The Traitors series three hopeful Olivia, 26, reveals she had an eye removed after devastating teenage cancer battle
01/01/2025 05:12 AM
THE Traitors series three hopeful Olivia, 26, has revealed how she had an eye removed after a devastating cancer battle as a teenager.
The hit BBC show returns tonight with a whole new cast ready to deceive the Faithfuls or catch the Traitors in a bid to win the jackpot.
One of those hopefuls is Olivia, a 26-year-old beautician and model from Horsham.
Ahead of her TV debut, Olivia revealed how she’s stronger than her new co-stars may think after battling cancer as a teenager.
She explained: “I had my eye removed at 14 and at the time I didn’t cope with it very well.
“When I had my eye removed, I had to adjust to a whole way of living.
“At the age of 14 all my friends were experiencing being a teenager and growing into adulthood, and I was starting chemotherapy.”
She believes the experience has made her “a fighter” and will help her on The Traitors.
She said: “I think that comes with everything now, I never give up, I always push and I want to succeed.”
Olivia, who has a 15-month-old son, also spoke about what she’d do if she won the £120,000 prize money.
She said: “First of all, I’d cry my eyes out. I’m such an emotional person – I cry at happy things because I just know how much it means to people.”
She added she would take her family on holiday, including her sister who has just had a baby, but she would also want to donate money to a charity close to her heart.
She said: “I definitely want to donate some money to the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust. They’ve done so much for me, they helped me when I lost my hair, they helped me get a wig.
“They’ve helped me with getting my perfect prosthetic eye which I’m so happy with.
“I’ve been so unhappy with previous prosthetic eyes and people wouldn’t even notice now.”
She continued: “I’m so grateful for them and I want to help the other children going through it.
“It's from the ages of zero to five and they go through so much at such a young age, it would mean everything for me to just give something back.”
The Traitors series three begins tonight at 8pm on BBC One.
