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Alan Carr chats to us at the National Television Awards about finally being taken seriously by streamers after The Traitors and admits he’s still feeling guilty about Paloma Faith.

“I hope she still likes me!”

Alan also reflects on how The Traitors changed the way the industry saw him, after feeling like streaming platforms hadn’t always taken him seriously before.

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Transcript
00:00The streamers were never interested in me.
00:03Do you ever get used to all this?
00:07No, listen, it's always nice because it's the public vote and it's always nice.
00:11You're always a little bit like, you know, when they all come out
00:14and you haven't been nominated, you think, oh, God, I must be rubbish.
00:17But it's so nice, I mean, to be involved in three of the shows,
00:20Last One Laughing, Celebrity Traitors and Changing Ends,
00:23which is, I mean, if that won't, I mean, Mrs Brown's Boyz wins.
00:26I introduced that on ITV, by the way.
00:28I'm the continuity announcer, so I'm always talking it out.
00:32Oh, thank you.
00:32How it go, back in the day, love it.
00:34Oh, yeah.
00:35Honestly, you must be so proud of seeing that because, you know, you worked hard on it
00:38and the actor playing you is unbelievable.
00:41And it's super personal because it's based on my life, so people don't like it.
00:45It's like, oh, they don't like me or my life.
00:47But, yeah, if it wins, there will be ugly crime.
00:50I'm not going to lie.
00:50You're never ugly.
00:51Let's talk about Traitors because you were big before it.
00:55The effect of it, has that even blown you away a little bit?
00:58It is, I mean, for me, without getting all tele-talk,
01:01but, you know, the streamers were never interested in me.
01:06And neither was America.
01:08And then when it happened, I was doing interviews for America.
01:11It was shown on Peacock over there.
01:13You know, I was having chats with Netflix.
01:15I've got a show with Disney Plus, Amazon Prime.
01:17I've got a show coming out very soon on them.
01:20I've never been wanted so much.
01:23It's, I have, I was sort of been on the telly for 25 years,
01:27but it took me up a gig.
01:29Why?
01:29I was like, before I was like Tesco value.
01:32Now I'm taste the difference.
01:33Oh, you're waitrose, babe.
01:35You are waitrose.
01:36I'm waitrose.
01:38Did you enjoy it yourself, watching it back?
01:41I did enjoy watching it back.
01:43And I, do you know, I just, I felt bad about killing Paloma.
01:48I've just seen her, she hates you.
01:50I know, I don't.
01:51I don't.
01:51No, I don't.
01:52I, I love Paloma, but, you know, she took it in such good faith.
01:56But when I touched her face and I murdered, I thought,
02:00Jonathan Ross said to me, that's going to haunt you.
02:02I said, oh, come on, it's a blooming game show.
02:05But it is, people say, do you hate her?
02:08It's a game show.
02:09We didn't get to see her outfit and those heart-breaking Instagram posts.
02:12I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.
02:15But I said, look, look, I said, come on, you know.
02:17Oh, I felt awful, I felt awful.
02:20But it is starting again.
02:22Are you excited or are you a bit annoyed because it's taking your crown again?
02:26And, you know, you want to be in the forefront of thinking it's done well.
02:28They are more than welcome to take the crown.
02:32I'm just, I'm, Joanne McNally, I can't wait to see.
02:35Miranda Hart, Richard E. Grant, I mean, the line-up is to die for.
02:39It's insane.
02:40I thought our one was brilliant, but this is, I, wow.
02:44Yeah, people are begging to go on it.
02:45I know, I know.
02:46It's just incredible, isn't it?
02:47I know.
02:48Any favourites, do you think, so far?
02:50I've never seen it, but I know Joanne McNally.
02:52I can't imagine her keeping her mouth shut.
02:56But Miranda, because I think Miranda has the kind of quality of me, a little bit bumbly,
03:02doesn't really know what's going on.
03:03So if she's a traitor, that is going to be the best.
03:05She's like Kate Garroway.
03:08Oh, poor, I'm so wet, mate.
03:10You know, because I'm, it's so hard at these events, because you're actually bumping into
03:13people you've murdered.
03:15Do you know what I mean?
03:16It's, you're like, oh, hi.
03:19Well, you were fantastic.
03:20And I want to see your chat show come back.
03:22Everyone's saying, well, not everyone, but yeah.
03:25Oh, lovely.
03:25Great, I thought it was all saying it.
03:27No, I, yeah, let's, yeah, let's see what happens.
03:30But I'm really busy enough, as it is.
03:31Yeah, all right.
03:32And what's the Amazon thing?
03:33Can you tell me?
03:33Oh, the Amazon's called the Bucket List.
03:36I do everything that's on a Bucket List.
03:39So if you want to see me scream, bungee jumping, skydiving, oh my God, yeah.
03:46Wow.
03:46If you want to hear a gay, an ageing, homosexual scream.
03:50Again?
03:51Again.
03:51I scream on every show.
03:53I don't know why I say that.
03:54Oh, Alan, it's great to see you.
03:55Thank you, my darling.
03:56Thank you, my love.

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