Claudia Winkleman revealed she was forced to improvise when she ran out of fake tan while filming The Traitors at the remote Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands.
The presenter, 52, admitted she needed an emergency top-up after a week of filming the hit BBC reality show but was forced to use gravy instead.
She revealed the only thing available in the local shops remotely similar to fake tan was ‘gravy granules’.
Speaking on BBC1’s Would I Lie to You? she recalled: ‘I didn’t have my normal fake tan there because I was in the castle, so what I thought was, ‘Let’s just use something!’.
‘I don’t think I’m allowed to say a brand, but it was gravy granules.
Claudia Winkleman revealed she was forced to improvise when she ran out of fake tan while filming The Traitors at the remote Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands
The presenter, 52, admitted she needed an emergency top-up after a week of filming the hit BBC reality show but was forced to use gravy instead
‘I’d had a spray tan, but it was episode five – round table, you’re wearing tweed, but what else do you need? Gravy granules.
‘They came from a shop – there are shops there – and it’s really good. It really works.’
Claudia has previously admitted to using Bisto and tea bags as a tanning alternative when she was a student 30 years ago
However BBC viewers will surely be surprised that she has gone back to the cheap trick while filming the multi-million pound TV series.
Claudia went on to joked that her fake tan is just one of two skills she has for TV, she added: ‘All I do is paint myself orange and read from an autocue.’
It comes after The Traitors star Mollie Pearce revealed how host Claudia comforted her following the show’s explosive finale.
Viewers watched in horror as the model, 22, missed out on her share of the £95,150 prize pot to traitor Harry Clarke, 23, after the army engineer successfully convinced her he was a faithful.
Mollie said following the revelation – which left her in tears- she was whisked off to see the show’s psychologist, but Claudia refused to leave after filming wrapped until she could speak with her.
She recalled: ‘I didn’t have my normal fake tan there because I was in the castle, so what I thought was, ‘Let’s just use something! It was gravy granules. It really works’
It comes after The Traitors star Mollie Pearce revealed how host Claudia comforted her following the show’s explosive finale
Viewers watched in horror as the model, 22, missed out on her share of the £95,150 prize pot to traitor Harry Clarke, 23, after the army engineer successfully convinced her he was a faithful
Telling The Mirror: ‘I actually love Claudia so much. I could hear her outside the door. She was like, “Let me in! I’m seeing her now”‘.
‘She came in and gave me a hug, and she’s like, “You smashed it ” I love her. I just felt instantly better’.
Going on to say how the Strictly host reminded her the show was only a game and that her and Harry’s friendship was real, despite the betrayal.
Mollie also confessed that the show’s infamous round table ceremonies – where contestants confront each other – still gives her nightmares.
Gushing about the series’ ‘amazing’ filming location in a lavish Scottish Castle, she said the traumatising round table may stop her forever paying a return visit.
‘I hope [the round table] doesn’t exist there all the time because it’s horrible. Like, just the vibes of the room is really dark. Even now, I can’t explain how tense it is. I still dream about it all the time’.
It comes after winner Harry Clarke admitted he was yet to spend any of his £95,000 prize because he was still ‘too scared’ to touch it.
