Maya Jama has done it again — the Celebrity Traitors star turned a freezing Scottish castle into her personal runway, and the internet cannot stop talking about it.
Episode two of The Celebrity Traitors season two aired on Wednesday night, picking up right where the jaw-dropping premiere cliffhanger left off. But while the game itself delivered drama — with Traitors Maya Jama and Richard E. Grant making their first big moves — it was Maya’s outfit that stole the entire show.
Walking into the castle’s famous breakfast room, the 32-year-old Love Island host wore a massive mustard-yellow furry jacket that immediately sent social media into meltdown. Within minutes, viewers on X were all saying the same thing: she looked like Big Bird from Sesame Street.
“Ik maya is a traitor but taking it a bit far by skinning big bird and wearing him the next day,” one viewer joked, while another wrote: “Maya Jama is definitely a Traitor — she killed Big Bird for that coat.”
But in true Maya style, she took the comparisons in her stride — and her response was everything. Replying on X, she laughed it off: “It was cold as hell in the castle ok.”
Fans loved the unbothered energy, with hundreds replying that they were obsessed with the look regardless. And honestly? She’s not wrong — Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands is freezing, and if you’re going to commit a reality-TV murder, you might as well do it in style.
The moment has only added to Maya’s standout run on the BBC hit. Cast as one of this season’s Traitors, the presenter has been playing it cool from day one — quite literally the morning after plotting in the turret.
With Celebrity Traitors dominating UK conversation right now, one thing is certain: whether she’s serving looks or serving deception, all eyes are on Maya Jama.
The Résumé of a Stone-Cold Traitor: Murder, Betrayal and a Round-Table Knife
Let’s be clear about one thing: Maya Jama isn’t just playing dress-up at Ardross Castle — she’s playing to win, and it’s getting ruthless. Journalist Amol Rajan was the season’s first murder victim, eliminated by Traitors Maya and Richard E. Grant in episode two while comedian James Acaster was recruited as the third Traitor in his place. Rajan didn’t go quietly, either. Speaking to Radio Times after his exit, the 43-year-old branded his killer a “satanic villain,” saying: “I love her and hate her. A huge satanic, villainous power. She was able to inhabit the role of a traitor 100 per cent.”
And she proved it when Richard E. Grant spectacularly self-destructed. The 69-year-old actor accidentally told the group he was a Traitor early in the series — then tried to backtrack — and at the first round table the Faithful came for him with 16 votes. Maya didn’t flinch: she voted against her own fellow Traitor and helped send him packing. As one viewer joked on X: “Maya I hope your back is ok after single handedly carrying the Traitors since Richard left.”
By episode four, with reluctant recruits James Acaster and Professor Hannah Fry dragging their heels about murdering the Faithfuls, Maya laid down the law in the turret: “I can’t be the only one out here killing people. Where is Richard when I need him? The spirit of Rich. If he were in here right now, he would be enjoying every moment of this. I need you guys to snap into that mentality. I never thought I’d have to tell you guys to snap into murder mode. It is called the Traitors!” She later defended the recruitment on X: “All I will say after last night’s episode is I had NO IDEA they didn’t want to be Traitors when I agreed to recruit them. Remember you see more on the TV than I did in that castle #CelebrityTraitors.”
That Coat, by the Numbers: £600 of Honey Monster Chic
For the record, that jacket isn’t random — it’s a £600 mustard bolero coat from Agro Studio, and her castle wardrobe also included a £2,570 Saint Laurent trench for maximum entrance energy. Fashion experts have even analyzed the strategy: writing in The Sun, fashion editor Abby McHale and psychologist Jo Hemmings called Maya’s clothes “almost a form of psychological armour,” noting she is “so gloriously conspicuous that it almost becomes camouflage” — a clever move in a game that rewards not being noticed. As Hemmings put it, underneath all that fabulous fur, Maya is busy plotting everyone’s demise. A body language expert told TV Guide she’s been “calm and in control” throughout — hardly surprising, since she presents live television for a living.
From the Highlands to the Front Row: Paris, Baby
The Honey Monster discourse clearly didn’t slow her down. Days after the episode aired, Maya touched down at Paris Fashion Week and swapped the castle for the EE72 One Year Anniversary Celebration at L’Avenue, turning heads in a low-cut black dress — proof that not all her wardrobe choices are Honey Monster-inspired. She was later spotted front row alongside Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki. Twenty-one celebrities entered that castle, all competing for a prize of up to £100,000 for their chosen charity — but whether or not Maya makes it to the final, one thing is certain: nobody on this show is serving harder, on the runway or at the round table.
