Higgins may lost her chance at winning six figures, but her closet is about to get that much richer
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NEED TO KNOW
- Rob Rausch has plans for his winnings from the season 4 finale of The Traitors
- The Love Island star came out of the season as the winner, but partly at the cost of betraying his ally Maura Higgins
- During the reunion aired on Feb. 26, Rausch said that he’s buying Higgins a new Hermès Birkin to earn her forgiveness
Another season of The Traitors has come to an end, and another winner has come out of it with a couple of hundred grand in their pocket. The question always is, what will they do with their hard-earned reward?
Well, for season 4 winner Rob Rausch, he's investing his newly acquired dough ($220,800, to be exact) on his own investments — and one for his costar Maura Higgins.
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During the Feb. 26 reunion, the Love Island USA alum, 27, told host Andy Cohen that he was going dish out some of his earnings on a new Hermès Birkin handbag for Higgins, who had stayed by his side throughout their journey on the show (only for her to be betrayed in the finale).
In a follow-up interview with Entertainment Weekly, Higgins, 35, said she hasn't received her apology present yet, but she's counting on it.
"You can't just walk into Hermès and buy a Birkin. So [fellow costar] Lisa Rinna, the queen herself, is helping Rob get the Birkin because Lisa has contacts. So I told him, 'Speak to Lisa.' I've sent him a picture of the exact bag I want. So now it's in his hands," she said, adding, "I deserve this."
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Rausch's peace offering was also acknowledged by Eric Nam, who was banished and backstabbed by the eventual winner in the finale. Turns out, a luxury "I'm sorry" present doesn't sound too bad to him either.
"I need an [Audemars Piguet] watch or a Rolex or something. I'm gonna campaign for a Rolex from Rob," he told Entertainment Weekly. "I was like, 'I'll take Birkin stock at this point — like, give me something!" We were out the other night at the SNL party, and people came up like, 'Did Rob get you anything? Did he buy you a drink?' I was like, 'This guy hasn't even bought me a drink yet.' Like, come on, man! But here's the campaign for Rolex from Rob as retribution or something."
As for Rausch's feelings on the overall show's ending, he told GQ, “It was so weird, in that moment,” but, “I did it, I won the game, it’s over…but at the same time, it was very bittersweet. It wasn’t like, Hooray! It wasn’t happy feelings straight away. I was like, Oh, gosh."
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