5 days ago
7
Richard E. Grant had a week to remember as he made his calamitous debut on Celebrity Traitors and returned to the West End for the first time in over 20 years.
But the actor's highlight was spending time with his beloved grandson, as he shared a sweet video from their morning walk together.
As the first episode of Celebrity Traitors aired on the BBC on Thursday, the actor, 69, was treading the boards at London's Wyndham’s Theatre, starring opposite Christine Baranski in a new production of Hay Fever.
Richard started his red letter day with a dawn walk around his Richmond neighbourhood with his baby grandson, the three-month-old son of his casting director daughter Olivia Grant and her husband Florian Herbst.
As he danced around to the Eurythmics song There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart), Richard gleefully told his one million Instagram followers that he had 'pocketfuls of happiness'.
No better way to start my day bobbing our sleeping grandchild along Petersham meadow with @officialannielennox playing in my head. Opening night of @hayfeverplay & @thetraitorsukofficial Pocketfuls of Happiness
Richard E. Grant had a week to remember as he made his calamitous debut on Celebrity Traitors and returned to the West End for the first time in over 20 years
The 'pocketfuls of happiness' mantra is one Richard has adopted after his beloved late wife Joan Washington asked him to find the joy in every day during his grief.
Joan, a renowned stage and screen dialect coach, died in September 2021, eight months after she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
She and Richard had been married for 35 years at the time of her death and shared daughter Olivia, 35.
Richard, who has shared his journey with grief on his hugely popular Instagram account, also relayed Joan's message to him as he revelled in his delight at being nominated a Traitor during Thursday's opening episode of Celebrity Traitors.
'My wife said to me four days before she died, "Richard, try and find a pocket full of happiness in each day" and I feel like I've got a wheelbarrow full and then some,' he gushed to camera.
But minutes after being nominated as one of Claudia Winkleman's Traitors, alongside Love Island host Maya Jama, Richard made the biggest slip-up in Celebrity Traitors history.
As he mingled with Faithful Joe Lycett, the comedian jumped straight in with the question: 'What are you?'
'A Traitor,' Richard responded with a huge grin on his face.
But the actor's highlight was spending time with his beloved grandson, as he shared a sweet video from their morning walk together
Nominated as one of Claudia Winkleman's Traitors, alongside Love Island host Maya Jama, Richard has already made the biggest slip-up in Celebrity Traitors history
Unsure what to believe, Joe said: 'I think you've just done something that has never happened in the game... bold strategy.'
Meanwhile fans were left furious over the 'ridiculous' cliffhanger ending on Friday night as the hit BBC show abruptly ended mid round table.
The tension rose between the celebrities at the first round table of the series as they debated whether Richard is a Faithful or not.
And just as the celebrities were going back and forth on Richard's innocence, Claudia announced: 'Players the time for talk is over,' and the second episode surprisingly ended.
Fans were left shocked by the 'massive cliffhanger' as viewers didn't even get the chance to see the stars write who they believe is a Traitor on their chalk boards and will now have to wait six days for the next episode.
Celebrity Traitors continues on Thursday night at 8pm on BBC One.
English (US) ·