Traitors winner Jake Brown heartbreakingly admits he used to be 'ashamed' of his Cerebral palsy but has learnt to be 'proud of his disability'
Traitors winner Jake Brown heartbreakingly admits he used to be 'ashamed' of his Cerebral palsy but has learnt to be 'proud of his disability'
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The Traitors winner Jake Brown heartbreakingly admitted that he used to be 'ashamed' of his Cerebral palsy. Speaking after taking home the impressive £94,600 prize money with fellow faithful Leanne Quigley in this week's final, he told of how he has learnt to be 'proud of his disability.'.
![[Speaking after taking home the impressive £94,600 prize money with fellow faithful Leanne Quigley in this week's final, he told of how he has learnt to be 'proud of his disability']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/25/20/94514555-14325219-image-a-34_1737836250549.jpg)
The project manager, 28, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, is the first ever contestant to have cerebral palsy and bravely opened up about his 'lifelong struggle' with the movement disorder towards the end of the series. Speaking to MailOnline about why he chose not to tell his fellow contestants until later on, he explained: 'I think because all my life I have tried to hide it and especially when I was younger, I used to be a bit ashamed of it.
![[During the series the contestants were challenged to haul Easter Island style statues up a mountain in order to add more money to the prize pot, a task which was difficult for Jake]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/25/20/94514327-14325219-During_the_series_the_contestants_were_challenged_to_haul_Easter-a-36_1737836450328.jpg)
'I just wanted to be normal and it wasn’t till I was older I realised I am normal. It's part of who I am, it makes me who I am. I wouldn't be me without it.'. During the series the contestants were challenged to haul huge Easter Island style statues up a mountain in order to add more money to the prize pot, a task which was particularly difficult for Jake.
![[He admitted: 'I was struggling with my grip and I kept dropping the statues and I just thought I shouldn’t suffer in silence. I think it's good to be open and not ashamed of it']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/25/20/94514325-14325219-He_admitted_I_was_struggling_with_my_grip_and_I_kept_dropping_th-a-38_1737836529230.jpg)
Speaking after taking home the impressive £94,600 prize money with fellow faithful Leanne Quigley in this week's final, he told of how he has learnt to be 'proud of his disability'. He admitted: 'In that challenge, I was struggling with my grip and I kept dropping the statues and I just thought I shouldn’t suffer in silence, and now I'm more confident.
