Miranda Hart Opens Up About Taking On Celebrity Traitors After Chronic Illness Diagnosis

Miranda Hart is opening up about her impending return to our screens in the next season of The Celebrity Traitors.

The Bafta nominee is one of 21 famous faces set to appear in the upcoming second run of The Celebrity Traitors, which will debut next month.

In 2024, Miranda spoke for the first time about her experiences of living with chronic illness, which led to her taking a step back from the spotlight in recent years.

Looking ahead to her stint in the castle, she disclosed to the BBC: “I’m still living with elements of ME, and that brings fatigue and pain to manage, but I have come to a point where I feel well enough to step out, and that’s also partly why I’m doing this.

“The joy of mucking about on television again will hopefully outweigh some of the challenges.”

She continued: “I think it will be challenging on my body, so it’ll be interesting, and it’ll take some courage as this is a big next step.

“When you live with a chronic illness, it’s invisible, so people don’t know that you’re sitting there in pain. But then it reminds you that everybody’s got their thing.

“So, I’m also really looking forward to making friends and looking after each other and hopefully they can carry me up a hill or whatever we’re going to have to do!”

Miranda explained during an interview on The One Show to promote her 2024 memoir I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You that she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome after contracting Lyme disease.

She also shared that during her time out of the spotlight, she quietly got married to her husband.

“It wasn’t until I was 49 that I met my person. And I met him, and it’s a little undercurrent in the book,” Miranda enthused.

“He’s my best friend, we have the best fun, and I’m just thrilled to be a young bride at 51!