John was accused of ‘bullying’ his co-star (Picture: BBC)
The Traitors viewers have criticised contestant John for ‘bullying’ Aaron, after an emotional episode on Thursday night.
For the uninitiated, Claudia Winkleman’s new murder mystery show follows 22 contestants taking on challenges to try and win £120,000.
The catch? Half of the contestants are actually Traitors, who will try and kill off one of the other group, The Faithful, but no one is sure who is who.
During Thursday’s nail-biting episode, several of the contestants sat around the roundtable pointing fingers at Aaron, presuming him to be one of the Traitors.
In the end, it was Imran who was eliminated, although he later confirmed he was, in fact, a Faithful.
As the viewers know, Aaron is also a Faithful, but that didn’t stop many of the contestants giving their reasoning for why he should be voted out.
Aaron opened up about his ADHD (Picture: BBC)
Tensions were high around the roundtable (Picture: BBC)
The heated roundtable left Aaron in tears, as he asked to leave the room and was filmed being comforted by BBC crew.
Once Imran had left, with only 16 contestants remaining, they returned to the Scottish castle, where John and Aaron had an intense discussion during which John, 49, called the 24-year-old ‘dramatic’.
‘Why did you leave the room?’ John grilled a teary Aaron, adding: ‘It’s a competition, it’s a game. It’s a tad dramatic.’
John accused Aaron of being ‘dramatic’ (Picture: BBC)
Crew members were caught comforting Aaron after he had to step outside (Picture: BBC)
‘I just didn’t know where it came from and I got attacked from every single angle,’ Aaron replied, as John interrupted: ‘Well that’s the point of it, everyone’s going to get attacked.’
‘Why are you shouting at me again?’ Aaron asked as the other contestants remained silent, to which John replied: ‘Because, it doesn’t matter, because you’re putting my back up, everyone’s going to get attacked at some point okay?’
‘I think he’s quite a nasty person,’ Aaron later told the camera, having already explained that his ADHD makes him ‘invested in what people have to say.’
Viewers were quick to rush to Aaron’s defence, accusing John of bullying.
Aaron was in tears (Picture: BBC)
Imran was voted out (Picture: BBC)
‘It sounds dramatic but I found John’s treatment of Aaron genuinely upsetting,’ one person wrote.
Another penned: ‘I hope they get rid of that John after he bullied our Aaron.’
‘John is a vile bully!’ someone echoed, while another person wrote: ‘That John is bad vibes. You’re an adult.’
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Someone else wrote: ‘As someone with both ADHD who suffers with panic attacks, I feel so f**king bad for Aaron, I’ve been in situations like that, it’s horrible ESPECIALLY when it’s your first panic attack, made so much worse by the situation and John! NOT F**KING DRAMATIC.’
‘John is NASTY!! “Let me finish” but I’ll interrupt you “you’re dramatic” to poor Aaron having a genuine panic attack. Says what ever he wants to but any response is disrespectful. I’d like to have been in the room if he’d put his hand up like that to me,’ another commented.
The Traitors continues on Tuesday, December 6 at 9.30pm on BBC One.
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