'It was the daddy of all deceptions'

Andrew says he was in such deep cover he still calls old man 'Paudie'

- BY DANNY DE VAAL

ANDREW Moloney joked that he still calls his father “Paudie" to this day after mistakenly calling him “daddy” in one of the early episodes of The Traitors Ireland.

The duo kept their relationship a secret during their time in the castle but the slip-up could have spelled disaster had any of the other candidates heard it.

The Limerick man said he became so switched on to the mishap, he still calls his dad “Paudie” - despite filming having wrapped.

And last night dad Paudie was finally found out and banished from the castle following a tense roundtable.

Before announcing he was a Traitor, he said: “I'm on my way home to my wife, my four beautiful children, my nine grandchildren. I'm looking forward to seeing them all. I really am.

“You mightn't know my family but you met one of them. My son Andrew.”

The candidates were shocked by this family link on the show - as were the father and son initially who only discovered they were both on it when they lined up outside Slane Castle on the first day.

Speaking to The Star yesterday, Andrew, who is expecting his first child with wife Aisling next month, said: “When I first saw him, I suppose I was thinking, 'I have someone in here, that I can trust and who is an ally'.

“I suppose then you're kind of thinking, 'I don't know if he wants people to know what the relationship is'. If he kind of comes up to me and has a big hug moment and says 'Oh son, it's you...'

"I didn't go up to him because I didn’t want to initiate that and kind of give away an advantage.”

But he said the fact his dad was also in the castle did affect his own game.