Celebrity Traitors fans 'devastated' as 'national treasure' Miranda Hart is murdered as the comedian shares she endured a 'long hard road' to return to TV after years of ill health

Celebrity Traitors fans have been left 'devastated' as Miranda Hart becomes the fifth star to be murdered.

The comedian, 53, was killed by Traitors Maya Jama, James Acaster and King Kenny after they feared she was getting too close to the truth.

Reading her murder letter, a devastated Miranda said: 'No! Absolutely not. Oh bottoms. I knew it. I'm so cross with myself.

'Ultimately, in my little personal story, this has been quite extraordinary that I have been able to get back and do the thing that I love professionally and do the things that I love personally, like wandering around the Scottish Highlands and being in nature and laughing and connecting.

'There were times that I didn't think that would be possible again.'

Following her exit, fans took to X to share their upset, writing: 'Devastated doesn’t even come close to how i’m feeling, what a joy it was to watch miranda hart on our screens again,'

'Miranda Hart being murdered the same weekend as the clocks go back is the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. I actually have nothing left to live for,'

'Miranda hart deserved better she’s going to make me cry,'

'I’m so saaad. Miranda Hart has been one of my favourite people for years and she’s been so fun to watch,'

'Miranda hart. You should be so proud of yourself. You are a inspiration to us all and you have a taught us not to give up,'

'No one gets miranda hart like me. that’s my favourite person in the world actually,'

'I'm going to be mourning miranda hart on this show for the rest of my life. i miss her already.'

Later in her exit interview, Miranda described her appearance on the BBC show as the culmination of a 'very hard road' back to television following years of ill health.

The actress was diagnosed with ME, also known as fatigue syndrome in 2024.

She said: 'I have missed doing television so much and it has been a very hard road to get to a place after restricting long-term illness to be fit enough to do something again.'

Miranda also revealed in the interview that she had come agonisingly close to unmasking Jama, 32, and Acaster, 41, before they struck.

She said the penny dropped when Rob Beckett’s belief that Joanne McNally was a Faithful made her realise Jama had moved during the blindfolded challenge. She also grew suspicious of Acaster over an earlier vote.

She said: ‘I was so close to being able to whisper to James B and Michael that I thought I had got them.’

It comes as the BBC was accused of giving away Hart's fate in a clumsy editing blunder at the end of Thursday's episode.

The episode ended with the Traitors narrowing their hit list to Hart, Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian 'Bash' Croft.

But as Jama and Acaster watched in the turret, eagle-eyed viewers noticed Kenny, 29, appeared to begin writing Miranda's name on the scroll before the camera cut away.

One viewer wrote: 'Well done, you literally had one job producers, and you've ruined it.'

Elsewhere in the episode, the stars entered a 'field of screams', where scarecrows bearing each of their names stood beside pitchforks.

Working in pairs, one celebrity collected bags of gold worth £500 while the other hung them on the pitchforks to bank the cash.

Three bags on one pitchfork blew up its scarecrow, knocking that celebrity out of the running for a secret power.

In a spectacular own goal, the group chose to protect Jama, Acaster and Kenny as the three contestants they 'trusted most'.

Kenny was awarded a dagger carrying a double vote, while the stars added £13,500 to the charity prize fund, taking it to £59,500.

His advantage was set to prove decisive when the Round Table vote left Sharon Rooney, 38, and McNally, 43, fighting for survival.

The episode ended on another cliffhanger with the group split between them, leaving Kenny’s dagger to decide who will be banished.