?"
Traitor Cat Burns also acquired a shield as part of the forest team.
At the start of the roundtable, Fry suggested the contestants did not discuss their theories and instead simply voted without speaking, but he was overruled.
Actor Nick Mohammed and TV historian David Olusoga received accusations of being traitors during the roundtable, but most of the heat was on Ross and Balding.
The Celebrity Traitors continues next Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One.
