{"id":43444,"date":"2026-01-21T15:23:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=43444"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:23:37","slug":"traitors-michael-rapaport-reveals-where-he-and-colton-underwood-stand-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/21\/traitors-michael-rapaport-reveals-where-he-and-colton-underwood-stand-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Traitors&#8217; Michael Rapaport reveals where he and Colton Underwood stand now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"642\">When <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/08\/its-a-real-mix-this-year-so-here-are-all-the-ages-of-the-traitors-us-season-four-cast\/\">The Traitors US<\/a> serves castle chaos, it serves. And Michael Rapaport vs Colton Underwood became the water-cooler moment people couldn\u2019t stop talking about.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"642\">What started as classic roundtable suspicion quickly turned into a lightning-rod exchange that had the whole room, and the internet, reacting in real time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"642\">Since then, people have been wondering&#8230; was it just game heat\u2026 or something that actually carried over?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"642\">Now Michael\u2019s addressing it head-on, and the update is a lot more grown-up than the episode\u2019s vibes suggested.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"688\">What happened between Michael and Colton?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">this moment with Michael Rapaport on the newest Traitors episode is so vile. love that Rob Rausch immediately clocked him for the incorrect grammar though<\/p>\n<p>Michael: &#8220;Nobody in this room would be better at holding a secret than you&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Colton Underwood: &#8220;There it is. You think it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kDcPZkUfMo\">pic.twitter.com\/kDcPZkUfMo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerAlthouse\/status\/2012305837545443480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"1030\">The blow-up traces back to The Traitors US season four, episode five, during the roundtable, where tensions were already high, and alliances were shaky.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"1030\">Michael aimed his suspicion at Colton and argued he\u2019d make a strong Traitor because \u201cnobody in this room would be better at holding a secret than you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1390\">The problem? In the moment, multiple castmates (and loads of people watching) took that line as referencing Colton\u2019s real-life history, including being closeted for much of his life before coming out publicly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1390\">Colton immediately pushed back, and the table energy shifted from gameplay to \u201cwait, that got personal\u201d in seconds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1838\">Michael insisted he meant it strictly in the context of the game, the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/16\/traitors-us-star-eric-nam-got-married-on-tv-10-years-ago-but-does-he-have-a-girlfriend-now\/\">Traitors<\/a> vocabulary of secrets, deception, and lying, but the damage was done.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1838\">And even though Michael was a Faithful, the group largely voted him out anyway, with several players basically admitting it wasn\u2019t about whether he was a Traitor\u2026 they just didn\u2019t want him in the castle anymore.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1840\" data-end=\"1881\">Michael spills on where they stand now<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKYfZMdxss6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Colton Brown-Underwood (@coltonunderwood)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1981\">Okay, here\u2019s the part that feels surprisingly healing&#8230; Michael says there\u2019s no lingering bee!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1983\" data-end=\"2221\">On his I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST (<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6xRUhZ6PDrMnp3i4O0WfnA\">episode 1,261<\/a>), he straight-up says he likes Colton, calls himself a fan of Colton\u2019s story, and says they actually got along well before that roundtable moment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2223\" data-end=\"2615\">Then comes the key update: <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/19\/michael-rappaport-is-causing-chaos-on-the-traitors-heres-all-the-beef-he-had-with-celebs-before\/\">Michael says<\/a> he reached out as soon as filming ended, messaged Colton, and they took it off-DMs into an actual FaceTime so it felt real and human, not just \u201csorry if you\u2019re mad\u201d text energy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2223\" data-end=\"2615\">Michael says he told Colton he didn\u2019t mean to offend him, apologised, and Colton accepted it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2617\" data-end=\"2824\">Michael even pins the timing to June or July 2025 (he says he thinks it was July), which tracks with filming wrapping and the cast getting their post-show reality check.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2826\" data-end=\"3069\">And if you want the neat little bow on top: in a separate interview, Michael also said they had a \u201cvery good\u201d post-production conversation and that Colton even reached out again when the episode dropped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael was called &#8216;vile&#8217; 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