'The Traitors': Rob Rausch and Candiace Dillard Bassett Feud on Instagram

Nicole WeaverSat, January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM UTC

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Different fandoms collide while watching The Traitors. It's usually a fight of who is more trustworthy, the real housewives or the gamers. After all, they cast multiple people of each genre in a single season. This could lead to some fierce alliances. Season 4 showed the traitors working well together until last week. The feud between Rob Rausch and Candiace Dillard Bassett has reached Instagram.

Candiace Questions How Rob Views Women

(l-r) Tara Lipinski, Ron Funches, Kristen Kish, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Lisa Rinna, Dorinda Medley on 'The Traitors'Euan Cherry/Peacock (Euan Cherry/Peacock)

A digital creator named Sarah Pop made video reacting the episode on Instagram. "Just like you're a girl's girl, Rob is a boy's boy. He kind of treated Love Island like a game and he got far with that too," the influencer claimed. "The girls are disposable, but alliances with his boys are where his agenda lies. In Rob's world, the bromance is what takes priority. We literally saw this happening on Love Island." She theorized Lisa Rinna was disposable to him because she didn't fall for his charm.

"This is actually ridiculous," Rausch, 27, commented on the video.

"Is it?" Dillard Bassett, 39, replied.

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Pop also reacted to the Love Island USA alum's response. "Be nice to a girl, Rob," she wrote, "you can do it!"

Rausch, voted to banish Rinna, 62, in episode 5. Ron Funches received one more vote than Rinna and was banished instead. Episode 6 showed Rinna receiving more heat after murdering Yam Yam Arocho at the banquet. Arocho yelled Rinna did it, and that made her more suspicious. Rausch put the nail in her coffin at the roundtable by saying the other option, Natalie Anderson wasn't a traitor. Rinna was banished, and Dillard Bassett, 39, refused to vote for Anderson and Rinna. She wrote Rausch's name down.

This Instagram exchange confirmed what some fans suspected. The Real Housewives of Potomac cast member wasn't following Rausch on Instagram, unlike Rinna. Fans believed this could foreshadow a betrayal that ends bitterly. The teaser for episode 7 showed Dillard Bassett and Rausch gathering allies to go against each other.

Episode 8 of The Traitors will be released on February 5 on Peacock.

This story was originally published by Parade on Jan 31, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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