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Donna Kelce, Monet X Change, Eric Nam & More Join ‘The Traitors' Season 4 Cast
Donna Kelce, Monet X Change, Eric Nam & More Join ‘The Traitors' Season 4 Cast

Yahoo

time2 days ago

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  • Yahoo

Donna Kelce, Monet X Change, Eric Nam & More Join ‘The Traitors' Season 4 Cast

Peacock revealed the cast for the fourth season of The Traitors on Friday (June 13), including Donna Kelce, Monet X Change, Eric Nam and more. In a video posted to social media, host Alan Cumming unveiled the cast by deliciously teasing, 'Ah, dear me … what treachery awaits us this season? The fates whisper of betrayal. Backstabbing. And the occasional dagger in the dark. Let us see whose murderous destinies are forever entwined in my castle walls: the cards never lie. People on the other hand? Constantly.' More from Billboard Bob the Drag Queen Is Not Sorry for His Antics on 'The Traitors' Season 3: 'Move On' Beach Boys' 2023 'Grammy Salute' Special to Re-Air After Brian Wilson's Death Jonas Brothers, Eric Church, Keke Palmer & More Performers Announced for 'Macy's 4th of July Fireworks' Special The hit reality show will be Mama Kelce's first TV appearance after she starred in a pair of Hallmark Channel holiday movies in 2024. Meanwhile, Monet X Change will be following in the well-heeled footsteps of fellow RuPaul's Drag Race winner Bob the Drag Queen, who also happens to be his co-host on their popular Sibling Rivalry podcast, and Nam becomes the first K-pop idol to compete on the series. After (spoiler alert!) being the very first contestant in the castle murdered by Bob and the rest of the Traitors last season, Dorinda Medley will also get a much-deserved second shot to play the game, joining fellow Bravolebrities Lisa Rinna, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Porsha Williams and Caroline Stanbury of the Real Housewives franchise and Top Chef winner-turned-host Kristen Kish. Of course, there are plenty of other competition show alumni as well, which is sure to set up the now-signature 'Gamers vs. Housewives' rivalry in the castle. Gamers to watch out for amid the lochs and highlands this season include Survivor stars Rob Cesternino, Yam Yam Arocho and Natalie Anderson, as well as Big Brother's Tiffany Mitchell and Ian Terry. Meanwhile, Bachelor Nation alum Colton Underwood and Stephen Colletti of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and One Tree Hill fame are both obvious contenders to fill the hunky role in the castle established by Peter Weber and Dylan Efron in past seasons. And Olympic figure skaters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir will add a dose of athleticism to the show's endurance-testing physical challenges along with Mark Ballas of Dancing With the Stars. Other famous faces rounding out the season 4 cast include actor Michael Rapaport, comedian Ron Funches and Rob Rausch and Maura Higgins of Love Island. While a release date for the upcoming season of The Traitors has yet to be announced, expect the murders, banishments and parade of tartan to begin imminently as the 23 contestants descend on Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands. Watch Cumming's full season 4 cast reveal along with a first look at The Traitors' famous wall of portraits for the new season below. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021

Bob the Drag Queen says if he wrote a memoir, 'it would be a bad book'
Bob the Drag Queen says if he wrote a memoir, 'it would be a bad book'

CBC

time28-04-2025

  • Entertainment
  • CBC

Bob the Drag Queen says if he wrote a memoir, 'it would be a bad book'

Social Sharing When Bob the Drag Queen landed his debut book deal, his publisher asked him if he wanted to write a memoir. After all, most celebrities choose to write about themselves for their first foray into publishing. But Bob had something different in mind. Instead of writing a memoir, he wanted to write a novel about Harriet Tubman. "People think that my life is way more interesting than it is, but I'm not doing anything crazy," he tells Q 's Tom Power in an interview. "I'm a very indoor-type person. And I know people are like, 'No, it'd be great!' I'm telling you, it would be a bad book. Just trust me, I know my life better than anyone else knows my life. The book would not be interesting. It would be a very boring book — it'd be a book about writing this book." WATCH | Bob the Drag Queen's full interview with Tom Power: Bob's debut novel, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert, imagines the famed abolitionist in the present day as she sets out to make a hip-hop album and live show about her life. He originally conceived the idea as a play before turning it into a novel. Last month, he also released a song called Queen of the Underground, which accompanies the book. "When I announced the title, a lot of people thought it was a bit — that I was lying, it was a joke," he says. "The title does sound quite absurd and it is intentionally absurd, but people just didn't believe that I was actually writing a book about this specific storyline." While no one in Bob's close circle thought the project was a joke, online critics and people who only know him from RuPaul's Drag Race told him he should stay in his lane and "stick to wearing dresses," as he recalls. "I think a lot of people don't really imagine people with multitudes, and I do have multitudes," Bob says. "I am a comedian, I am a drag queen, but I also am, apparently, a New York Times bestselling author, too." WATCH | Official lyric video for Queen of the Underground: The full interview with Bob the Drag Queen is available on our YouTube channel and on . He also talks about how he knew he'd win Drag Race and why he wants you to stop asking him to read you. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts. Interview with Bob the Drag Queen produced by Vanessa Nigro.

