TRAITORS winner Jake Brown has said his wife ‘wears the trousers’ so will be deciding how his prize money is spent, after their marriage was rocked by scandal.
Dubbed “The Traitor Hunter” after correctly identifying Linda Rands as a Traitor, Jake quickly became a favourite to win.
And he ended up doing just that, alongside ex-soldier Leanne Quigley.
They split the £96,600 prize, after a whopping 7.4million people tuned in to watch last month’s finale.
And after finally receiving their huge prize fund, Jake, who appeared alongside Leanne at the TV Choice Awards, shared how he planned on spending it.
Jake, 28, told The Sun: “The most extravagant thing I think I’ve bought with it is a suit.
“I feel I don’t want to spend it yet because I’m almost scared to spend it.”
Asked whether his wife Shannon will have a say in how the money gets spent, Jake looked at Leanne.
She then said: “Of course she’ll have a say on how it’s spent.”
Jake interjected: “She has full say.”
To which Leanne went on: “Shannon wears the trousers in their relationship, absolutely.”
Jake and Shannon, 27, posed for a picture together recently, while attending a 21st birthday party thrown for fellow Traitors star Freddie Fraser.
The couple were all smiles in the snap and Jake shared it with his 50,000 followers on Instagram.
The new picture of Jake and Shannon came just hours after The Sun On Sunday exclusively revealed their marriage had hit a rocky patch last year.
Shannon confronted her husband shortly after their wedding when he grew close to a female colleague.
Jake, a project manager, and the woman are said to have hit it off at a work party two months after he had tied the knot.
The workmates grew close over five months and comforted each other as they both battled problems at home.
But his new wife Shannon grew suspicious and ordered him to end the friendship.
A source said: “She wasn’t happy, and confronted Jake. She told him it had to stop.”
The pair, who both work for the same company in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, hit it off at an early Christmas party in November 2023.
Shannon and Jake have been together since 2015 and married on September 15, 2023, at the Daffodil Hotel & Spa in Grasmere.
But according to friends the couple soon endured a “rocky patch”.
Jake’s 24-year-old work pal, who The Sun decided not to name, had bought a house with her boyfriend of three years, but was also having relationship difficulties.
A source said: “Jake had become close to this woman and they were hanging out.
“They confided in each other. They’d meet up and lean on each other for comfort and support. But the longer it went on, Shannon grew suspicious of the friendship.”
How does The Traitors work and who hosts it?
The Traitors first launched in the UK in 2022, after the Dutch format was acquired by the BBC.
Claudia Winkleman is the show’s host, and has now hosted all three series to date.
How does it work?
It is a reality game show that involves 22 contestants, and some of them are chosen to be The Traitors.
The Traitors sees a group of contestants taking part in “the ultimate game of truth and deception”.
The group of contestants are competing for the chance to walk away with a huge cash prize.
While navigating through a series of challenges, the team are also tasked with figuring out who the Traitors are in the group (usually three contestants).
Each night, the Traitors gather to “eliminate” one of the Faithful, removing them from the competition
Meanwhile, the traitors can be “banished” if they’re successfully outed as a traitor by a faithful.
The winners of the show are either the Traitor who remains undetected or the Faithfuls if they successfully eliminate all the Traitors.
The prize sees the winner could get £120K.