The 3-Word DM Rob Rausch Sent Eric Nam After ‘The Traitors’ Concluded

Eric Nam made it till the very finish of season 4 of “The Traitors“; nevertheless, he left the Scottish fort empty-handed after being betrayed by his co-star, Rob Rausch.

“If I had executed that, I simply would not have the ability to dwell with myself in that method,” Nam instructed producers throughout the finale episode. “It is only a totally different line within the sand that we’ve. Cash is nice, however I feel relationships are extra essential. And it does not really feel good.”

In a brand new interview, Nam received much more candid about what was going via his thoughts throughout the remaining moments of “The Traitors” finale, and even revealed the three-word DM he acquired from Rausch after filming concluded.

For many who may’ve missed it, Rausch was named the only winner of season 4 of “The Traitors.” His victory got here within the remaining moments of episode 10 after he and his “Love Island” ally, Maura Higgins, voted to ship Olympian Tara Lipinski residence, adopted by Nam.

Talking with Entertainment Weekly, Nam mentioned what was going via his thoughts throughout that second, together with whether or not he believed Rausch would activate him.

“At that second, there was little doubt. I used to be genuinely floored,” Nam mentioned. “There is a confessional the place I used to be like, ‘Would he do that?’ And I used to be like, ‘No.’ And so there have been a couple of occasions that crossed my thoughts, however I used to be like, no.”

Sadly for Nam, the unthinkable occurred—one thing he mentioned made him really feel “actually dumb” and “very unhappy.”

The one silver lining was that filming had formally wrapped, and Nam might return to his common life. “It was three and a half weeks, and mentally and bodily simply actually exhausting to continuously be on edge and continuously paranoid,” he mentioned.

“It was quite a bit. So I used to be relieved to be executed, however greater than something, I used to be like, “You recognize what? I had a extremely good time. This has been a number of enjoyable, however I am so glad it is over,” he added.

After Nam was eradicated from the collection, he mentioned he heard from Rausch via social media DMs a couple of days after. “… his literal phrases had been, ‘My fault, G,'” Nam, who opened it however selected to not reply instantly, mentioned.

After a while, nevertheless, Nam mentioned he had come round and had ended up connecting with Rausch, assuring the “Love Island” alum that the whole lot was good between them.

“After which we did not discuss for a very long time till I assume not too long ago as a result of I used to be like, ‘What will we discuss?'” Nam joked.

Nam wasn’t the one “Traitors” forged member who was upset by how issues performed out throughout the finale. Based on a report from The Blast, Lipinski described herself as “heartbroken” when she realized she was being voted out by her fellow co-stars, particularly Higgins, whom she believed she efficiently satisfied to vote for Nam and Rausch moments earlier than the ultimate roundtable.

“I used to be for positive as a result of we had a protracted dialog about it, and she or he was like, ‘I’m all in. I am all in. We’re gonna get Eric. He is gonna be so shocked what’s gonna occur,'” Lipinski mentioned. “And I went again to Johnny. I used to be like, ‘We did it! We simply we gained!’ And so on the roundtable, I used to be simply blown away the primary time. As a result of I believed it!”

She later defined feeling “dangerous” when she realized Higgins would quickly study Rausch’s true id within the recreation.

“I did not know the way it was gonna unfold precisely or how Rob would inform her, however I knew it was coming. So it was heartbreaking as a result of at that time, I noticed she simply blindly trusted him and it was gonna be an enormous, big shock,” she mentioned.