Sabotage. Betrayal. 'The Traitors' makes reality TV villainy fun again.
Sabotage. Betrayal. 'The Traitors' makes reality TV villainy fun again.

Yahoo

time29-01-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Yahoo

Sabotage. Betrayal. 'The Traitors' makes reality TV villainy fun again.

When Survivor veteran Rob Mariano turned the tables on RuPaul's Drag Race's Bob the Drag Queen during a tense confrontation in the fourth episode of The Traitors, it had been the biggest game move so far in Season 3 of the Peacock series. Mariano, widely known as 'Boston Rob' to reality TV fans, had just blindsided Bob the Drag Queen after publicly accusing him at the Round Table of being a Traitor (which he was), setting in motion Bob's dramatic banishment from the Scottish castle. Unbeknownst to the other contestants, Mariano — who secretly is a Traitor himself — had sabotaged one of his own alliance members in favor of gaining control and influence over the game. The surprising betrayal immediately caused a ripple effect in the castle, catapulting Mariano to the top of The Traitors' villainy list and earning him the nickname 'the Godfather' from fellow cast member Danielle Reyes. 'That's part of the fun of the show,' Ron Simon, head curator at the Paley Center for Media, told Yahoo Entertainment. 'How bad can a person be?' See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. Designed as an elevated murder mystery with various twists to heighten stakes and increase paranoia, The Traitors splits players between Faithfuls and Traitors — a small group of saboteurs chosen by host Alan Cumming before the game begins — who compete to win up to $250,000. The reality series is built around the concept that being good at deception, duplicity and lying will get you far in the game or, at the very least, make for entertaining television. It's these protective guardrails baked into The Traitors' game structure that invite contestants, many of whom are reality TV personalities from established franchises like The Real Housewives, Survivor, Big Brother and The Challenge, to be cutthroat in their gameplay. For some players — especially those known to be pot stirrers from their original shows, such as Mariano and the maligned Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval (remember #Scandoval?) — they can sometimes use that to their advantage without suffering real-world consequences. 'In real life, we have harsh social sanctions against people who lie. But once you turn it into a game where the moral evaluations around lying are taken off, then people see it as entertainment in the same way that people like to watch a magician act,' Chris Hart, professor of psychology at Texas Woman's University, told Yahoo Entertainment. 'We realize it's all a lie, but we're entirely entertained by it. What might be viewed as a grievous offense in one context can be celebrated in another,' he added. Andy Dehnart, editor at Reality Blurred, zeroed in on Sandoval as an example of a quintessential Traitors villain who has an opportunity — if he plays his cards right — to undergo a reputation resuscitation. '[He] is the biggest villain they've [had] in terms of casting someone who's been in the news and has a terrible public image,' he said, noting that the Bravo star has 'a chance to sanitize' his image or 'show us a new side of himself.' So far this season, Sandoval's 2023 cheating scandal — as well as his ego and lack of self-awareness — have followed him into The Traitors, proving to be liabilities in his attempt to shed his old persona. Within minutes of the game starting, Sandoval and Chrishell Stause, who is friends with his ex Ariana Madix, were already at odds due to their mutual connection. 'A show like The Traitors really benefits from the personalities, the editing, the establishment that another reality show has done. Tom Sandoval did a lot of damage outside of the reality show context [and] to his own reputation,' Dehnart said. 'But what happened on Vanderpump Rules, he has a chance to step outside of that.' As Simon explains, reality TV villains — self-proclaimed or not — are vital to the health of a competition show like The Traitors. 'You need the tension,' he said, 'and villains to stir up the psychology of everyone else in the competition.' 'Some of these dark thoughts that you might have in real life, these people are actually acting on it — although you understand that it's a totally constructed show and they're being encouraged to do it,' Simon noted. 'It provides satisfaction to viewers because these are people who can get away with all types of misbehavior.' streams Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock.

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