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Ekin Karasin

Celebrity Traitors' Celia Imrie makes 'iconic' sexual joke after farting in mission

Celia Imrie had Celebrity Traitors viewers in hysterics when she made a sexually explicit joke.

The legendary actress has already been hailed as “TV gold” for farting in the middle of a particularly tense challenge during Wednesday’s episode.

And the 73-year-old Mamma Mia star delivered once again during a mission to win more money in Thursday’s instalment of the hit BBC show.

The celebrities had to split up into two teams, with one team running into the forest to listen to the sound of wailing banshees and then mimic the wail into a well.

The other team had to wait at another well to listen to the sound and then sing it out loud to match it to a locket.

When the challenge began, Imrie and her team gathered around the well, with comedian Lucy Beaumont saying: “Well, you know what you do in a well, don't you?”

Imrie was referring to an old nursery rhyme (BBC)

Imrie responded, “Put the p***y in,” referring to a line from the nursery rhyme, Ding Dong Bell.

Her teammates burst out laughing, with comedian Joe Wilkinson saying sarcastically: “Exactly what we were all thinking, Celia. I think I can speak for everyone when I agree with you there.”

Joe Marler asked with a baffled expression: “Can we have a small explanation?”

Imrie said: “It's one of those nursery rhymes. It's what we're all thinking, might as well say it!”

Struggling to contain his laughter, Alan Carr protested: “We were not all thinking it!”

Imrie also sent viewers at home into meltdown with her dramatic wailing as she tried to mimic the banshees.

Fans flooded X with their admiration for The Thursday Murder Club star, with one writing: “Getting Celia on The Traitors was the most iconic thing ever, like how does she keep topping it each episode.”

“OMG Celia! She is hilarious. Did not expect her to be the highlight of the series!” another added.

“The awards to Celia Imrie, please. A damehood, surely,” a third quipped.

Alan Carr burst out laughing at the comment (BBC)

“Give Celia Imrie a lifetime achievement award for this moment,” someone else posted.

Imrie had fans similarly amused when she accidentally let rip while the stars were chained up in a spooky wooden cabin as part of an eerie task.

Host Claudia Winkleman arrived to explain their mission, telling them: “Welcome to the worst team-building away day experience in history."

Imrie was then heard breaking wind and trying to suppress her grin as her teammates cracked up laughing.

"What just happened?" Winkleman asked, looking bewildered.

The veteran actress confessed: “I just farted Claudia, I'm so sorry, it's nerves. I always own up!”

Clare Balding later called Imrie’s fart the “highlight” of the series, while Kate Garraway admitted it was “so loud”.

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