The Traitors star Minah Shannon has detailed the moment a very A-list pop star reached out to her after her stint on the BBC competition.
The call centre manager, 29, captured British hearts as the kindhearted Traitor on the third series of the hit programme and fans were left fuming when she was ultimately banished.
And it wasn’t just everyday viewers she won over as Minah revealed one of her celebrity heroes contacted her on social media after she was eliminated from the show.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Minah detailed the surreal moment Jade Thirlwall commented on her Instagram post, in which she reflected on her journey on the show.
‘She didn’t slide into my DMs, but she commented and re-shared one of my little reels on my story – Jade from Little Mix,’ she gushed.
‘I’m a massive Little Mix fan! When I was banished and I did my post, Jade commented ”iconic” and my whole life – I was like ”oh that’s great!”’
The Traitors star Minah Shannon has detailed the moment a very A-list pop star reached out to her after her stint on the BBC competition
Minah, who was promoting her partnership with Nespresso and Oatly, admitted she hadn’t considered she would come a celebrity after the show, only signing up because she was a passionate fan of The Traitors.
She revealed her husband Liam was just as surprised and said she isn’t sure she will ever get used to her newfound status and public profile.
‘I wasn’t expecting anything, I was a massive Traitors fan and that was the only reason I applied, I just wanted to geek out at the fact that I’m on the show,’ she said.
‘It just blew up and it was more than what I ever expected or anticipated. But [Liam] just thinks it’s the craziest thing and people that we love, whether it’s musicians or people in the public eye, are messaging me.
‘I’ll message him straight away like ”oh my gosh!” and I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to that.’
However, her two-year-old daughter Luna has been keeping her grounded as Minah confessed she couldn’t be less interested in her TV appearances or high-profile status.
‘[Luna] doesn’t really get it, even I’ll show her something that I’ve done online and she just doesn’t care, she wants to listen to Cocomelon or watch a Disney film,’ she shared.
‘A few weeks back, when the show was on, I was watching Lisa and Alex on Lorraine and there was a clip of us at the round table and I said ”Luna look, it’s mummy on the TV” and she pointed and went ”there’s Leanne!” and I thought ”she doesn’t even care that I’m on the telly!”’
Speaking to MailOnline, Minah detailed the surreal moment Jade Thirlwall (pictured) commented on her Instagram post, in which she reflected on her journey on the show
Minah’s inspiration for going on the show was her family and she wanted to win the £120,000 prize pot so she could fund a honeymoon after she and Liam missed out on theirs amid the Covid pandemic.
Though she didn’t ultimately take home the money, the Liverpudlian fan favourite said she is still saving and hopes to have the honeymoon of her dreams in the next year.
‘No, we haven’t [planned our honeymoon] because I didn’t win but it is something we are definitely going to have,’ she said.
‘Even doing this job with Nespresso, I can put that towards us having a very nice honeymoon.
‘I don’t know what the year is going to bring for us – I thought I’d do the show, it would be fun and I’d go back to work as normal, but it’s just so happened that I’ve ended up doing some exciting stuff.
‘But hopefully we’ll have a honeymoon in the next 12 months.’
Though she has found herself thrown into the limelight and has signed with a talent agency, Minah is not overly interested in appearing in any more reality TV shows.
‘I haven’t thought about anything else that I’d want to do,’ she admitted.
She also said her two-year-old daughter Luna – who she shares with husband Liam – has been keeping her grounded as she couldn’t be less interested in Minah’s TV appearances
‘I’m a massive Traitors fan so I was like ”this is the most exciting thing ever”. I suppose I wouldn’t rule out certain shows, but for now I’d probably say no [to appearing on them].’
However, she gushed that she still has more ‘exciting’ projects planned for this year – as well as a reunion with all of her Traitors co-stars – including her bestie and winner Leanne Quigley.
Minah revealed she would have loved Faithful Leanne to have been a Traitor alongside her, as well as their fellow bestie Dan Bird.
‘I really wanted to pick Leanne [as a Traitor]. I feel like me and Leanne – I mean you don’t know if we would have won, you never know, but we’d have had so much fun,’ she said.
‘She’s probably the person I’m closest with in the show so we would have been very cheeky together as Traitors. Also, I feel like Dan would have made a very, very good Traitor because he’s so composed.’
Minah’s comments came as she promoted her and fellow Traitor’s Linda Rands’ ‘sisterhood’ partnership with Nespresso and Oatly.
They have been giving away free Oat Flat Whites to travellers at stations around the UK to celebrate the launch of the limited-edition coffee pod made for oat drink lovers.
Of the partnership, Minah gushed: ‘I’m quite new to coffee, believe it or not, I only started drinking coffee when I was like 27 years old.
Minah’s comments came as she promoted her and fellow Traitor’s Linda Rands’ ‘sisterhood’ partnership with Nespresso and Oatly
‘But I’ve only ever had coffee with oat drink. Obviously when you go out for a coffee, you can’t determine what brand they’ve got, but I only buy Oatly at home.
‘[Nespresso and Oatly] coming together and forming this perfect partnership, it just made sense. When I found out that Linda was also doing it with me, the two things just made sense!’
‘We’ve just had the time of our life! We’ve brightened up the commuters’ journey to work with us having a laugh with them, handing out the flat whites and having chats with people,’ she added.
‘Linda’s very cheeky so she’s always so much fun and she’s a bag of energy, so I just bounced off her as well.’
Nespresso have teamed up with Oatly to create a limited-edition coffee made for oat drink lovers, made exclusively for Nespresso Vertuo coffee machines. The capsule is available to purchase from https://www.nespresso.com and in stores for a limited time only.
