After the massive success of last year's The Traitors (streaming now on Peacock), host Alan Cumming knew this season had to be bigger. "There was a pressure to not just repeat ourselves, it actually upped the ante." And they did just that, with a more explosive cast and even wilder twists. "It is bigger. I'm sort of a cult leader. I've gone from just a dandy, lord of the manor in his castle, to official cult leader. I'm fine with it." Cumming hosts a castle full of reality TV stars who all play a game of murder in the hope of winning upwards of $250,000.
This season's stars are from series including Survivor and Real Housewives, but Cumming says that their TV background has little to do with their success on The Traitors. "Everybody has this sort of myth that you have to be in one of those gamer shows to do well at this game, and it's not true. Sometimes it's actually good to have better social skills." Last year, Cumming's Emmy win ended RuPaul's historic eight-
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Wheel of Fortune contestant Rhea Mathew got a major surprise while competing on the show this week. On Thursday, January 9, hosts Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White revealed that they helped Rhea's boyfriend Robin propose.
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Prince William Missed Key 'Opportunity' by Skipping Jimmy Carter Funeral
By Jack Royston
Prince William's decision to swerve Jimmy Carter's funeral means he has turned his back on a major "global stage," a royal author told Newsweek.
The Prince of Wales spent Thursday marking Princess Kate's 43rd birthday, paying a heartfelt tribute to her "strength" in a post on X. Prince Edward—who is 14th in the line of succession—flew to America to pay the royal family's respects to Carter in D.C., where he has been lying in state at the Capitol building.
Ingrid Seward, author of the bestselling book My Mother and I, about King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II, told Newsweek: "Of course Americans would have preferred William but on the other hand I think Edward was 13 when Jimmy Carter was president. It's possible that Edward did meet him.
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