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I’m still skint & borrowing money from my dad after winning £95k, says Traitors winner Harry as he plans career change
And why Harry has already met with showbiz agents
TRAITORS winner Harry Clark has vowed to treat runner-up Mollie Pearce to an exotic holiday after betraying her in the TV show’s gripping finale.
The Army lance corporal, 23, told The Sun on Sunday he worries model Mollie, 21, hates him after he tricked her into trusting him — then scooped the £95,000 prize pot, leaving her with nothing.
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But the baby-faced assassin said he will make up for it by whisking her to Bali or Thailand, along with their prospective partners.
He said: “I would love to take Mollie on holiday with our other halves. I want to work like a donkey for the year and then treat them both.
“I feel she deserves it. She might still hate me now, though at the time she said, ‘This is the game’.”
Some 6.9 million viewers watched the Scottish castle showdown on Friday night.
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It followed weeks of psychological warfare between Traitors and Faithfuls in the prerecorded BBC1 game show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman.
Rules stated that if at the end of the game the Faithfuls eliminated all Traitors, they shared the prize.
But if any Traitor made it to the end, they alone got the cash.
In a final nail-biting vote to eliminate one of the final three, Mollie — who had been convinced that Traitor Harry was a Faithful — was nearly swayed to banish him before changing her mind.
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It meant that Faithful Jaz Singh left — and ensured Harry would scoop the loot.
When Mollie learned the truth, she was visibly upset and stormed off.
Harry said: “It was a weird rollercoaster of emotions. I was so sad for Mollie, but I was so happy for winning at the same time.
“I was 22 at the time and I had just won £95,000 — but it was at someone else’s loss, and I still hate that.”
But he revealed he is still waiting for his prize money.
Harry said: “I haven’t got a pot to p*** in. I don’t even know when I get the money.
“I’m still borrowing money off my dad now. He has my bank account on his phone because he has to tell me to stop spending money because I’m always broke.”
He admitted he also broke the show rules by telling his dad and girlfriend that he had won before the series was broadcast.
Harry said: “My dad was effing and blinding when I told him. It was about 5am and he got up and opened a bottle of Prosecco.”
Asked if he hugged Mollie when they were finally reunited, Harry, of Slough, Berks, said: “Yeah, she was amazing about the situation.
“That just shows her character. She didn’t have to put my mind at ease, she didn’t have to worry about me. She is the most confident, strong woman who sees it as a game. She told me, ‘You played it as a game from the start.’
“She realised how hard it was for me, having to lie, seeing people go. She knows I deserved it — I think that’s the most amazing thing.”
Harry now plans to pop the question to his girlfriend, 23-year-old children’s TV presenter Anna Maynard.
He said: “I’ve been asking Anna’s dad for his permission to get engaged for two years, so I’ll have to keep asking.”
But first savvy Harry is keen to carve out a TV career and has already met with showbiz agents.
He said: “I want to try everything.
“I used to be the biggest drama queen ever and walk around in my mum’s high heels with her lipstick. I want to try to be an evil panto villain and move into acting.
“I’d love to do more TV shows and presenting too.
Meanwhile Mollie said: “I won’t hold Harry to him taking me on holiday — it was only a little joke we had.
“Harry played an amazing game, the money was deserved. A lot of people in there trusted him and there are others who would have done the same as me if they had been there at the end.”
Mollie — who had opened up about being born with a limb difference, battling ulcerative colitis and living with a stoma bag — said she was avoiding social media because of trolls.
They blasted her decision to keep Harry in and vote out 30-year-old Jaz in the final.
She said: “I didn’t trust Jaz that much, he didn’t speak to me a lot. I don’t think he trusted me much either. That was our downfall.”
Asked about storming off in the final, Mollie admitted: “I needed some air after that twist. It was a shock finding out that someone has been lying to you — but there was always a chance that something like that would happen.
“I felt fine after about 20 minutes. Me and Harry are fine. I said to him, ‘What a mad game we’ve just played.’ I have to give him some credit.”
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Mollie said she was filled with emotion watching the dramatic scenes again with her co-stars on Friday night.
She said: “All the feelings came flooding back. I had trusted Harry the whole game, so to switch right at the end was something I couldn’t do.”
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