BBC’s “The Traitors” is facing unexpected scrutiny as risqué topless photos of contestant Livi Dean have surfaced online, contradicting the show’s family-friendly image. Despite attempts to remove the images, they remain public, sparking discussion among co-stars about how older viewers might react. Dean, a 26-year-old lingerie model who lost an eye to cancer, has gained attention for her modeling career, including features in Portuguese Vogue. Fellow contestant Leanne Quigley, a former soldier, shares her aspirations for a family after her challenging premature birth experience. The situation has raised questions about the show’s vetting process for contestants’ backgrounds.
When the search begins for contestants for the BBC’s hit show The Traitors, bosses look for anything that might contradict their family-friendly image – for example, whether they have an account on the raunchy website OnlyFans. etc.
But despite this, sources are stunned to learn that extremely risqué photos of rival Livi Dean exist online.
Efforts are understood to have been made to remove the topless images, but they still exist and are currently causing quite the hilarious buzz among Ms Deen’s co-stars in private chats.
“One wonders how older viewers of ‘Traitors’ will view this photo,” said a source.
“She looks great, but it doesn’t quite match the family-friendly image that the show has. It must be very frustrating. [for the BBC] It cannot be removed from the Internet. ”
The boss asks all contestants for their social media handles to ensure there are no inappropriate backstories. This includes whether or not you have an OnlyFans account.
Libi Dean, a lingerie model who has also appeared in the Portuguese edition of Vogue, is one of the contestants in the new series of Traitors
Yet sources are stunned to learn that extremely risqué photos of Mr Dean, a competitor, exist online.
Dean, a 26-year-old hairdresser from Horsham, West Sussex, was not on stage, but the images released show that the BBC’s approach is not foolproof.
Dean is a lingerie model and has also appeared in Portuguese Vogue. She also became the star of a major advertising campaign by fast fashion store Primark after she was spotted online.
Her success is unexpected. Dean lost his eye to cancer when he was 14 and now wears prosthetic eyes, although he sometimes poses with empty eye sockets in photos.
Meanwhile, fellow contestant Leanne Quigley, an ex-soldier posing as a hairdresser, will try IVF again with her partner of seven years, Sophie Jones, if she wins the £120,000 prize. He revealed that he intended to accept it.
The former corporal went through a harrowing birth after carrying twin boys Hudson and Harley, who were born three months early and are now almost two years old.
“What was supposed to be the best day of my life was actually the scariest,” she wrote on Instagram at the time.
“How can my heart be so hurt and filled with love at the same time?”
But Quigley, 28, is determined to try again. She said, “I would be happy if I had the chance to have another baby. I hope I could have a good experience even if just a little bit.”
“I was unwell throughout my pregnancy and went into premature labor when I was six months old.
Dean lost his eye to cancer when he was 14 and now wears a prosthetic eye, but sometimes poses with an empty eye socket in photos.
“They were only 26 weeks old when they were born and I feel like I didn’t get to enjoy the newborn stage because I was so poor at the time.
“They [the twins] Three months later, I came back from the hospital and was sent home on oxygen, but it was difficult to get the oxygen out.
“I’m so grateful to have them. I’m so lucky they’re alive.” She added, “I always have my young boys in the back of my mind.” he added.