Peacock, show Rob Rausch the cash!
The Traitors season 4 winner said during a Tuesday, March 10, appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show that he has yet to receive his $220,800 grand prize after bluffing and “murdering” his method to victory.
“They still haven’t paid me,” Rausch, 27, confirmed to host Kelly Clarkson when she brought up the show’s six-figure prize pot.
Although Rausch has yet to see the cash in his checking account, that didn’t stop him from making good on his promise to purchase runner-up Maura Higgins a Birkin bag after he deceived her within the season 4 finale.
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Rausch revealed himself as a Traitor in the ultimate episode of Traitors season 4 after he and Higgins — a Faithful — agreed to finish the sport. Per the principles of the sport show, if the last celebrities standing are Faithfuls, they split the prize money, but when any Traitors are left when the sport ends, the Traitors take all the cash.
Rausch presented Higgins, 35, with a red Birkin bag on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen earlier this month, much to her delight. “That is my win. I knew I’d have my moment,” she said.
Rausch confirmed that fellow Traitor Lisa Rinna helped him purchase the bag, which she detailed in a recent TikTok video.
“Let’s talk concerning the Birkin bag!” Rinna, 62, said in her Sunday, March 8, social media post. “I’m so excited concerning the bag. I’m so excited that we got to come back full circle. You possibly can see how pleased Maura is.”
“It was so fun helping Rob. My friends Isaac Boots and Jeffery helped with that connection because that they had the connection in Latest York, so we were capable of make that occur quickly,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum explained, noting that they’d have otherwise needed to have sourced the bag from Paris. “It will have taken a bit longer.”
“All of it worked out so magically after which for Rob to offer it to Maura on Watch What Happens Live. Just tickled me,” she said. “All of it has brought me a lot joy.”
Elsewhere on Tuesday’s Kelly Clarkson Show, Rausch gave an update on what’s next for him after Clarkson encouraged him to enter acting following his deceptively good performance on The Traitors.
“Before Traitors, I’d have said, ‘Hell no, I’m not doing that.’ But possibly I could do it,” he said. “At this point, all I can take into consideration is getting home to my family. Spring is coming up. It’s my favorite time of the yr. It’s about to get real green in Alabama.”