{"id":215559,"date":"2026-01-08T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/donna-kelce-protected-by-swifties-wrath-on-the-traitors\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:51:59","slug":"donna-kelce-protected-by-swifties-wrath-on-the-traitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/donna-kelce-protected-by-swifties-wrath-on-the-traitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna Kelce Protected by Swifties&#8217; Wrath on &#8216;The Traitors&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Traitors<\/em> is back!<\/p>\n<p>Season 4 of the dramatic and scheme-filled reality series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/the-traitors-season-4-cast-includes-many-housewives-2-ice-skaters-and-1-donna-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">features Donna Kelce<\/a>, beloved mother of athletes Jason and Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<p>Putting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-officially-engaged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor Swift\u2019s future mother-in-law<\/a> in a den of vipers means extra high stakes \u2014 for them, not for her.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone wants to win. <em>No one<\/em> wants to face the wrath of Swifties.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Donna Kelce on 'The Traitors'\" class=\"wp-image-544688 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_03.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On Season 4 of \u2018The Traitors,\u2019 Donna Kelce speaks before meeting her fellow contestants.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Peacock)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-traitors-is-back\">\u2018The Traitors\u2019 is back!<\/h2>\n<p>Ahead of the Season 4 premiere of <em>The Traitors<\/em> on Thursday, January 8, host Alan Cumming made the rounds to promote the season.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved actor appeared on the January 7 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he admitted that Donna Kelce is a <em>complicated <\/em>addition to a cast where people normally conspire to vote people out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contestants, the players, talk about it quite a lot,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Uqoqcd9o4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the late night host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[They were like] \u2018I\u2019m a bit worried about the Swifties. What they\u2019ll do if we\u2026\u2019\u201d Cumming explained.<\/p>\n<p>That is a very understandable concern!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alan Cumming on Hurting Pedro Pascal Filming Avengers: Doomsday &amp; Donna Kelce on The Traitors\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Uqoqcd9o4s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>If you are not aware, Swifties do not have a reputation for being a chill crowd. Less evil than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/nicki-minaj-bizarrely-jokes-about-assassin-jd-vance-while-on-stage-with-erika-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Barbz<\/a>, sure, but quick to frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s no reason to believe that a reality competition would be exempt from their collective wrath.<\/p>\n<p>However, to Cumming, the coupling of Kelce\u2019s kind demeanor and the Sword of Damocles effect that the Swifties had was \u201cquite fun\u201d for the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s another added layer of menace,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t watched <em>The Traitors<\/em> or even just seen the trailers, the vibe is very much \u201ccampy horror film.\u201d People play mind games with each other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Donna Kelce smiles on 'The Traitors' Season 4\" class=\"wp-image-544689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Donna Kelce smiles on 'The Traitors' Season 4\" class=\"wp-image-544689 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_02.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A smiling Donna Kelce sits in a room with fellow \u2018The Traitors\u2019 contestants.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Peacock)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-everyone-loves-travis-mom-how-could-you-not\">Everyone loves Travis\u2019 mom. How could you not?<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to Taylor Swift\u2019s future mother-in-law, Alan Cumming has nothing but praise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonna, she\u2019s hilarious,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s such a sweet lady,\u201d Cumming praised. \u201cI really liked her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He recalled: \u201cThere\u2019s a really cute moment in the first episode when I sort of interviewed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cumming recounted: \u201cI said, \u2018How are you feeling, Donna?\u2019 and she went, \u2018A little weird.\u2019 It\u2019s so cute.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Traitors US | Friend or Foe? The Cast Predicts Who They\u2019ll Meet in the Castle\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iMlETH-ZokY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Donna Kelce is only one of 23 contestants on <em>The Traitors<\/em> Season 4.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, there are plenty of <em>Real Housewives<\/em> stars \u2014 like Candiace Dillard Bassett, Caroline Stanbury, Dorinda Medley, Lisa Rinna, and Porsha Williams.<\/p>\n<p>(NBCUniversal owns Peacock, on which <em>The Traitors<\/em> airs, and also own Bravo. It\u2019s like how there are constantly people from the Bachelor Nation on <em>Dancing With The Stars<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <em>The Bachelor<\/em>, Colton Underwood is also a contestant. So is the phenomenal Mon\u00e9t X Change.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sure that all of the contestants were keeping track of the potential fallout from voting people off. Fallout on the show \u2014 and after they leave.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Donna Kelce descends stairs on 'The Traitors'\" class=\"wp-image-544690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Donna Kelce descends stairs on 'The Traitors'\" class=\"wp-image-544690 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0108_donnakelce_thetraitors_01.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here she comes! Donna Kelce descends the stairs on \u2018The Traitors\u2019 Season 4.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Peacock)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-traitors-is-still-trying-to-recover-from-a-nasty-season-2-incident\">\u2018The Traitors\u2019 is still trying to recover from a nasty Season 2 incident<\/h2>\n<p>In fact, the second season of <em>The Traitors<\/em> (in the US, we mean) ran into a bit of a hurdle along these lines.<\/p>\n<p>Many people believe that the vote to eliminate Peppermint was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheTraitorsUS\/comments\/1b9h1ap\/did_anyone_else_feel_like_the_peppermint_vote_was\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">motivated by transphobia<\/a>. Even extremely offline viewers recoiled from what appeared to be outright bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>There are people who did not watch Season 3 and will not watch Season 4 because of what went down with Peppermint. And that\u2019s understandable.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Cumming and the show\u2019s production can\u2019t control what contestants do \u2014 but hopefully they\u2019ve taken steps to reduce the chances of future eliminations like that harming the show.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, we\u2019re sure that everyone on Season 4 was keenly aware of the looming specter of Swifties when it came to Donna Kelce. But honestly? It should be easy to be nice to her, anyway. She\u2019s a sweetheart.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/donna-kelce-the-traitors-season-4-taylor-swift-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes The Traitors is back! Season 4 of the dramatic and scheme-filled reality series features Donna Kelce, beloved mother of athletes Jason and Travis Kelce. Putting Taylor Swift\u2019s future mother-in-law in a den of vipers means extra high stakes \u2014 for them, not for her. Everyone wants to win. No one wants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}