Celebrity SAS viewers slam lying recruit kicked out for ‘cutting corners’

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins viewers have slammed a recruit after he was told his ‘integrity and honesty stinks’.

Last month the Channel 4 reality show returned to screens – welcoming 14 new famous faces who are put through their paces to try and achieve SAS selection.

This year’s line-up has included S Club’s Hannah Spearritt, X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan, Love Island stars Tasha Ghouri, Chloe Burrows and Adam Collar, Drag Race’s Bimini and The Traitors winner Harry Clark.

Along the way several have voluntarily withdrawn, but on tonight’s episode Harry left both the Directing Staff and viewers enraged after he was caught ‘cutting corners’ and lying.

During a challenge the group were tasked with doing 20 burpees, however it was quickly noticed that Harry had only bothered to do half.  

So far on the show the former British Army engineer, who left the forces two months before filming on SAS began, had only passed one challenge.

When being interrogated at the end of the episode the 24-year-old was called out for his shady actions by Chief Instructor Billy Billingham and Foxy (Jason Fox).

The pair had been going through the day’s events, when it was raised that Harry had failed in leading his team.

They went on to say he was ‘bluffing’ things and had also lied about doing the burpees required of him.

‘His integrity and honesty stinks to a point of it being unacceptable,’ Billy declared.

Harry was then hauled in to meet with the DS after they reviewed footage that proved he’d not completed the exercise task.

He was then asked about being a team player and if he ‘cut corners’, claims he denied. The DS then made him watch the footage himself and count out the number of burpees he’d done in total.

The reality star then claimed he’d stopped early because he was ‘slow and letting his team down’ – a response that enraged Foxy.

‘Are you trying to pull the wool over my eyes? I asked you to do 20. You’ve just sat there as an ex-military man and spoken about honesty, integrity and how you do your best and don’t cut corners. Do you think I’m an idiot,’ he said.

Slamming the table and making Harry flinch, Foxy told Harry to be honest, before he and Billy called in the guard. Harry was then made to stand in front of his fellow recruits and admit his deception, before he was ordered to hand in his armband and was kicked off the show.

Soon after, many viewers weighed in on what had unfolded.

‘That is a humiliating way for Harry to leave. Making him count when both he and they know he’d cheated was a masterstroke,’ Charlotte posted on X.

‘So, Harry got his programmes mixed up…Traitors you lie to win…SAS not so much,’ Katie quipped.

‘Ironic, the very skill that won Harry the whole game on The Traitors was his entire downfall on SAS,’ Kirsty shared.

‘Harry is unbelievable – still trying to cover his tracks even after being found out! Thought Billy and Chris were going to explode!’ Angela added.

Others called it ‘harsh but fair’ to boot him.

Seemingly not concerned about what he’d been caught doing, on Monday Harry posted a video of himself exercising on Instagram, writing: ‘Practicing my burpees because apparently I can’t do them.’

Speaking ahead of the show premiering, Harry said he signed up to ‘test’ himself’.

However, when asked to sum up his experience on the show, he explained: ‘It was confusing because the course broke me physically and mentally. But that was actually the kick I needed and the experience I needed at that time. 

‘It was definitely a growing point for me. That’s what I’ve matured from, what’s taught me that not everything goes perfectly to plan.

‘So yeah, I would say it’s confusing because of the amount of emotions I felt.  I felt every single emotion you can feel from a TV show, on that course!’

After deceiving his way through The Traitors, Harry took home £95,150 in the 2024 season of the BBC game show.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins continues Sunday at 9pm on Channel 4.

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