 Krishnan Guru-Murthy went all-out to keep his identity secret before he was revealed as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. The Channel 4 anchor was announced as the fourth celebrity to join the 2023 cast on Saturday morning, following Angela Rippon, Layton Williams and Amanda Abbington who were revealed on Friday evening. Krishnan, 53, appeared on Claudia Winkleman's Radio 2 show on Saturday morning when she made the big reveal, and the journalist has now revealed how he was able to get into the studio for the announcement without being recognised. For a bit of context, Claudia fronted the massively popular reality competition The Traitors last year, in which she – and contestants – wore large heavy cloaks partly to add to the murder mystery atmosphere of the whole thing. And it appears these cloaks are still getting use, as Krishnan reveals he was 'made' to wear the disguise to keep his identity a secret. Shortly after he was announced as the fourth contestant, he took to Twitter where he shared a snap of himself – completely unrecognisable – draped in the cloak, hood up, with a scarf wrapped around his face and sunglasses covering his eyes. The Channel 4 star shared a snap of himself entering the BBC studios to be announced (Picture: PA) It's safe to say the giant cloak worked as he was pretty much unrecognisable under there (Picture: PA) Krishnan was revealed on Claudia Winkleman's show – who famously hosted the massively successful Traitors, so the cloak was doubly appropriate (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Mark Mainz) He revealed: 'The Traitors cloak they made me wear to keep the secret going into the BBC.' Krishnan paired the snap with a screengrab of Star Wars character Yoda, and joked it was the same photo 'from two different angles.' Fans loved the comparison – and the revelation Krishnan would be joining Strictly – wit){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Krishnan Guru-Murthy went all-out to keep his identity secret before he was revealed as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
The Channel 4 anchor was announced as the fourth celebrity to join the 2023 cast on Saturday morning, following Angela Rippon, Layton Williams and Amanda Abbington who were revealed on Friday evening.
Krishnan, 53, appeared on Claudia Winkleman’s Radio 2 show on Saturday morning when she made the big reveal, and the journalist has now revealed how he was able to get into the studio for the announcement without being recognised.
For a bit of context, Claudia fronted the massively popular reality competition The Traitors last year, in which she – and contestants – wore large heavy cloaks partly to add to the murder mystery atmosphere of the whole thing.