The Traitors finalist Alexander Dragonetti has impressed individuals to donate greater than £70,000 to a charity after he spoke about his brother’s story on the present.
In an interview on The UK Tonight With Sarah-Jane Mee, Mr Dragonetti mentioned greater than £70,000 had been raised for Mencap, an organisation supporting individuals with studying disabilities.
“The response has been fantastic. Anybody who supports or raises awareness on what to me is an incredibly important topic, I’m so incredibly grateful. The response has been fantastic.”
The previous British diplomat opened up about how his late brother, who had World Developmental Delay and autism, saying for per week a 12 months his brother would go to a summer season camp the place he additionally volunteered to assist different youngsters.
The 38-year-old described how his brother can be “the centre of attention”, including: “Everyone would flock around and he had this energy where he just drew people to him. And he was also slightly cooler than I was. I just stood there and waved, bathed in his reflected glory. It was such fun for him.”
Mr Dragonetti mentioned his brother, who died aged 17, would have been actually excited to see him seem on TV as a part of the BBC present.
He mentioned whereas it’s “fantastic having special needs children” it may also be “really challenging”, including: “Often parents don’t have much of a voice. And if I can create or help to create that voice for parents to help get them the support they need, that would be probably my most proud outcome from the show.”
‘I used to be really texting Leanne throughout the closing episode’
Mr Dragonetti didn’t win the most recent collection of The Traitors. He misplaced to undertaking supervisor Jake Brown and former soldier Leanne Quigley, who received the £94,600 prize pot.
However after a tense finale, is he nonetheless buddies along with his fellow contestants?
“We actually are all friends now,” he revealed. “I was actually texting Leanne during the final episode, saying ‘I’m so sorry to have accused you,’ and she was texting me saying, ‘Oh my God, I got it so wrong.’
“So we have really change into actually shut because the finish of that. And it has been very nice to get to know one another in a barely much less pressurised means.”
Advised he had “become the nation’s sweetheart” and requested if he was nonetheless single, Mr Dragonetti mentioned: “I am. No further comment.”
