‘The Traitors’’ Jake Brown on winning the show and *that* moment with Kas

The Traitors Jake Brown has told Rolling Stone UK about winning the show and why some of the most heated moments shouldn’t be taken so seriously.

Last Friday saw 29-year-old Jake emerge triumphant with fellow Faithful Leanne Quigley after the pair opted to end the game and split a prize pot of almost £100,000.

Speaking to Rolling Stone UK, Brown explained how he’d been forced to sit on the secret of his victory for eight months, after the third season filmed in the spring of 2024.

“I was pretty good at keeping the secret, but I definitely had moments where I’d be on a train with my wife and I’d tell her to stop talking about it. The show wasn’t out at this point and no one was staring at me, but I had a bit of paranoia and wanted to make sure that no one was listening in and and could take anything away from it,” he explained.

“It even feels weird now that it’s out, because I’ve been keeping it a secret for such a long time. Even my family being able to talk about it. It feels naughty talking about it, but it’s a massive weight off my shoulders.”

As for the game itself, Brown developed a reputation for being a vocal participant in the show’s roundtables and caught flack from some viewers after he wrongly accused fellow contestant Kasim Ahmed of being a Traitor.

Kasim, a practising doctor, was accused of being a Traitor by Brown because of his job and that he would be “saving lives during the day then killing Faithfuls at night”. This, in turn, caused Kas to deliver the now-iconic response “You’re basically calling me Harold Shipman or something.”

Despite some heated reactions online, Brown said that viewers should take things with a pinch of salt.

“Me and Kaz are absolutely fine,” Brown said.

“Honestly, the whole cast got on like a big family. Everyone’s so lovely and kind and we all realised it was just a game. I was just trying to work out who I thought the traitors were and who who I could trust.

He added: “I did actually apologise to Kaz next day and said I hope you didn’t take offence to that, because that’s now how I meant it. I just thought he could be a Traitor because it’s so different to his normal job. It’s such a great profession and what he does in his day to day life is amazing.

“I just thought it was such a complete opposite to what he does and there’s no bad blood between any of us. Me and Kaz are absolutely fine.”

Brown also won praise for speaking openly about his experiences of living with Cerebral Palsy while on the show.

“It’s been really nice having this platform to spread awareness for disability in general and obviously cerebral palsy because it’s often a hidden disability that people may not notice and could overlook

“It’s nice to spread awareness and I want to inspire people living with it. Be proud of it and celebrate it because it makes you who you are. Don’t let it become a barrier because if you’ve got a goal, if you’ve got a dream you can achieve it.”

And as for the show’s finale – which saw Brown and Quigley banish their fellow faithful Francesca Rowan-Plowden and the final hurdle – would they do anything differently?

“In hindsight, if I knew that all four of us were Faithfuls, I would have definitely ended the game. But paranoia sets in, especially after Minah telling us she was a Traitor a few days before the final. I went back to square one after that. The twist with the Seer changed things too and me and Frankie have said that had we had just spoken to each other on the last day, maybe we could have won it as a three. But yeah, hindsight’s a wonderful thing.”