Swifties Rush To Donna Kelce’s Defense Following ‘The Traitors’

The primary three episodes of season 4 of Peacock’s hit actuality sequence, “The Traitors,” delivered epic highs and surprising twists. Nonetheless, none loomed bigger than the presence of Donna Kelce and the worldwide fanbase connected to her well-known household. All through the premiere, forged members overtly joked about strolling on eggshells across the soon-to-be mother-in-law of Taylor Swift, fearing the wrath of the Swifties in the event that they focused her. Nonetheless, it wasn’t the forged that finally fumbled the bag with “America’s Mother,”—it was the producers. After a controversial twist led to Kelce’s banishment in episode 3, the very backlash the forged feared has arrived, however they don’t seem to be those beneath assault.

As the primary episode started, host Alan Cumming instructed the cameras that the twists had been beginning instantly, setting the stage for what many followers now name a “setup.”

“This recreation is stuffed with surprises,” Cumming stated. “I’m about to choose my very first Traitor proper right here, proper now. Gamers, 23 chests stand earlier than you — one [for] every [of you]. Inside your chests, 22 of you will notice nothing and stay Devoted for now. However one participant will see the Traitor card, and a lifetime of scheming and sabotage begins as they grow to be my first Traitor.”

It was revealed throughout episode 3, nonetheless, that Kelce was the Secret Traitor after she was voted out by her fellow castmates. “This has been a dream come true,” she stated to producers. “These are joyful tears that I get to do that at this level in my life. It’s simply the enjoyment of being within the recreation.”

Whereas producers had been doubtless hoping to capitalize on the “Swiftie impact” by centering a significant twist round Kelce, the transfer backfired spectacularly after the group sniffed her out nearly immediately, robbing followers of the possibility to see her play the lengthy recreation.

Regardless of Kelce’s earlier assertion about being grateful for having the ability to play the sport, some social media customers (and presumed Swifties) weren’t happy with how issues went down.

“If you happen to’re gonna make DONNA KELCE a traitor, then do all of it the way in which,” a person wrote. “We did not get to see her really being a traitor earlier than she was banished.”

They added, “And when you’re gonna make somebody a secret traitor, it is gonna be a gamer [because] they will know what to do with it. She did not.”

One other person wrote, “Making Donna the key traitor was lowkey a flop, like, she did not know learn how to play the sport in any respect.”

The disenchanted feedback did not finish there, as one person shared on X that they weren’t attempting “to be a loopy Swiftie” earlier than questioning why Kelce was focused within the first place. “Like, she got here there on their lonesome and is simply attempting her finest,” they wrote.

“I do not even like Donna all that a lot, however making her the key traitor when she did not wish to be one and never even giving her the identities of the opposite traitors? That is simply not proper,” one other shared.

Not like Kelce, who was left to fend for herself, the remaining Traitors had been chosen within the conventional method in the course of the roundtable. Cumming walked across the room to choose the trio, who turned out to be Lisa Rinna from “The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Candiace Dillard-Bassett from “The Actual Housewives of Potomac,” and Rob R. from “Love Island.”