Wilfred Webster

**Wilfred Webster** is an Original Traitor and the runner-up of *The Traitors (UK)/Series 1*.

## Profile

*Retrieved from BBC:*

**Name:** Wilfred

**Age:** 28

**Occupation:** Senior Fundraiser

**Location:** North London

**Why did you apply to be on this brand-new reality series?**
For me, I work within the face-to-face fundraising industry, and I've learnt over the years to be able to positively persuade people to take positive action. So instead of using these skills for positive, this is a chance to be able to use them to manipulate instead.

**What's your motivation for taking part in the show?**
My motivation is many different things. My children and my Fiancée being number one, and I’d also like to see if I can persuade people and slowly manipulate them. Even if I'm not a Traitor. I love tactics, I love playing a game and I love coming up with strategies. Being able to put the strategies that I've come up with into play is my motivation. And also, who doesn't want to win loads of money, right? That's a good motivation.

**What do you think you'll bring to the game?**
I think I'll bring excitement, I'll bring fun and I'll bring energy. My strategy is to befriend and betray. To build relationships with people and then get rid of them. If I'm a Traitor for instance and I build a really good relationship with someone, I will get rid of them first so they wouldn’t then suspect me. There are many different strategies.

**Do you have a game plan?**
100 percent. I have a game plan for both being a Faithful or a Traitor, but it’s a flexible game plan and I have a basis on how I will start. In terms of presence, I don't want to be too much, but I don't want to be too little. If you're too much, you might be seen as a threat to people, if you're too quiet then they'll get rid of you for not bringing much to the table. It’s about trying to find that middle ground of being very present, but not too much. I like to have a laugh and a good conversation. So, I'll be trying to hold myself back at certain points.

**If you're a Traitor, how good is your poker face? How good do you think you'll be at deceiving your fellow players?**
Amazing. Everybody's here to play a game and I have no qualms with getting rid of people. I will not feel bad about it. I am a nice person and in my normal life, I'm quite empathetic and I care quite a lot about people. I’ve even got a t shirt with ‘It's just a game’ on that I'm going to wear every night. Even if I get rid of someone who I've built a good relationship with, I don't care, that's the game. So, for me, I'm not scared to turn people against each other, if I have to.

**If you are a Traitor, how far are you prepared to go to win the game?**
Anything. I'll do anything. I'll probably say that I'm not going to speak to these people again which will probably never be the case. I think everybody's here to play the game as well, you can't take it to heart.

**If you're a Faithful, what will your game plan be? How good are you at spotting a liar?**
My main job is to be able to read people very, very quickly. My aim as a Faithful is to build a good relationship with everyone. I’m quite competitive so I want to do the best when it comes to the activities and getting the money and building up the prize fund. If I'm the best at that then the Traitors wouldn't want to get rid of me.

**If you’re a Faithful, what qualities do you think you need to make it to the final?**
Being able to read people, and also the art of persuasion, is very, very important in a game like this. People might look at you at some point and you need to try and persuade them that you’re a person that they should keep. Communication is key and observing well.

**If you win the prize money, what will you spend it on?**
I'd like to pay off the rest of my wedding. Also, in October I started a psychology and counselling degree, and my aim is to own a gym and dance studio, to counsel young people through sports and activities. So that's something I'd like to try and put towards in the future.

## Trivia

Wilfred:

* Is the Traitor who participated in the most Murders in any franchise - eight.
* Is the Original Traitor who lasted the most number of episodes in any franchise - twelve, alongside Konstantinos Mirallais (although the latter technically had their Banishment in the penultimate round edited into the following episode).

## References

1. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/the-traitors-bbc#wilfred