Rob Rausch Girlfriend: rob rausch girlfriend fallout after season four finale
rob rausch girlfriend has become part of the post-finale conversation after Rob Rausch won season four of The Traitors and pledged to buy runner-up Maura Higgins an Hermès Birkin bag. The Feb. 26 finale left Maura, a Love Island alum and Love Island USA star, stunned after Rob’s final betrayals secured him the $220, 800 prize.
Rob’s Birkin promise and prize
Rob said he planned to use some of the $220, 800 prize money to buy Maura the Hermès Birkin, telling reunion host Andy Cohen, "Probably save it for the future, and I have to buy Maura a Birkin Bag. " He already raised the idea with former Traitor Candiace Dillard Bassett, who said, "I was gonna say, there's a promise to buy Maura a Birkin bag. " Costar Lisa Rinna noted the designer purse would cost a minimum of $10, 000.
Final two and the sequence of betrayals
The path to the Feb. 26 finale hinged on Rob convincing Maura to team with him through most of the season, then persuading her to vote out her fellow Faithful Tara Lipinski and later to turn on fellow Traitor Eric Nam. Those moves left Rob and Maura as the final two, and Rob emerged the sole winner in the Feb. 26 finale.
Reunion reactions and confessions
Rob described his play as partly luck, admitting, "I think I just got lucky. " Candiace replied, "A humble Traitor! I would say it's a combination of smarts and luck. I think this group of Faithfuls need to go to Faithful school and perhaps that impacted some of the success. " Eric Nam said it took him a "few days" to recover from Rob's final treacherous act and added at the reunion, "I will never trust anybody ever again. "
Maura’s heartbreak and remarks
Maura, the runner-up, spoke directly to Rob during the Feb. 26 finale: "I was so convinced, you've embarrassed me, " and she added, "You're never going to have a girlfriend after this—you're such a good liar. " She also said there were "no hard feelings, " explaining, "I'm just in shock. I actually thought I was winning. I really did. " In a confessional she teared up and said, "I'm a fool. This is why I don't trust anybody ever, because they stab you in the goddamn back. " She went on, "He's a bad man. But good for him. Oh, my days. Rob, you're a f--king snake. But well done. "
Traitors vs. Faithful status
Producers have made clear that scheming is central to The Traitors gameplay, but contestants do not get to choose Traitor or Faithful status. Starting with season two, stars such as Phaedra Parks and Kate Chastain were able to plead their case to host Alan Cumming. Executive producer Mike Cotton said the host's opinion and other factors "have a really big bearing on it, " adding, "It's almost like a job interview to be a Traitor, and we take all of that into account and decide just before the pick who that should be. We want to make sure we've got an interesting mix of characters that will bring their own unique skill set to it. "
Cast uncertainty on numbers
It was not immediately clear to the cast how many Traitors there might be in any season. Survivor’s Cirie Fields said in 2023 after her season one victory, "We knew that there could potentially be three to five Traitors in the game. That was explained to us from the very beginning. "
The aftermath of the Feb. 26 finale left friendships strained and conversations about trust and strategy ongoing, with the Birkin promise now a public gesture intended to placate Maura after a high-stakes season of alliances and betrayals.
