Among the murder and treachery, one of the most entertaining aspects of The Traitors is the gruelling challenges completed by the contestants to earn money and coveted shields.
This series' challenges saw killer clowns, helicopters and Faithful Alexander's iconic rendition of a backwards nursery rhyme. Meanwhile, in one episode, the contestants were tasked with assembling large stone statues by carrying each head and body piece up a steep hill.
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Though the challenge caused tension among the players, viewers were distracted by the surprisingly phallic prop that show bosses were apparently completely unaware of.
Speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, co-host Richard Osman shared a conversation he had with a Traitors executive, who claimed the production team had "absolutely no idea" about the hilarious resemblance.
"I was talking to one of the execs on The Traitors. You know the bit where they all have to carry those Easter Island statues and you've got the heads and you've got the bodies and the bodies look exactly like penises," he told co-host Marina Hyde.
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The House of Games star asked the exec if the prop was an "in joke" between the crew. According to the Traitors boss, the statues' shape went unnoticed until the challenge was filmed.
"He said 'We literally only noticed on the day, they'd all been made, they'd all been built and then the second that two of them raised one of these huge stone things above their heads, everyone in the gallery was like 'Oh my god they look like cocks, and we had absolutely no idea,'" Osman added.
Elsewhere in the episode, Osman and Hyde discussed the Traitors finale and the shocking Seer twist, both agreeing that "it didn't work at all".
The Traitors series 1-3 are streaming on BBC iPlayer. Two more series and a celebrity spin-off have already been confirmed.
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