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This article contains spoilers forThe Traitorsseason 4, episode 8, "A Queen Never Comes Off Her Throne."
Against all odds,Colton Underwoodsurvived every roundtable he was at onThe Traitors... but that's only because he got murdered instead.
To add insult to injury, the gayBacheloralum was killed by his own castle BFF Rob Rausch, who allowed his fellow Traitor Candiace Dillard Bassett to make the decision, knowing it would expose her own game. By not telling Candiace that Colton had been saying her name the previous night, Rob stood back and let Candiace dig her own grave with Colton's murder, resulting in her immediate banishment at the roundtable.
Now that Colton is gone fromThe Traitors,he's able to speak freely about his entire experience on the Peacock reality competition series. And he mostly wants to praise the streamer forreleasing a statement to viewers condemning cyberbullying, and asking fans to stop sending hate to the contestants online.
Colton tellsEntertainment Weeklythat the statement was not just to protect him, although he has been the target of a lot of online hate for reasons both personal and regarding how he played the game.
"The statement was really important, and I'm really proud of Peacock for standing up for its cast, and also just the people who, we're playing heightened versions of ourselves on this competition reality show," he says. "And the statement was not fully and solely for me. I know there's other members of the cast struggling and going through some hard times too. And at the end of the day, it is a game."
Colton says he's not taking the negative comments personally.
"I understand what makes this show so brilliant is everybody comes into the game with their own fans and people rooting for them, and when you get the fans' player out, you're going to have some people who aren't happy," he explains. "I'm in a place in my life right now where I have support, I have love, I have what I call human Xanax, my little baby boy running around and giving me hugs, and I focus inward on that.... Everybody knows everything about my life now. I didn't have to sort of slowly come out of the closet, I'm already out, so I'm doing well."
Below, Colton reveals the messagehe wants to tell Lisa Rinna at the upcoming reunion, how he feels about his own murder, why he wanted to be recruited as a Traitor, and more.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: If you had not been murdered and gotten banished at the Roundtable instead, what would you have said in the Circle of Truth?
COLTON UNDERWOOD:To be honest with you, I've never thought of it, because if I was going to go out, I wanted to go out getting murdered. If you get banished, that sort of means, in my opinion, you didn't defend yourself well enough. You didn't play the game well enough. I would consider [getting banished] a loss at the Roundtable, and I really took a lot of pride in how I showed up there.
I didn't mind being challenged at the Roundtable — that's the whole point of the game, to just show that you could stand on business and you could bring facts and you could defend yourself, and then you can get the heat off of you.
How do you think you would have done if you hadn't been murdered? Would you have been the target at the next banishment?
The way that I played the game at that point, in order for me to make it to the end, I would've had to have been recruited. I think there would've been really a slim chance of me winning as a Faithful. I think I knew that the game that I played was big and bold and very proactive, and I knew that that was going to put a target on my back. There was only so much I could do to try to protect myself by being as loud as I could about some of the voices, but I knew ultimately if I was going to winTraitors, I had to become a Traitor.
What was your reaction to learning that your castle BFF Rob was a Traitor, and that he allowed you to be murdered to expose Candiace?
I think it was a genius move by Rob. It was, in my opinion, the best move of the game so far for him. I know he's been playing an excellent, excellent game, but the way that he handled that with precision, of letting Candiace basically dig her own grave without her even realizing that like, "Oh, Colton has been saying my name," and him holding that card, was the best play at the game so far.
Is there anyone you're looking forward to confronting the most at the reunion?
Confronting? No. I think everybody showed up and played a great game. I think there's going to be a lot of conversations that fans are going to be very interested in hearing. I had the chance to spend time with Tiffany in New York, and I know she's going to have some questions in front of everybody for me as well, and I'll be willing to answer those.
My time on the show was so enjoyable. The fact that I got to meet these incredible people, that I was able to go against Lisa Rinna on a television show, was an honor. I just can't wait to see everyone, and I think if anything, people might have some questions for me and how I played the game. I'm excited to talk them through my strategy and how I showed up forThe Traitors.
What do you hope to say to Lisa at the reunion?
In regards to Lisa, I think what I would tell her is just it was an honor to play against her. What a fun opportunity. I know I pushed some buttons by calling her a Housewife. I now know she's so much more than that. She's a great competitor and was, in my opinion, one of the best TV nemesis. I had so much fun going against her, so I would just say it was an honor.
Additional reporting by Selena Schorken
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