Ruth Jones from Gavin and Stacey Shares Surprising Reason for Turning Down Celebrity Traitors: 'I’m Not Doing It'

GAVIN and Stacey star Ruth Jones has revealed the bizarre reason she turned DOWN an offer to go on The Celebrity Traitors.

Ruth shot to fame back in 2007 when she co-wrote and starred in the sitcom , alongside James Corden.

While has completed a horde of TV work she has never really dabbled in celebrity gameshows.

But despite this, the 59-year-old wasof The Traitors.

Rumours around her casting were rife and we reported the actress had been approached by BBC bosses.

Fans went of Ruth appearing on the show, but the actress has stayed silent until now.

The screenwriter, who played Nessa Jenkins on , has opened up on the bizarre reason she rejected an offer from the show’s bosses.

According to the Mail , she said: “I want to address this, I was asked about doing it. I do love the show and did think: ‘Wouldn’t it be great?”

But there were some factors Ruth wasn’t so pleased with when it comes to the much-loved series.

Ruth continued: “But then I thought: ‘Oh, gosh, I’d have to swim in a lake, put on a wetsuit.’

“So I’d rather watch it. I’m not doing it.”

The will continue in 2026 but they have yet to release any dates.

The inaugural celeb version was won by Alan Carr last year and proved to be a ratings smash.

Ruth and , who co-wrote the hit Gavin and Stacey, recently appeared on a podcast and opened up on a that never aired.

James, who played Smithy, admitted: “We had a sort of weird idea for the 2019 special, didn’t we?”

Ruth replied: “Oh, about Gavin ­having an affair.”

James continued: “Yeah, or that he wasn’t having an affair but there was someone at his work who he liked.”

added: “It just felt like it wasn’t true to the show.”

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