Maya Jama Vows Prize Money for Action for Children — SkimNews
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- Maya Jama went five weeks without attracting Faithful suspicion as the only original Traitor to reach the Season 2 final episode, recruiting James Acaster, Hannah Fry and King Kenny; Michael Sheen’s focus on her at the last roundtable led to her banishment just before the endgame.
- Maya Jama said the last roundtable felt more heated in the moment than on TV; filming in May left her nervous about the final edit and with her heart “jumping out of my chest.”
- King Kenny voted against Jama at the final roundtable. Jama said he had little choice because protecting her would have finished him, yet she said she still loved him to bits, and he was among the guests at her Halloween party.
- Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft won as the remaining Faithfuls by voting out King Kenny, with each donating £41,500 ($55,600) to a charity of their choice.
- Action for Children was the charity Jama chose for what she would have won; it provides foster care and residential support for children and young people seeking asylum in the U.K.
- James Acaster was recruited reluctantly and outed himself at the penultimate roundtable; afterward, Jama, Hannah Fry and King Kenny killed Michael Sheen, with Jama calling the plan a “kamikaze mission” because he had closed in on her.
- Maya Jama said her strategy was to be herself with people she knew only slightly—including King Kenny, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Beckett and Leigh-Anne Pinnock—and that the resulting closeness made deception emotionally difficult.
Why it matters: Jama said she would give her would-be prize to Action for Children, which provides foster care and residential support for children and young people seeking asylum in the U.K. Ranganathan and Croft had already won and donated £41,500 ($55,600) each, making charity—not the personal jackpot—the finale’s clearest concrete payoff.
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