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Joe Marler almost quit Celebrity Traitors after a devastating death in the family.

The 35-year-old former England rugby star made it to the final five of the hit BBC show, which ended last Thursday (November 6) alongside Nick Mohammed, Cat Burns, David Olusoga and winner Alan Carr.

He has now opened up about his experience in the castle, and how he nearly walked away during filming after his wife Daisy's grandmother died.

He told The Times newspaper: "The producers already knew she was terminally ill, so I went to them and said, ‘That’s me done.’

"They were great — I was leaving. Then Daisy rang back and said, 'Look, there’s not a lot you can do right now, so just stay up there until you get kicked out.'

"That was the moment that I was like, right, I’ve had enough of

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