The primary three episodes of season 4 of Peacock’s hit actuality sequence, “The Traitors,” delivered epic highs and surprising twists. Nonetheless, none loomed bigger than the presence of Donna Kelce and the worldwide fanbase connected to her well-known household. All through the premiere, solid members overtly joked about strolling on eggshells across the soon-to-be mother-in-law of Taylor Swift, fearing the wrath of the Swifties in the event that they focused her. Nevertheless, it wasn’t the solid that in the end fumbled the bag with “America’s Mother,”—it was the producers. After a controversial twist led to Kelce’s banishment in episode 3, the very backlash the solid feared has arrived, however they don’t seem to be those underneath assault.

As the primary episode started, host Alan Cumming informed the cameras that the twists had been beginning instantly, setting the stage for what many followers now name a “setup.”

“This sport is filled with surprises,” Cumming mentioned. “I’m about to choose my very first Traitor proper right here, proper now. Gamers, 23 chests stand earlier than you — one [for] every [of you]. Inside your chests, 22 of you will notice nothing and stay Devoted for now. However one participant will see the Traitor card, and a lifetime of scheming and sabotage begins as they develop into my first Traitor.”

It was revealed throughout episode 3, nonetheless, that Kelce was the Secret Traitor after she was voted out by her fellow castmates. “This has been a dream come true,” she mentioned to producers. “These are comfortable tears that I get to do that at this level in my life. It’s simply the enjoyment of being within the sport.”

Whereas producers had been seemingly hoping to capitalize on the “Swiftie impact” by centering a significant twist round Kelce, the transfer backfired spectacularly after the group sniffed her out virtually immediately, robbing followers of the possibility to see her play the lengthy sport.

Regardless of Kelce’s earlier assertion about being grateful for with the ability to play the sport, some social media customers (and presumed Swifties) weren’t happy with how issues went down.

“Should you’re gonna make DONNA KELCE a traitor, then do all of it the way in which,” a consumer wrote. “We did not get to see her really being a traitor earlier than she was banished.”

They added, “And should you’re gonna make somebody a secret traitor, it is gonna be a gamer [because] they’re going to know what to do with it. She did not.”

One other consumer wrote, “Making Donna the key traitor was lowkey a flop, like, she did not know the best way to play the sport in any respect.”

The disillusioned feedback did not finish there, as one consumer shared on X that they weren’t making an attempt “to be a loopy Swiftie” earlier than questioning why Kelce was focused within the first place. “Like, she got here there on their lonesome and is simply making an attempt her greatest,” they wrote.

“I do not even like Donna all that a lot, however making her the key traitor when she did not wish to be one and never even giving her the identities of the opposite traitors? That is simply not proper,” one other shared.

Not like Kelce, who was left to fend for herself, the remaining Traitors had been chosen within the conventional method throughout the roundtable. Cumming walked across the room to choose the trio, who turned out to be Lisa Rinna from “The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Candiace Dillard-Bassett from “The Actual Housewives of Potomac,” and Rob R. from “Love Island.”