The Traitors winner Harry Clark details hitting 'rock bottom' and what saved him

Reality star and former British Army engineer Harry Clark has spoken out about his 2024 experience on The Traitors and the days since his victory. During the final of the gripping BBC series, Harry's life changed forever when he took home the entire £95K sum all for himself. Since his controversial win, the TV star has appeared on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and featured in the recent series of the BBC's Pilgrimage. However, he also moved back into his family's council home in Slough to help him save up to buy his own property, and has recently written his first autobiography, Harry Clark: Staying Faithful.

Speaking exclusively with Express Online, Harry revealed the reason behind writing his book and how he didn't "recognise himself" in the months following his Traitors triumph. He said: "I just got really lucky. They wanted to talk about, obviously, the thoughts of writing a book and a book on my life, and then we said, 'Let's do it,' and then obviously I went on this Pilgrimage, and no one really knew I was faithful, no one really knew I had religion."

Harry also shared that he hit "rock bottom" following his experience on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. During interrogation scenes on the show, Chief Instructor Billy Billingham and Foxy (Jason Fox) questioned Harry over his actions and whether he had failed in leading his team.

After being kicked off the show, Harry recalled: "I thought everyone would hate me. I'd embarrassed myself, my family, the army, like everything.

"That plays on your mind, but then I went on the Pilgrimage, and it was so amazing that when I came back, that was the switch. I'm in the right place mentally; now I need to save myself physically.

"So I stopped all of the red carpet events and all of the beer drinking because then I wanted to be in a completely different position when this show came out."

Touching on The Traitors, he revealed his main motivation for entering the show: "I think if you're not going in there to win the money, then why are you going in there, really?

"The money was life-changing, and you know, I come from a family still living in a council house now with my mum and dad, and that, and we never really had the money like that.

"I also wanted to get my foot in the door with getting on the property ladder, and everything costs a fortune nowadays in 2025. So it was like all I had to do was play this simple game, win it, and I would get this money."

Harry's book is about the mentality needed to win The Traitors and how he overcame life adversities. When asked about the hardest chapter to write about, he explained: "The hardest bit was writing about the people that are closest to me, so my loved ones, my mum, my dad, my grandparents, Anna, my brothers and sisters.

"I only realised it was them who were the harder ones because I did the audiobook. I remember I went in and I said to Elliott, the producer, 'I'm not an emotional guy, by the way, can't even remember the last time I cried.' When I was reading their chapters out loud, I had the chokiest throat. You realise it's kind of like therapy for how much you love them."

Celebrity Traitors can be streamed on BBC iPlayer.