Michael Rapaport is being slammed by each his The Traitors castmates and by viewers after he attacked fellow participant Colton Underwood on the roundtable.
The 55-year-old podcast host and comic is dealing with backlash for the feedback he made about Colton whereas accusing him of being a Traitor.
Earlier within the episode, contestants brazenly mentioned Colton‘s historical past as a former The Bachelor lead who ultimately got here out as homosexual.
Michael appeared to dig into this matter whereas coming after Colton throughout the roundtable forward of the night time’s banishment.
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“Conniving, commiserating Colton. No person on this room could be higher at holding a secret than you,” Michael stated to him.
Colton replied, “There it’s. You assume it was enjoyable for 29 years of my life?”
Fellow homosexual participant Johnny Weir defended Colton and stated, “You’ll be able to’t blame anyone being pressured right into a closet for almost all of their life.”
After extra contestants defended Colton, Michael claimed he wasn’t speaking about sexuality. He added, “I’m not speaking about closets! His conduct is of a Traitor. His conduct is secretive, it’s conniving, it’s chirping, it’s commiserating, it’s cowardly.”
SPOILER: Ultimately, Michael was voted out of the fortress. The solid wasn’t even satisfied that he was a traitor. They only didn’t need him there anymore.
As Colton stated in his confessional, “I’m sometimes fairly good at separating recreation and never taking part in tremendous emotional, however Michael is now on the level the place it’s turn out to be offensive to a couple of us. And that doesn’t maintain you round very lengthy. This is perhaps the straw that broke the camel’s again.”
Michael apologized for his phrases in his goodbye confessional.
“It sucks, however I felt backed right into a nook, and I attempted to combat my manner out of it,” he stated. “Perhaps I fought too exhausting. I meant what I meant throughout the context of the sport. It had nothing to do along with his sexuality. I actually, sincerely apologize if I offended Colton or anyone in the home. That completely wasn’t the intention. I’m a fan of the sport, I performed exhausting. I performed a great recreation, apart from when it went a bit of too far, which sucks.”
See who else went house in episodes 4 and 5.
