The Traitors’ Harry Clark reveals why he turned down six-figures for I’m A Celeb & CBB after signing up to Pilgrimage

THE Traitors champion Harry Clark has revealed the real reason he turned down whopping six-figure sums for Britain’s biggest reality TV shows.

The 23-year-old rose to fame when he was crowned the champion of the BBC reality show’s second series in which he deceived his fellow players in a bid to take home £120,000.

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It saw him propelled to fame and after signing with a top talent agent, Harry found himself inundated with various different offers to appear on some of the UK’s top programmes.

Harry is understood to have turned down six-figure sums for ITV juggernauts I’m A Celebrity and Celebrity Big Brother.

TV execs were even willing to shell out a humongous £300,000 in order to get Harry in the CBB house this year but he ultimately turned it down.

Instead, Harry has followed his heart and opted to sign up for the BBC’s Pilgrimage instead.

Admitting he wanted all his career opportunities to be authentic, speaking to The Sun and other press, Harry revealed that Pilgrimage “meant so much”.

Harry said: “I think it was just because it meant so much to me that I wanted to do this show.

“It was just me as a whole, and when my manager brought it to me, it was like, again, this whole career that we’re trying to carve out in this industry is one of authenticity.

“It’s like, I want it to be authentic to me, and what means the most to me, and that’s religion, and that’s my family.”

Harry, a practising Catholic, continued: “Also I know it made my mum proud. But also for me personally, I knew that my religion itself had got a little bit cloudy.

“It was always strong faith. I was always still praying, but then I never really knew…

“It’s easy to go off the rails a little bit and see, well, what am I even actually praying for?

“The pilgrimage was that sort of wipe where it made it a clear vision again.”

Harry join the likes of Jeff Brazier and Helen Lederer in the new series of Pilgrimage, walking from Austria to Switzerland.

Although keen to show a different side to him than that of the devious nature of The Traitors, Harry admits that is just a natural part of his personality.

He said: “I’ll always be in debt to The Traitors because it catapulted me into a completely different life I never knew I could have.

“But the show didn’t change me at all – I was already devious. I didn’t have to do anything different for The Traitors.

“I never saw series one, so I turned up, and this is why I always say I think I won, because I went in there with such true intention.

“I turned up to be a Traitor to win £120,000 – I had a one in 22 chance and I thought they were good odds.

“On Pilgrimage, you will see me, and you will see why I won the show – because I was just open and honest about myself.