The Traitors’ fan-favourite Linda breaks her silence on banishment – after posing with a viral London billboard paying tribute to her iconic efficiency on the BBC present

Linda from The Traitors has been the stand-out star of the new series, thanks to her iconic one-liners and her Oscar-worthy acting skills.

But during Wednesday’s episode, viewers were ‘gutted’ as her time on the BBC show came to a dramatic end.

And now, Linda has broken her silence on her exit, admitting she didn’t have a strategy and is a ‘bit of an airhead’. 

Speaking after leaving the show, she explained: ‘I didn’t really have a strategy – I think it was just to not let people know I was a Traitor and I’m really proud I made it as far as I did.

‘I’d talked about being a mother figure but I played the jokey person more, and that did work. I’m a bit of an airhead so that came over as well.’

Minah, 29, and Linda, 70, were the only two Traitors left in the competition after Armani was banished from the castle.

But Linda received the most votes at the latest banishment, with the contestants going wild when she revealed herself as a Traitor.

Reacting to her exit, one devastated fan wrote on social media platform x: ‘Nooo what will we do without Linda’;

‘Mourning our queen Linda’; ‘Gutted that Linda has gone’

She become a huge hit with viewers as she attempts to hoodwink the Faithfuls, but has slipped up one too many times.

After host Claudia Winkleman secretly chose her first three Traitors, Linda visibly reacted to the presenter when she said the title out loud.

It was a move noticed by several Faithfuls, and was soon brought up at the round table, leading others to question her loyalties.

And after spawning meme after meme with her scene-steals on the BBC show, Linda has now been awarded the ultimate honour.

A post showing a huge billboard plastered above the Vue cinema in London’s Leicester Square has gone viral.

The billboard above the venue where many a red carpet premiere has taken place, shows Linda earning the Golden Cloak Award for the ‘performance of a lifetime award’.

Linda has played up to the viral trend, making the trek from her Hertfordshire home over the weekend to post for a photo with the billboard.

‘OHHH MYYY GODDDD! I can’t ACTUALLY believe this is happening! How FUN! Just getting up to speed on instagram! Bear with me guys…. #oldlady’ she captioned her snap.

The former opera singer was selected as one of three Traitors in the new series.

Her theatre background is particularly remarkable given her acting displays in the hit BBC show, which have attracted the ire of some viewers and raised the suspicions of her fellow contestants.

In Friday’s episode, Linda surprised everyone by bursting into tears at breakfast upon the news that fellow participant Livi had been murdered in an attempt to hide the fact that she was the one who had done it.

It didn’t exactly fool her competitors, who once again dragged her name through the mud during the nightly Round Table discussion and almost voted her off the show, and she only narrowly received fewer votes than the unfortunate faithful Dan.

Fans of the BBC show still can’t get enough of Linda’s ‘iconic’ acting skills and rushed to X to comment on the hilarious moment.

They wrote: ‘If our Linda doesn’t win a BAFTA for best actress in a leading role there’ll be hell to pay #TheTraitors.’

Another said; ‘LINDA STOPPPP #TheTraitors.’

A third posted: ‘Truly a BAFTA-winning performance from ar’ Linda and the direct look into the camera too I just can’t #TheTraitors.’

Later in the episode, Linda’s ‘cinematic’ display came back to her haunt her and was brought up at the Round Table.

So far, the contestants have only managed to sniff out ONE of the Traitors – Armani, 28.

The likes of Dan, 33, Elen, 24, Kasim, 33, Nathan, 39, Tyler, 29, have been banished after their wrong guesses, and Keith, 65, Livi, 26, Maia, 25, and Yin, 34, have all been murdered.

Catch up on the latest episodes of The Traitors on BBC iPlayer.