The most exciting moment on each episode of the reality TV show Celebrity Traitors is when the ornate door of the breakfast room swings open to reveal which Faithful has survived another night of murder.
This season however, there has been an extra element of anticipation for the contestants and viewers at home. What will Jonathan Ross be wearing?
Since the hit show started in 2022, it has been the host Claudia Winkleman whose kilts, oversized knitwear and dramatic sweeping coats have drawn attention. This time around Ross has had the cast and the nation gripped until the very last second of his banishment. Over the past three weeks, the broadcaster has appeared in everything from dapper tailoring to an 80s Top Gun-esque jumpsuit. There have been snazzy cravats, oversized aviator sunglasses and dramatic fuzzy stoles. At one point he even paid homage to Winkleman’s signature style by sauntering around the castle in a tweed cape and fingerless leather gloves.
Throughout his career, on-screen and off, the 64-year-old has been known for his eccentric personal style. Ever since he burst on to screens in 1986 as the host of the late night TV chatshow The Last Resort, a jazzy oversized suit has been his signature. So while no one expected Ross, who once wore a blue checked Jean Paul Gaultier tailored skirt suit to a Pulp Fiction premiere in 1994, to start dressing like a member of the Labour party, his decision to ramp up his outlandish style as a Traitor did come as a surprise because remaining inconspicuous is key. In previous seasons of the civilian version of the show contestants such as Paul Gorton tried to go under the radar in unremarkable jeans and T-shirts and the ex-army engineer Harry Clark leant into a “softboi” persona in flannel shirts and a pearl necklace.
