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‘Backstabbing is part of politics’: John Bercow joins US version of The Traitors | John Bercow

John Bercow developed a combative reputation when he was Speaker of the House of Commons, but later in office he was revealed to be a “serial bully” and a liar. But now he's making his reality TV debut and is the man with the famous cry of “Order!” He is trying to use his own political experience to cause chaos.

“I'm a retired politician,” Bercow said on the season premiere of The Traitors. “Conspiracy and deceit are all part of political life.”

Bercow will be joining forces with Love Island winner Ekin-Su Čulçulol, Real Housewives of Orange County's Tamra Judge, Dancing with the Stars' Maksim Chmerkovskiy and basketball legend Michael. She will join Jordan's son Marcus Jordan as one of 21 celebrities competing in Love Island's castle. Win prizes in the Scottish Highlands – Broadcast by the BBC at the same venue as the UK version. His three of the contestants were chosen by host Alan Cumming to cause chaos and intentionally disrupt the other contestants.

Although Bercow was not chosen as a traitor, he experienced “difficulty breathing” during the premiere, leading some of his fellow contestants to suspect he was one. He blamed his difficulties on asthma, but others questioned his answer.

John Bercow and fellow contestant Phaedra Parks. Photo: Peacock/Ewan Cherry/Getty Images

“When he took off his mask, he said, 'I have asthma,' and all he said was, 'I had asthma as a child,'” Big Brother's Janelle Pierzina said. She asked what Bercow specifically said to another contestant about his breathing problems, to which he replied: “Listen, is asthma a lifelong disease?”

“That's not the question I'm asking you,” Pierzina said. “That sounds like a politician's answer.”

This season, Big Brother's Dan Giesling, The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Phaedra Parks, and Survivor's Parvati Shallow are traitors. , Peppermint from RuPaul's Drag Race was voted out at the end of the first episode. However, many of the other contestants voted for Bercow.

Mr Bercow was Speaker of the House of Commons for 10 years, and the politician has become a cult figure in the US and across Europe, with footage of him delivering vitriolic rebuttals and shouting “order, order” while debating Brexit and mediating PMQs. received great support. “No one on the British Isles says 'order, order' as beautifully as John Bercow,” Dutch newspaper De Volksland said in a 2019 article. Speaker profile.

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