Tom Daley has set pulses racing as he stripped off to showcase his chiselled chest in a sizzling new photoshoot for FAULT Magazine and opened up on Celebrity Traitors.
The retired diver, 31, put on a very sultry display for the camera, ditching his shirt to pose in only a huge fur coat, a knitted cardigan and boxer shorts and patchwork jeans, exposing his washboard abs.
Speaking to the publication in an accompanying interview, the Olympic gold medallist dished on his time in Ardross Castle filming the hit BBC show.
Last week saw the nail-biting conclusion, with fans getting to witness Traitor Alan Carr successfully remaining undetected until the end and winning the entire prize pot for his chosen charity.
Tom – who is a big fan of the show and plays Traitors with his friends and family at home – was ‘murdered’ early on after the Traitors became worried he’d be quick to sniff them out over his tendency to ‘suspect everyone’.
And while he said he was ‘so sad’ to be killed off, the father-of-two admitted that filming wasn’t all fun and games.
Tom Daley has set pulses racing as he stripped off to showcase his chiselled chest in a sizzling new photoshoot for FAULT Magazine and opened up on Celebrity Traitors
The retired diver, 31, put on a very sultry display for the camera, ditching his shirt to pose in only a huge fur coat, a knitted cardigan and boxer shorts and patchwork jeans, exposing his washboard abs
Speaking to the publication in an accompanying interview, the Olympic gold medallist dished on his time in Ardross Castle filming the hit BBC show (pictured)
He confessed he struggled with being cut off from his family, stressing that the game became ‘the only thing you’re thinking about’ and added that he found it far more challenging than he’d predicted to suss out which of his fellow stars were lying.
Tom explained: ‘The cameras only stop when you leave. You don’t speak to anyone until breakfast the next morning.
‘It’s the only thing you’re thinking about while you’re there. You don’t have your phone or any connection to the outside world.
‘I found myself journaling when I got back to my room, but otherwise, you’re completely in it… The game never really stops.’
He went on: ‘Not having contact with my family was really tough. I also thought I was good at reading people, but it’s far harder than you expect.
‘You don’t see every conversation or every facial expression, and that makes it much more difficult to figure out what’s going on.’
Tom acknowledged that he also had a hard time separating his emotions from the game, being an Olympic athlete who has spent his whole life competing.
He said: ‘My whole life has been competitive, whether in diving, Monopoly, or anything else. So of course, I wanted to win.
Tom – who is a big fan of the show and plays Traitors with his friends and family at home – was ‘murdered’ early on after the Traitors became worried he’d be quick to sniff them out over his tendency to ‘suspect everyone’
And while he said he was ‘so sad’ to be killed off, the father-of-two admitted that filming wasn’t all fun and games
Tom acknowledged that he also had a hard time separating his emotions from the game, being an Olympic athlete who has spent his whole life competing
But he said he hoped his appearance on Traitors and as host of new knitting competition, Game of Wool, would allow the public to see beyond his competitive side, and show his humour and sense of fun
‘Everything I get involved in has a competitive edge to it, whether it’s diving, The Traitors, or a knitting competition!
But he said he hoped his appearance on Traitors and as host of new knitting competition, Game of Wool, would allow the public to see beyond his competitive side, and show his humour and sense of fun.
He said: ‘People often see me as serious, focused, and goal-driven, which I am, but I also love to have fun. I hope people see through Game of Wool and The Traitors that I’m not always serious – I like to joke around too.’
It comes after Tom – known to be a knitting enthusiast and the author of crochet book, Made With Love – revealed that show bosses banned him from wearing his handmade clothing on the series.
Speaking to Radio Times about the surprising restriction last month, he added that he was still allowed to keep up with his favourite pastime while filming for the gameshow when he was waiting to film.
‘Any time I was in the hotel, I was just knitting, knitting, knitting,’ Tom said.
‘You get your phone taken off you, you can’t talk to anyone, you’re just in your room, so I was very glad I had knitting because I think lots of people were bored.’
And while some of his celebrity co-stars were said to be keen to have a knitting lesson in the show’s ‘downtime’, he said the group ‘never got round to it’.
