Joe Dilling, a physiotherapy technical instructor from St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, has had a stammer since he was six-years-old.
Now 26, he said it had been “quite up and down” adding he also related to Jessie.
“The worst thing for most people is introducing themselves.
“That must have been one of the more anxiety inducing things for her,” he said.
“People who have got a stammer are underrepresented in TV and most of the time if you see someone who has got one it’s the main focal point, so its good to see no-one has made a point of it and Jessie is just shown to be a normal person.
“It is good to see no-one is making an issue because it’s not – it just might take her longer to talk at times.”
Joe has not watched The Traitors before, but is tuning in to see Jessie.
“I do think people who have got a stammer are better at picking [social cues] up,” he said.
“Raising awareness is the most important thing because there’s still quite a lot of people who don’t really understand it and you do get awkward situations sometimes.
“I just think it’s good to see someone represented but that’s not the only thing about them.
“People have a perception that people with a stammer are not capable and that’s obviously the case.”
