The Traitors contestant Jonny Holloway has stunned fans by claiming he did sleep with co-star Charlotte Chilton.
The revelation throws the already chaotic paternity saga surrounding Charlotte and singer Conor Maynard into an entirely new direction.
Over the past year, Charlotte, 32, has been embroiled in a paternity drama with the influencer and musician, Conor, also 32.
Just before giving birth to her daughter Penelope in October, Charlotte publicly announced Conor as the father, explaining they’d been introduced by her castmate Harry Clark, whose girlfriend is Conor’s younger sister, Anna.
But, in March, Conor revealed that a paternity test confirmed he was not Penelope’s father, with a second taken in August.
Charlotte still maintains that Maynard is the father of her daughter, and as a result, Conor went public with claims that Charlotte slept with Jonny Holloway around the time of Penelope’s conception.
But now Jonny, 33, has stepped forward with claims that directly contradict her account.
The former soldier says he and Charlotte had sexual relations after a drunken night out last year, and that he has repeatedly asked her to take a DNA test to settle the question once and for all.
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Jonny told the Daily Mail: ‘If I was the father I would step up and take that child as my own. Relations took place on a drunken night out. I was heavily intoxicated at the time. I’ve asked for a DNA test several times but have been ignored.’
According to Jonny, the pair ended up together after people returned to his house following a night out in March 2023.
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‘I know things took place, and I understand she was sober,’ he said. ‘I wasn’t quite with it, so I don’t know exactly how it went, but I know something happened between us.’
He claims Charlotte initially agreed to DNA testing, only to stop responding when he tried to arrange it.
‘I said to Charlotte, “Look we both know what happened here. Should we do a DNA test because of what has happened?” She originally said “yes”. When it came to me setting it up, I haven’t heard back from her since. So I don’t know what is going on.’
Jonny says the situation has left him feeling mentally strained, but insists he simply wants clarity for the child’s sake.
The revelation comes after Conor posted a video sharing a message he says he received from Jonny’s ex-wife, claiming Jonny slept with Charlotte around the same time he did.
He showed the message on screen, which read: ‘He told me he slept with Charlotte around the same time as yourself [Conor] / she fell pregnant.’
In the video, Conor told fans: ‘While it’s not 100% [Jonny], it is 100% not me.’
The latest twist in the saga came after Maynard’s brother, Jack Maynard – a former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! contestant who was axed in 2017 over offensive tweets – commented on a TikTok about the situation, claiming: ‘She knows for a fact there is somebody else… just like we do.’
Charlotte has repeatedly denied ever sleeping with Jonny, telling The Sun: ‘There’s never been anything romantic with Jonny. We’ve had a friendship, but there’s never been a relationship between me and Jonny. We weren’t sleeping together in January at all. It never happened.’
She also accused Conor of trying to ‘discredit and distract’ from the ongoing dispute and said she received a cease-and-desist letter from him earlier this year.
She claims Jonny offered to take a test when rumours first began and maintains she has been wrongly dragged into speculation about other men.
The pair became close friends during filming of The Traitors, both playing as Faithfuls before being voted out ahead of the finale. Fans had always assumed their bond was platonic — until now.
With Jonny now publicly contradicting Charlotte and insisting a test is needed, the mystery of Penelope’s father has only deepened. And unless that DNA test finally happens, the truth behind the night Jonny says they slept together is likely to remain a very public question mark.
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