Jack Butler for The Traitors UK S4 / BBC
Age: 29
From: Essex
Occupation: Personal Trainer
Why did you apply to take part in the show?
“First and foremost, I’m a massive fan of the show. I want something that’s going to take me outside of my comfort zone. Some of the Missions are really physically demanding, but then there are the mental tests as well. You’ve got to be so switched on regardless of whether you’re a Traitor or a Faithful, it just takes one slip up and you could be gone. You’ve got to be so locked in both physically and mentally.”
Do you have a gameplan?
“I have tactics for everything. Different plays with shields, different players around the roundtable, things to avoid. I think the overarching theme is making people underestimate me and feel like they’ve worked me out, so that they don’t perceive me as the threat. I think in the Missions it’s in my nature to help people because of my job. I appreciate sometimes altruistic behaviour can be mistaken as a hidden agenda with Traitors, but I think it’ll be quite in keeping with my personality to look like I’m going out of my way to be the team player.”
Are you good at spotting a liar?
“I’d like to think I’m pretty good at reading body language, I’m going to try to make sure that my body language looks confident and Faithful.”
Are you competitive when you’re playing games with friends and family?
“There’s going to be that fight in me where I’m going to want to be the team player on the Missions and help others, but I will also really, in my heart, want to be the high scorer. I want to be the person that makes the most money for the group because it’s just in my nature. My dad’s that way and I’ve been brought up to be quite competitive. As a PT, you’re always trying to better yourself with fitness and the gym, so it’s just within me, but I’ve got to dumb it down a little bit. I really want to be perceived as the kind of team player that’s helping others as well.”
How would you spend the prize money?
“First and foremost, I’d use it as a deposit for a property for me and my girlfriend. It would be life-changing for us.
“I’d love if we could get our first property somewhere where I could have a purpose-built gym studio in the back of the garden and have that all kitted out and do my training sessions there at our new home. That would just be the dream. I also have secret plans, I’m planning to propose to my partner, so it’d be nice to spend a bit of money on that, maybe taking her out somewhere nice to celebrate.”
The Traitors continues Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8pm on BBC One.
