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Colton Underwood is facing the heat. This sentiment is not just shared by Lisa Rinna on the recent episode of The Traitors Season 4, but also resonates with the audience.
Initially rising as this season’s apparent champion of the Faithfuls— a position previously held by Pilot Pete in Season 2 and Dylan Efron in Season 3— the former Bachelor star now finds himself under scrutiny from his fellow contestants, the Traitors, and fans alike.
Even before his introduction on Season 4 of the Alan Cumming-hosted competition show, there were concerns about his participation. Many recalled the restraining order filed by his ex-fiancée, Cassie Randolph, who accused him of stalking. This situation was recently brought back into the limelight by Demi Burnett, a contestant from Colton’s season of The Bachelor.
In a viral video, Burnett stated, “I would like for someone to hold him accountable,” which sparked a flurry of reactions from fans and reality TV personalities. Jasmine Goode from The Valley chimed in with, “🗣️Speak on it!!! 👏🏾👏🏾.” Meanwhile, The Traitors Season 2 winner Trishelle Cannatella voiced her frustration on Instagram, writing, “Men in reality tv are NEVER held accountable and I have been screaming this for years!”
Some have suggested that Colton’s alleged actions—which were resolved privately without going to court—might have been influenced by his struggles with his sexuality. After his stint on The Bachelor and subsequent breakup with Randolph, Colton publicly came out as gay, revealing that he was pressured into doing so. He has since married and welcomed a son with his husband.
As far as the show is concerned, it appears as though Colton’s luck in the castle may now be running out. After mistakenly identifying Big Brother‘s Tiffany Mitchell as a Traitor, resulting in her banishment from the game, some in the Faithful camp have begun to question Colton’s leadership abilities and his true motivations. In fact, at the most recent roundtable, Colton was accused of doing the same thing that Michael Rapaport accused him of prior to his banishment, i.e., bringing up the name of someone completely new and derailing the plan formulated by his teammates.
While “conniving, colluding, commiserating” Colton was also behind Rapaport’s banishment in Episode 5, even he admitted that it was less about aiming to take out a Traitor than it was about getting rid of a bad Faithful. It’s the kind of chaos that got Rapaport taken out, and is now putting heat on the former Bachelor. That chaos ultimately led to four players voting to send him packing, making it nearly a three-way tie to banish between Ron Funches, Lisa Rinna, and Colton. At one point, he even threatened to take Lisa down with him, which some fans felt was too personal.
Another viral TikTok posted by a creator who goes by Bravholics Anonymous posed a question about why he only seems to be hunting women he suspects of being Traitors.
“I’m sitting here watching Traitors, and I can’t help but notice Colton is only going after women. What do we think of that?” the creator says in the video, which has nearly 50,000 likes on it and hundreds of comments. One particular comment, however, was hoisted to the top of the comment section by fans of the show as Lisa Rinna wrote, “I know what I think of that.”
While Lisa and Colton appeared to bury the hatchet after the roundtable, albeit superficially, heading into Episode 7, it feels like Colton is still very much top of mind for the Faithfuls, the Traitors, and the fans to go home next.
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