The season 3 Traitors were nearly caught scheming not once but multiple times.
During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, contestant — and Faithful — Chrishell Stause recalled numerous close calls for the cloaked individuals on The Traitors.
“There’s two moments, to be honest with you, where they’re in that hidden little bar area,” Chrishell, 43, shared about the hit Peacock series. “There’s the part that they cut off the [third] episode on. But I remember one other part too. I remember being in that room and being like, ‘Wait, I heard that door click.’”
Chrishell had her own near run-in, adding, “I remember trying to push in and trying to get in and it wasn’t letting me in. So I was like, ‘Either someone’s holding it from the other side or it’s locked.’”
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She continued: “Honestly, there were quite a few times where I think they must have not been caught by the skin of their teeth. As you see — because I wasn’t in that room — there’s other times where something happens at the beginning of the episode that will [inspire] suspicions. I remember us being like, ‘I wasn’t there, but somebody heard something.’”
Season 3, which premiered earlier this month, started off with Bob the Drag Queen, Danielle Reyes and Carolyn Wiger as the Traitors. By the second episode, Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano joined the group and Bob was subsequently banished after Rob turned on him.
Chrishell, however, wasn’t privy to the drama as a Faithful.
“I feel like once you’ve proven yourself as a Faithful — if you have done that — you then also have to work double time to put suspicion off yourself that you could maybe be a Traitor. It’s a rough game because you have to time it and thread that needle perfectly,” she noted. “So of course it’s easy for me now to say, ‘But I also wish I had just been a little more vocal when I have those suspicions.’”
The Selling Sunset star had regrets about not speaking up more. “There were times that I was right on someone and I bring it up to a few people,” she noted. “And obviously I either bring it up [and it didn’t go anywhere]. It’s frustrating when you know you were right about someone and you’re like, ‘Oh, I should have been louder.’”
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Inspired by Dutch series De Verraders (which previously led to a popular U.K. version) , The Traitors brings together celebrities, especially reality TV stars from different franchises — including Survivor, Big Brother, Real Housewives and more — as they compete in a mafia-style game for up to $250,000.
In addition to Chrishell, season 3 features Wells Adams, Gabby Windey, Ciara Miller, Jeremy Collins, Carolyn, Tony Vlachos, Bob the Drag Queen, Britney Haynes and Danielle. Bob Harper, Dylan Efron, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Sam Asghari and Nikki Bella made up the rest of the group with later additions Boston Rob, Wes Bergmann and Derrick Levasseur.
While Chrishell had practice in the reality TV space, she still dealt with plenty of surprises on The Traitors.
“The hours filming The Traitors are just so long, and you have no sleep. At least with Selling Sunset, you get to sit in a chair and have glam. But then, they’re going after your personal lives,” she quipped. “Even though I had no sleep and I didn’t have my phone on [The Traitors], I still would rather someone go after me in that way and not go after my actual family and friends. Selling Sunset is more stressful.”
Chrishell went on to share some unexpected behind the scenes details about filming The Traitors, saying, “I would’ve died to have glam in the castle, but [host] Alan Cumming does not allow us to have glam in the castle. We’re filming from around 8 to the time he had to be ready to go. I think the latest I got home was 2 in the morning.”
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She continued: “Then you’ve got the challenges, and you’ve got to hurry and change. So obviously, I absolutely love the experience, and it’s one of those things where you are just dying not to leave. So, in the game, I love it and anyone would be heartbroken to leave. But that being said, your body is so tired too.”
New episodes of The Traitors will be released on Peacock Thursdays until March 6.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
