Claudia Winkleman's 'traitorous' interview with S Club 7 is shared by fans as her Celebrity Traitors return scores record ratings

Claudia Winkleman is back on TV, earning record-breaking ratings for the return of Celebrity Traitors last week.But as millions of viewers watch her preside over the famous Faithfuls and Traitors, the star's most 'traitorous' TV moment ever has been shared on social media.As the Traitors returns to screens, video has resurfaced of Claudia's infamous 2003 interview with S Club 7, which saw her called out by the pop group's publicist for her line of questioning.Claudia's co-host on Liquid News, Colin Patterson shared the clip on Instagram as he discussed the interview for a BBC Radio 4 profile on his colleague. Colin captioned the clip 'Claudia's finest moment when she went 'traitorous' on S Club 7'.The ex Strictly presenter was interviewing the band, made up of Jo O'Meara , Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt , Jon Lee, Rachel Stevens, Tina Barrett and Paul Cattermole, on BBC 3's Liquid News in 2003. Claudia Winkleman is back on TV hosting Celebrity Traitors. But as millions of viewers watch, the star's most 'traitorous' TV moment ever has been shared on social media Referring to press reports at the time, Claudia asked the group about their manager's finances: 'Mr Simon Fuller has 90 million in the bank.'There are rumours that you guys are grumpy because you guys haven't made mint...'Jon said no before Bradley and Hannah pretended to misunderstand her, joking they wished they had an edible mint.Not letting them off that easy, Claudia pressed: 'Are you not grumpy about it at all?'Jo replied: 'I think we are all really really lucky to be where we are today at our age and have the bank balances that we do have.'It was at this point that the group's then-publicist stormed into the TV studio during recording.She said: 'Can you not ask this question please... I'm not having it. I've tried to stop this and I've had to walk in here... we are going,' before the group walked off set.Liquid News aired the interview in full before Claudia defended her line of questioning, saying: 'It has been in the papers and they didn't give a list [of questions that were off the table]. Video has resurfaced of Claudia's infamous 2003 interview with S Club 7, which saw her called out by the pop group's publicist for her line of questioning 'You interview all sorts of people and you are sometimes told actually do you know what, don't ask this... but they seemed fine.'The return of Celebrity Traitors pulled in its highest ratings yet. Overnight figures show the first episode peaked at just over nine million and averaged 8.9 million viewers.The number surpasses all previous premieres, including the first celebrity version, which attracted 6.5 million peak viewers, averaging 6.1 million across the episode.The last civilian series opener in January garnered 6.9 million peak viewers and averaged 6.4 million views.Claudia's success in the Traitors castle is in contrast to her Strictly Come Dancing successor Emma Willis, with the show suffering a ratings slump after unveiling their new hosting lineup. Millions tuned in to watch Claudia choose this year's traitors - Love Island host Maya Jama and actor Richard E. Grant.And minutes after being nominated, Richard made the biggest slip-up in the show's history. The return of Celebrity Traitors pulled in its highest ratings yet. Overnight figures show the first episode peaked at just over nine million and averaged 8.9 million viewers As he mingled with Faithful Joe Lycett, the comedian jumped straight in with the question: 'What are you?''A Traitor,' Richard responded with a huge grin on his face. Unsure what to believe, Joe said: 'I think you've just done something that has never happened in the game... bold strategy.'Fans were left furious over the 'ridiculous' cliffhanger ending on Friday night as the hit BBC show abruptly ended mid round table.The tension rose between the celebrities at the first round table of the series as they debated whether Richard is a Faithful or not.And just as the celebrities were going back and forth on Richard's innocence, Claudia announced: 'Players the time for talk is over,' and the second episode surprisingly ended. Fans were left shocked by the 'massive cliffhanger' as viewers didn't even get the chance to see the stars write who they believe is a Traitor on their chalk boards and will now have to wait six days for the next episode.Celebrity Traitors continues on Thursday night at 8pm on BBC One.