{"id":43043,"date":"2024-01-04T10:57:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T09:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1954122"},"modified":"2024-01-04T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:04:00","slug":"the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Traitors\u2019 overnight icon Diane is Game of Thrones actor\u2019s mum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Diane has been an instant hit with viewers. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 04 January 2024 at 09:57 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The Traitors came back with a bang last night, and there was one contestant who had everyone talking from the very moment she lifted her blindfold.<\/p>\n<p>When retired teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/diane-the-traitors-season-2-contestant\/\">Diane<\/a> was quick to notice Traitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-traitors-harry-season-2-contestant\/\">Harry<\/a> breathing heavily when Claudia Winkleman chose the sides, she became an instant hit to viewers \u2013 and, unbeknownst to her fellow Faithfuls, she was bang on the money.<\/p>\n<p>As everyone online began obsessing over Diane, it was soon revealed that her son was an actor on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/game-of-thrones-how-watch\/\">Game of Thrones<\/a> \u2013 Kerr Logan, who portrayed Matthos Seaworth, son of Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham), in the series.<\/p>\n<p>His other credits include Alias Grace, Strike and Lisa McGee\u2019s London Irish.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X\/Twitter, Kerr wrote: \u201cMy mother is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/traitors-season-2-release-date\/\">The Traitors<\/a>. My mother is on The Traitors. My mother is on The Traitors. She\u2019s bonkers. I\u2019m scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My mother is on the traitors. My mother is on the traitors. My mother is on the traitors. She\u2019s bonkers. I\u2019m scared. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTraitorsUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheTraitorsUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cs5c0dzKbD\">pic.twitter.com\/Cs5c0dzKbD<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Kerr Logan (@KerrLogan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KerrLogan\/status\/1742597471543386275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>According to Kerr, he had no idea Diane was a contestant on the show until it was revealed earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Diane applied for The Traitors after watching an episode and a half of the first season with her children, who encouraged her to apply at the time.<\/p> <p>And it\u2019s a good thing she was accepted to go on the show, because she has been a hit with viewers ever since she arrived on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever been more afraid of being found out by her and I\u2019m not ever a Traitor on the show,\u201d presenter Rylan Clark wrote on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never been more afraid of being found out by her and I\u2019m not even a traitor on the show <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHzC6MyHY8\">pic.twitter.com\/VHzC6MyHY8<\/a><\/p>\u2014 R Y L A N (@Rylan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rylan\/status\/1742669236823036315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>While Diane has gone into the show without a game plan, she does have an idea of how she\u2019ll behave and interact with others if she is chosen to be a Faithful.<\/p>\n<p>As viewers know, the Traitors are currently discussing whether or not to recruit her as a fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the BBC ahead of her appearance on the series, Diane said her only game plan is to just be herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a teacher at a PRU, I\u2019ve had to use tactics to get control of a classroom. I\u2019d use humour a lot, and you had to know when to pick your battles,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know from last series that Wilfred was saying he was going to bring people on side and try and cause ripples, but I won\u2019t do anything like that.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6344167447112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>The Traitors season 2 continues on Thursday 4th January at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. <\/strong><strong>The Traitors season 1 is available to watch on iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something else to watch? 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\"><strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Diane has been an instant hit with viewers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43044,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/the-traitors-overnight-icon-diane-is-game-of-thrones-actors-mum-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Diane has been an instant hit with viewers.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}