Tom Daley’s son burst into tears when he watched his dad being killed off on The Celebrity Traitors and the diver had to reassure the little one that everything was okay really

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Tom Daley’s son burst into tears when he watched his dad being killed off on The Celebrity Traitors(Image: BBC)

Tom Daley’s son burst into tears when he watched his dad being killed off on The Celebrity Traitors. The diver, 31, is married to Hollywood director Dustin Lance Black and they are parents to Robbie Ray, seven, as well as three-year-old Phoenix Rose, and the family were watching his appearance on the BBC game show when it went to air.

When Tom was second to be ‘murdered’ in the series after pop star Paloma Faith, his eldest had quite a dramatic reaction to the whole thing and the Olympian had to rush to comfort him and assure him that everything was okay.

During an appearance on The One Show on Tuesday, Tom explained: “There were certain people close to me that knew that I was going on but they didn’t know if I was gonna be a Traitor or if I was gonna be a Faithful. I’d been watching it with my husband and my oldest son and what was really sad was when I got…you know…murdered.

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Tom starred on the hit reality show but was second to be murdered after pop singer Paloma Faith(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge/Artwork – BBC Creative)

“He started crying and was like ‘Papa!’ I was like ‘Robbie, I’m here, you’re fine,’ and he was like ‘I wanted you to win. I hate The Traitors!’ Well, I did want to be a Traitor.”

In his short time on the programme, Tom became notable amongst fans for his ‘feud’ with Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway, having been left less than impressed by the journalist’s expressive vocabulary. When Kate revealed she was “flabbergasted” by the shock ‘murder’ of Paloma Faith, this provoked a condescending eye-roll from Tom who was standing beside her when she said it.

The reaction quickly went viral – with fans applauding Tom for his hilarious response. One wrote on X: “best side eye ever…[Gold medal] …goes to Tom!!” While another typed: “And she uses words like that all of the time.”

Kate has been mocked online about the incident – but she is taking it all in good stride. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, the morning TV host re-posted stories about Tom’s eyeroll.

She added crying-with-laughter emojis of her own to one posted by news reporter Dan Walker. And she also shared a video clip of her fellow Good Morning Britain stars all declaring themselves as ‘Faithful’.

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Traitors viewers spotted Tom giving Kate Garraway the ‘side eye’ in what instantly became a viral moment for the series

Kate then turned to the camera and said: “I’m not saying anything other than I’m flabbergasted!” She has been teasing fans over her dramatic performance on the BBC show too.

After episode two aired, she shared a snap of herself with her fellow stars on Instagram alongside a pointed comment.

She wrote: “Agh!!! What a cliffhanger – am genuinely #flabbergasted!!!! How could you all suspect.”

She continued: “I mean just look at how many exclamation marks in this – that’s not dramatic is it?! mum’s the word on my side though – see you on @gmb tomorrow from 6 a.m @bbc #celebritytraitors.”