Alan Cumming RevealsTraitorsRound Table Almost Broke Out into a Physical Fight: 'Got Even More Vicious' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Alan Cumming on ‘The Traitors’ season 3.Photo:Euan Cherry/Peacock via Getty

Euan Cherry/Peacock via Getty

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 3 ofThe Traitors.

Audiences aren’t aware of just how fraught the relationships between the cast onThe Traitorswere, according toAlan Cumming.

The Emmy winner, 60, spoke to PEOPLE about what audiences aren’t privy to while watchingThe Traitorsat the Producer’s Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 8. As the host of the popular Peacock competition series, Cumming revealed that the round table deliberations were even more “vicious” than what was shown to audiences.

“There were bits in the round tables that I actually thought I was going to have to break up a fight,” he said, noting that “it got even more harsh than what you see.”

“Boston Rob [Mariano]andBob the Drag Queen, that got even more vicious. And betweenCarolyn [Wiger]andDanielle [Reyes], some stuff, I don’t know if it’s happened already, I’ve seen a bit of it, but there’s more to come,” he revealed.

The cast of ‘The Traitors’ season 3.Euan Cherry/Peacock

Euan Cherry/Peacock

“It’s harsh. It’s harsh to be in the room because you feel the energy, and everyone takes it so personally," he continued. “They’re in this bubble. They have nothing else to think about.”

He then added, “And it’s calledThe Traitors,but they start thinking like that. They’ve got no touchstone and nothing to compare it to, and their whole life is that for rest of this week."

Cumming also joked that “hilariously for a reality show, there’s no reality" since the participants don’t have their phones or contact to the outside world.

SeveralSurvivorstars entered the competition as well, including Mariano, Wiger,Tony VlachosandJeremy Collins.Big Brother’s Reyes,Britney Haynes, and Derrick Levasseur also participated. Other familiar faces includeWes Bergmann,Chrishell Stause,Bob the Drag Queen,Dylan Efron,Nikki Garcia,Bob Harper,Britney Spears' exSam AsghariandLord Ivar Mountbatten.

Alan Cumming in Los Angeles, February 8, 2025.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

Cumming also revealed to PEOPLE that he thinks this third season is the series’ most chaotic one to date, noting how traitors are constantly fighting amongst themselves.

“I just don’t understand it,” he confessed. “I mean, I started thinking Boston Rob, you can sort of think that’s his thing. He’s always a bit of a s—. Danielle, to me, I’m just like, ‘What are you doing? What are you doing?’ There’s no game. It’s just chaos.”

“And Carolyn I think is just sort of a chaos sidekick. I saw her recently. She came to a viewing party at Club Cumming and I said, ‘I’m worried about you, Carolyn,’ ” he added. “She goes, ‘Well, I watch it all the time and I journal and I do cry a bit.’ I said, ‘Oh my God, you’re still going through it type of thing?’ ”

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New episodes ofThe Traitorsstream Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock.

source: people.com