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Spoilers follow forthe second season finale ofThe Traitors,One Final Hurdle.
Tamburellos Instagram handle is _famous4nothing, which isnt exactly true.
Spoiler alert: C.T.
and Trishelle win it all.
In a final vote to determine if there are any lingering Traitors among the Faithfuls, C.T.
votes for MJ as he and Trishelle had agreed upon earlier while Trishelle shocks C.T.
by voting for him.
That last-second switch-up almost results in one of the pair being eliminated, until C.T.
convinces Trishelle that hes still on her side.
Ive never doubted you) is what pushed them over the edge.
If you caught me 10 years ago, I would have been like, Well, F you!
Lets get her, MJ!
says with a laugh.
But I didnt have it in me.
I was like,Let me just talk first.Youre the boss.
Im glad she changed her mind.
Who was the first person you told?Thank you.
You would think I would want to tell my son, but he doesnt care.
Hes like, Oh, thats cool.
You wanna playMinecraft?
And, well, my mom.
Shes always bugging me.
And then when I told her, she was surprisingly quiet, which is rare.
She didnt expect that.
It was such a dramatic finale.
When Trishelle voted for you as a Traitor, you looked so devastated.
What was going through your head?I was just shocked, you know?
One minute she trusts me more than anybody; next minute, she hates me.
Its like that with my sister, so I can relate to that.
But I figured if were at the end here, lets just finish what we started.
Going into that final round table, obviously,obviouslywe knew that Phaedra was going to be the Traitor.
But you dont necessarily want to get rid of a Traitor unless you have another one to hold onto.
Its just so late in the game.
As much as you want to split the pot, you could never really be 100 percent sure.
I wasnt expecting MJ to vote for Trishelle.
I dont know if they had some beef, but that caught me off-guard.
And then Trishelle had a change of heart and we won.
For real this time.
We started this competition reality-TV stuff, and were gonna finish it.
That was a conversation we had in the beginning I believe it was on the first day.
I probably should have said something to Trishelle that I was voting for Sandra.
If I had communicated better, it would have made things easier on myself.
But,have we met?
Lets get her, MJ!
But I didnt have it in me.
I was like,Let me just talk first.Youre the boss.
Im glad she changed her mind.
I dont know how that would have turned out afterward.
Theres a lot of moving parts, a lot of different variables.
And not that things became clearer, but I felt like it became easier, it became quieter.
Everybodys buzzing, and I get it.
Youre in such a high state of panic.
People are getting accused of being Traitors for asthma, for drinking too much water.
I got accused of being a Traitor because I drink too much coffee!
And Kate had a good point.
She did it atthe challenge with the bird calls, and she did it with Trishelle.
I thought it was suspect.
And shes a gamer.
If she had gone a different way, I would definitely have been gone.
So far in the game, its like,I dont want to take any more chances.
Love you, but … not it.Hopefully people dont take it too personally.
I dont know if anybody even voted for her.
I think she was one of the first people to say Dan.
She would always be around enough to be present but not enough to draw too much attention to herself.
She did well on the challenges, too.
She was in that water with me, going through that cave.
She made it all the way across those rafts.
Except for the escape-room mission, she did pretty well.
She went down that cliff!
She should be proud of herself.
She played a real clean game perfect, really until the end.
But we had to eliminate somebody.
It was just,Im sorry, Im not taking any chances.
We have to let everybody know thatThe Challengeis the best.
You, Bananas, and Trishelle came in with a leg up becauseThe Challengeis so physical.
You called yourself a workhorse when it came to the missions and earning money this season.
He was cracking jokes.
It was just a lot of fun.
I missed my chance.
It was a little bit of a brain game, a little bit of physicality.
And you were just gonna let me sink?
You didnt defend me when Janelle was coming for me and everybody else was letting it happen.
Maybe I was a little bit spiteful.
Shes in her own world.
When he took a shot, he didnt miss.
But with him, its like, well, its not just about getting a Traitor.
One thing I didnt see, and maybe this might have been lack of experience, is patience.
Just because you think something or you feel something doesnt mean you should say it.
Let the dust settle, and maybe someone will say it for you.
Did you ever want to be a Traitor?I thought about it.
Its not like I have a choice.
You gotta remember all your lies.
It would be really hard for me to be like, Youre voting for …who?
Im wondering if you felt pressure to step your game up, fashion-wise.I went with the boots.
Those were my vibe: groundskeeper.
I thought I fit in well.
The hat you were wearing was good.The scally cap?
Yeah, I liked that one.
I have to ask you about Phaedra.
She says theres nothing romantic between you two.
Its just not realistic; we met on a game.
We had a moment and I appreciate it.
She was great to me, little corny cheese ball that she is.
I got a kick out of her.
Do you want to be the next Bachelor?Thatd be weird.
Thats a lot of estrogen.
Dealing with seven women was tough enough.
How many do they have on that one?
I think its like, 20.Fuck that.
Is there anyone else fromThe Challengethat you think would do well onThe Traitors?I thought about this.
I think Aneesa Ferreira would be really good at it.
Shes really good at reading people.
How did you spend your time?I was reading.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
