Supermodel and actress Jerry Hall has captured the public’s imagination and left viewers in stitches during her appearance on Celebrity Traitors, with audiences quickly drawing an uncanny comparison between the Texas-born star and the iconic Schitt’s Creek character Moira Rose.
During Thursday’s broadcast of the hit reality television series, the 70-year-old star entertained fans with her unique brand of high drama and eccentric logic. The comedic highlight of the episode arrived when Jerry attempted to explain her deep-seated suspicions regarding Myha’la—a fellow contestant who had already been banished from the castle in a previous round table and officially revealed to be a Faithful.
The morning after Myha’la’s dramatic departure, Jerry gathered with fellow contestants King Kenny, Romesh Ranganathan, Maya Jama, and James Acaster to break down the latest theories circulating around the castle. Sharing her profound deductive reasoning with the group, Jerry solemnly declared: "But Myha’la had stopped wearing makeup… That was suspicious."
The remark immediately prompted gentle amusement and disbelief among her co-stars. Reminding her of the game’s actual reality, James Acaster stepped in to clarify: "Remember, Jerry, she was a Faithful. We’ve established that."
Romesh Ranganathan added to the lighthearted exasperation, joking: "Not only are we not coming up with new theories, we’re coming up with old ones where we already know the results."
The playful blunder quickly resonated across social media platforms, but it was Jerry’s overall mannerisms, vocabulary, and delivery that truly cemented the comparisons to Catherine O’Hara’s legendary sitcom matriarch, Moira Rose. The parallel between the real-life icon and the fictional character has been a persistent talking point among fans since The Celebrity Traitors first premiered.
Throughout the series, Jerry’s elaborate Texan drawl and wonderfully formal turns of phrase—such as grandly announcing that she "hath risen"—mirror the delightfully dramatic quality and grandiose vocabulary synonymous with Moira Rose. Beyond her speech patterns, viewers have noted shared traits including extravagant glamour, an unwavering sense of personal style, living entirely on their own terms, and a frequent stream of habitual, accidental comedy. Both women also embody an unapologetic sense of self, showing little interest in toning down their personalities to blend into the background.
Many eagle-eared viewers picked up on the specific way Jerry pronounced the word "baby" while speaking to Romesh during Thursday’s episode, which bore an eerie resemblance to Moira’s iconic, theatrical pronunciation of "bebe."
Fans immediately took to X, formerly Twitter, to share their astonishment and amusement. One viewer wrote: "Jerry Hall saying be-beh and cementing her Moira Rose likeness was, insane." Another added, "I can only hear Jerry Hall’s accent as Moira Rose," while a third chimed in, "Jerry Hall on Traitors is like watching a real-life Moira Rose."
Further reactions flooded the platform as viewers digested her hilarious misunderstanding about the game mechanics. Comments included, "Anyone else clock Jerry Hall turning into Moira Rose when she said ‘poor bebe’ to Romesh," and "The more I’ve watched Celebrity Traitors the more I can’t not think Jerry Hall was the inspo for Moira Rose." Others expressed pure disbelief, writing, "Omg I’ve just realised the Jerry Hall on Celebrity Traitors is in fact Moira Rose from Schitts Creek!" and "You’re telling me Jerry Hall isn’t Moira Rose."
Joking specifically about her theories regarding Myha’la, viewers posted: "Jerry Hall is actually bonkers. Myha’la stopped wearing make-up. That was very suspicious. Like da fuq," alongside another fan who noted: "Jerry Hall actually forgetting who they have already voted out. ‘Myha’la stopped wearing make-up and that was suspicious’ she proffers in her Sutton Stracke drawl, before Romesh points out they’d already voted Myha’la out and she was a Faithful. Dying."
While Jerry continues to captivate television audiences with her unintentional comedy on Celebrity Traitors, her fascinating personal history and high-profile past relationships have also been a point of reflection during her time in the public eye. Earlier in the series, the model opened up about the unconventional lengths she went to in order to secure a commitment from her former partner, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
Reflecting on their relationship, which spanned from 1977 to 1999, Jerry revealed that it took a considerable amount of persistence to convince the legendary musician to finally tie the knot. The couple ultimately shared an unofficial marriage ceremony in Bali in 1990, though that union was later deemed legally void by the UK High Court following their eventual separation.
Detailing how she finally persuaded Jagger to agree to the ceremony, Jerry shared with viewers: "Before I got married to Mick, we’d already been together seven years, had two children. I put on a wedding dress every day until he agreed that we get married!"
The high-profile couple, who spent 22 years together, share four children: Elizabeth, 42, James, 41, Georgia May, 34, and Gabriel, 28. They first met in 1976, and their relationship became the subject of intense legal scrutiny after Jerry filed for divorce in 1999, sparking a legal battle over the validity of their 1990 Balinese wedding service. The split ultimately left Jerry with an estimated financial settlement of up to $22 million.
At the time, the Texas-born model believed the marriage was entirely valid, operating under the assumption that they would need to navigate formal divorce proceedings. However, a UK High Court judge ultimately declared that the ceremony held no legal weight under British or Indonesian law, rendering the marriage null and void.
Despite the turbulent end to their romantic relationship, Ms Hall has maintained a cordial relationship with Jagger, describing him as "a lot of fun and a great dad," largely due to their shared family responsibilities.
In subsequent years, Jerry has been candid about the personal toll their relationship took on her. In a 2005 interview with the Evening Standard, she opened up about her long-standing tolerance of Jagger’s reported womanising during their years together. She admitted that she "forgave, and forgave, and forgave and forgave to the point where it wasn’t very healthy at all," adding, "Sure, he wasn’t a great husband, and I could gripe and grouse, but I think that’s old hat."
At the time, she confessed that while she still retained deep affection for the rock star, the unhealthy dynamic had left her deeply unhappy and depressed. Explaining the emotional weight of the situation, she noted that being in an inconsistent relationship severely damages self-esteem and hinders personal stability.
By 2008, during an interview with Psychologies Magazine, the actress and model firmly stated that she would never wish for her daughters to pursue a relationship with a man resembling her former partner. Expressing confidence in the strong boundaries of her children, she noted that it had taken her much longer to learn those valuable life lessons herself.
Reflecting on why she remained in the relationship for as long as she did, Jerry conceded that she had stayed past the point of reason. "I always thought he would change, and that was my big mistake. People don’t change, unless they really want to, and you can’t make them," she reflected. "I probably stayed with him for longer than I should have done. All I can say is that I really loved him, and he really loved me, in spite of all the other women."
