Pop singer Charlotte Church is heading into the eerie Scottish castle to play Celebrity Traitors with other famous contestants, and her previous spats might help give her a steely edge
Singer Charlotte Church is set to return to our screens tonight as she joins the star-studded Celebrity Traitors cast.
And judging by her legendary real-life spats with fellow celebs, she’ll certainly be able to hold her own at the dreaded round table.
The Classical BRIT Award winner, now 39, shot to fame three decades ago with her stunning vocals aged just 12. The child singer branched into pop music in 2005, and sold more than 10 million records worldwide, seeing her amass a staggering fortune of £25million by the time she was 17.
Now Charlotte enjoys a very different life to her singing hey dey, veering away from the spotlight while raising her children and running a wellness retreat in rural Wales.
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Her pop career wasn’t without drama, however, as she once got into a bitter spat with iconic noughties group, Girls Aloud. The band were undisputed queens of sass back in their day, engaging in verbal battles with the likes of Lily Allen, Boy George, All Saints and Simon Amstell.
But their most ferocious clash was with Church after Cheryl Tweedy accused the ‘Voice of an Angel’ singer of imitating their sound with her 2005 pop track, Crazy Chick. Cheryl even dragged Charlotte’s then-boyfriend Gavin Henson into the fray, once seething: “I don’t know who she and her scabby boyfriend think they are. He looks like a girl and she’s not even gorgeous.”
Charlotte hit back, saying: “Look love, when you can sing f***ing Ave Maria, then you can have a go.” The situation escalated further when Cheryl took a swipe at Charlotte’s Walkers crisps campaign. “Stuffing her face? Very appropriate,” she remarked, labelling her adversary “a nasty little piece of work with a fat head.”
Charlotte retaliated by calling the band “five dogs without b*lls” and threatened to punch Cheryl if they ever crossed paths. “I think she just needs to grow up and get a hobby – golf or something, but stop having a go at me ‘cos it’s getting pathetic,” she fumed. “First of all, it was quite funny – but now it’s just pathetic and I’m going to knock her out if I ever see her.”
I’m A Celebrity alum Nadine Coyle also joined the argument, labelling the Welsh singer as “pathetic”.
“She can keep saying things about us as long as she wants but we’re not bothered. She’s got no vocal style – anyone can sing the songs the way she does. There’s nothing special there,” she retorted, according to author Jen Crothers.
Eventually, they made peace with Cheryl attributing the disagreement to miscommunication, while Charlotte confessed she was ‘bored’ of the conflict.
Charlotte is set to join the likes of Jonathan Ross, Stephen Fry and Kate Garraway on this year’s celebrity version of The Traitors, hosted by the formidable Claudia Winkleman.
A source told The Mirror of the new series: “There will be a huge mix of personalities – and ego sizes. Seeing how it all works out is going to be fascinating. The team making the show are expecting it to be quite different to the regular version because the celebrities will be less motivated by the prize fund but care far more about how they come across.
“It will be really interesting to see how the gameplay compares, along with which tactics they employ. Hopefully one thing that will remain the same is that it will be a lot of fun to watch.”