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Traitors’ Ron Funches Shares Autism Diagnosis
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1. While scheming is certainly a hallmark of The Traitors gameplay, contestants have no choice when it comes to their Traitors vs. Faithful status. Though, starting with season two, stars like Phaedra Parks and Kate Chastain were able to plead their case to host Alan Cumming.
"That has a really big bearing on it, as does Alan’s opinion,” executive producer Mike Cotton noted to Variety. "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."
Though it’s not immediately clear to the cast just how many among them are Traitors. "We knew that there could potentially be three to five Traitors in the game,” Survivor’s Cirie Fields told E! News in 2023 after her season one victory. "That was explained to us from the very beginning.
“He’s got great discipline, and I don’t know where he got it, because I never disciplined—I didn’t know how,” he said in a clip shared to Instagram in April. “Especially having a teenager and having someone have autism, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know what was teenager related. I didn’t know what was autism related.”
“I don’t know which of these things made him download 60 episodes of The Price Is Right, but I know that’s not normal,” Ron continued, prompting laughter from the audience. “The Price Is Right is a fine show, but it is the same damn show every day. I’m like, ‘Son, did you need to fill the entire DVR with Price is Right? He’s like, ‘I’m just trying to keep season stats, dad.’”
He concluded, “I’m like, ‘OK, so, it’s the autism. Carry on.’”
Of course, Ron isn’t the only star who has experienced The Traitors first-hand. Read on to learn behind-the-scenes secrets about the show from people with insider knowledge.
