‘The Traitors’ Rachel Reilly Breaks Down Her ‘Emotional’ Exit & ‘One-Sided’ Feud With Kate Chastain (Exclusive)

Never doubt Rachel Reilly connected a world contention show. The 38-year-old world prima enactment up a bully combat connected The Traitors, by moving with the different “Faithfuls” to destruct chap Big Brother winner Cody Calafiore who was 1 of the “Traitors”. But Rachel was eliminated Episode 8 erstwhile different “Traitor”, Cirie Fields, turned connected her. Rachel spoke to HollywoodLife for an EXCLUSIVE interrogation and admitted that she “had nary idea” that Cirie — the eventual victor of the amusement — was a “Traitor” each along.

Rachel Reilly (Photo: Euan Cherry/Peacock)

“Cirie plays specified a bully game. I was conscionable arsenic confused arsenic everyone else,” Rachel admitted. “I wouldn’t person guessed it was Cirie until it was occurrence 8 erstwhile I was banished,” she added. Rachel and Cirie were already friends from erstwhile they filmed the USA Network Snake successful the Grass. So erstwhile Cirie betrayed Rachel, the feisty reddish caput knew thing was up.

“If Cirie was a Faithful, she would’ve voted with Stephenie [Lagrossa Kendrick] and me. Cirie’s not acrophobic to bash her ain thing,” Rachel explained. “She’s not gonna spell with the group. So I thought evidently she’s doing this for her crippled which evidently means she has to beryllium a Traitor. That’s wherefore I was besides truthful emotional,” she besides said. “Because astatine that clip I was realizing, not lone americium I getting blindsided, not lone americium I having my friends crook connected me, but past I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I’m going location due to the fact that Cirie is simply a Traitor, and I conscionable realized successful this infinitesimal that she’s been a Traitor this full time.’ ”

Rachel’s acquisition on The Traitors also progressive a hilarious feud with Below Deck alum Kate Chastain. Although Kate took galore jabs astatine Rachel — and her outfit choices — each play long, Rachel confirmed that the 2 made up aft filming wrapped.

“Outside the castle, Kate is lovely. She’s pregnant. She’s fun,” Rachel told us. “But successful the castle, we decidedly were butting heads.”

Kate Chastain and Rachel Reilly connected ‘The Traitors’ (Photo: Peacock)

Rachel explained that Kate and Brandi Glanville didn’t similar her due to the fact that she defended Michael Davidson who they were convinced was a “Traitor,” erstwhile helium wasn’t. Plus, Rachel thinks her relationship with Stephenie “further pushed Kate disconnected the deep-end for disliking us.”

“I conjecture it was precise one-sided,” Rachel besides said astir the feud, earlier revealing that the brace got on large astatine the Peacock show’s reddish carpet premiere successful December. “In New York she complimented my jacket. Now she’s into the fashion,” she said with a laugh.

There’s lone been 1 play of The Traitors so far, but fans are already clamoring for much from Peacock’s strategy show. And Rachel confirmed that she wants a 2nd accidental to win! “Obviously if they did a ‘The Traitors: All Stars’, delight springiness maine a call,” she said. All 10 episodes of The Traitors are presently streaming connected Peacock.

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