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Michael Rapaport Banished from The Traitors After Remarks to Underwood

Published 16 January 2026

In the latest episode of Peacock's reality competition series The Traitors Season 4, actor Michael Rapaport was banished from the game on Thursday after making controversial remarks toward fellow contestant Colton Underwood during a tense roundtable discussion.

The incident unfolded in episode 5, which aired as part of the season's ongoing Thursday releases following the January 8 premiere. Rapaport, 55, and Underwood, 33, had clashed earlier in the day over suspicions of treachery. Underwood, a former NFL player and star of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, accused Rapaport of being a Traitor, prompting Rapaport to counter that Underwood was misleading the group. Their argument escalated at the roundtable, where players vote to banish suspected Traitors.

Rapaport pointed at Underwood and declared, "I am angry, I'm pissed off, and I am isolated because of him, and nobody in this room would be better at holding a secret than you." Underwood, who publicly came out as gay in 2021 after years of presenting as straight on national television, responded sharply: "There it is. You think it was fun for 29 years of my life?" He later clarified that he had entered those dating shows...

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