Overview
- Comedian Romesh Ranganathan and actor Sebastian Croft split an £83,000 prize and each gave roughly half to refugee charities, with Ranganathan naming the Refugee Council and Croft choosing Choose Love.
- Both men say their choices were unplanned and independent and they defended the donations on Croft’s Sunday Scaries podcast, where Ranganathan cited his patronage of Refugee Council and objection to anti-refugee rhetoric.
- The podcast exchange was amplified by Choose Love on social media and attracted both public support and vocal criticism from commentators who argued the money should have gone to domestic or smaller charities.
- Several named broadcasters and columnists criticised the outcome, while the beneficiary groups welcomed the funds and publicity; an eliminated contestant, Maya Jama, separately donated £83,500 to Action for Children.
- The row follows a highly watched Celebrity Traitors season that raised earlier questions about production and contestant welfare and now fuels a broader cultural debate about refugee policy, celebrity influence, and where charitable dollars should go.