John Bercow banished from The Traitors

Poor John Bercow just can’t seem to catch a break. In his never-ending quest to find some relevance post-parliament, the former MP has been thwarted at every time. First, Covid put a stop to his burgeoning career on the speaking circuit. Then a report into his bullying behaviour led to a suspension of his Labour membership, thwarting any hopes of a comeback there. And now, inevitably, Bercow’s reality-TV career has ended abruptly after he was banished from the US version of the Traitors.

The ex-Speaker today became the seventh ‘celebrity’ to be axed from the second series of the reality show, hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming. During the episode, Bercow was seen opening an envelope which read: ‘By order of the traitors, you have been murdered.’ It came after he repeatedly declared that former Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks was a traitor – to the dismay of other contestants.