“The Traitors” host Alan Cumming stated President Donald Trump would completely match the mould of deception wanted to win the Emmy-winning Peacock competitors present.
“I’m certain our president could be excellent on the present … having numerous chaos and type of turmoil and treachery, so possibly he’d like to return on and be paid for that, in all probability higher than he will get as president,” Cumming, who accepted the award for excellent actuality competitors program on behalf of “The Traitors” on the 2025 Emmys, advised press backstage when requested which celeb he thinks would succeed at deception. “Let’s transfer on to the following query.”
Trump, nevertheless, gained’t be among the many subsequent batch of celebrities competing in “The Traitors” Season 4, which embody Michael Rappaport, Donna Kelce, Lisa Rinna and Dorinda Medley, all of whom have been extensively researched by Cumming forward of manufacturing this summer season.
“I actually SWAT up on who all of the gamers are, as a result of principally, normally I don’t actually know them, so I get numerous materials,” Cumming stated, likening his preparation to “an murderer making ready for a success.” “I study every part I can about these folks and their backgrounds.”
With “The Traitors” Season 4 already filmed, Cumming is gearing as much as host the all-civilian model of the competitors collection for NBC, and he revealed he’s determined to tone down his type for that one.
“We’ve gone so loopy on this escalation of the type of the character of the host,” Cumming stated. “We are able to deliver it down and barely reboot it a wee bit … I’m considering that’s fairly a good suggestion. In any other case, I’d be, I don’t know, sporting a spaceship or one thing.”
