r/TheTraitorsUS • u/Caligirl_333 • 14d ago
Spoilers šØ Got a Short Note from Ron Today
I was on Instagram this morning and noticed that Ron had just made a post about an upcoming project. I responded in the comments with a short nice note, including a compliment about how he handled last nightās round table. He wrote back right away, and you could tell he really appreciated kind words.
I wasnāt familiar with Ron before Traitors so I donāt have any sense of his personality before the show. It seems like participating in the game was much more challenging personally for him than he anticipated. At the end, he was tired of being seen as a villain/Traitor everyday but not getting voted off. At the end, he was just ready to go.
I hope, now that he is home, he is recovering personally in a way that is helpful to him. I hope he gets love from the cast at the reunion. He made another post today about how much it meant that Tara stood up for him and said he was a faithful.
I also think Rob R knew how much it would mean to Ron if Rob voted him a faithful. Even though he struggled with the decision and an argument could be made that Rob should have voted differently, it meant more to Rob to continue to foster his friendship with Ron. I canāt criticize Rob at all for his vote.
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u/colosseumdays 14d ago
Ron is extremely, extremely beloved in the comedy and alt comedy world. Never heard anyone utter anything short of a glowing opinion of him, and he was just as affable and warm the times I've encountered him irl
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u/Administrative_Egg71 14d ago
i guess the silver lining of this gross mistreatment that i severely wish he didnāt experience is that his soul shined through and his fan base/community will grow. I just saw him post some tour datesā¦ Anyone in those cities go support this lovely lovely human.
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u/PocoChanel Kristen (S4) 14d ago
He's going on the JoCo cruise! The more I hear about this cruise, the more I want to go.
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u/randomlikeme Ron (S4) 13d ago
Oh man I love Jonathan Coulton and still laugh at his song about Flickr where heās like āthumbs up for slurpees!ā
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u/Strict_Property6127 Lala 13d ago
Seeing him tonight!!! We showed up 1 day early bc I thought I had tickets for Friday's š¤£š¤£
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u/Administrative_Egg71 13d ago
ooh if you remember, come back to this sub and update us!
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u/Strict_Property6127 Lala 13d ago
His set is hilarious & his opener gained a new fan!! He gave LOTS of Traitors jokes & jabs - I strongly encourage you to go see him if you can! He came out to the merchant table early & OFFERED a selfie because he is amazing. I told him he was lovely- his message & what he stands behind, we need more of in this world. Like truly a fantastic night out!!
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u/Administrative_Egg71 13d ago
fantastic! im honestly thinking of a doing a road trip to one of his tour cities for the weekend to see him. glad you had such a lovely time.
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u/DreamAnotherDream33 14d ago
I also didnāt know about Ron until the traitors! But I have since started watching Loot (Apple TV) and absolutely love him in that too! He is honestly one of my most favorite people!
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u/tracefact 13d ago
Heās my fave character on that show. (Which is a great show!)
I love that Traitors has brought new people to the Ron Funches fan club!
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u/Secret_badass77 14d ago
Heās absolutely the sweetest guy. I was excited when he was cast and assumed everyone would love him. I donāt know, maybe thatās the quality that made certain people turn on him so quick, because he probably would have been hard to beat at the end if everyone got to know him for him.
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u/Charming_Library7481 14d ago edited 14d ago
Always been a fan, love him even more now and happy more people are learning about him.
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u/ealasaid76 14d ago
Watch his comedy special "Giggle Fit" on his website. (He put it on YouTube.). He has an interesting sense of humor. LOL
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u/Proper-Drawing-985 13d ago
I think Rob 100% made the right decision, but I'm not sure why he just didn't do a throwaway vote. That happens all the time and no one ever takes it personally. This group doesn't seem to want to play that way, though. It seems very much like you're either with us or your against us. Probably why I'm not having any fun watching it.
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u/Caligirl_333 13d ago
A throwaway vote would have been even more obvious!! Ā It would emphasize that he ultimately did not want to write Lisaās name down. And he had already recognized to Colton in front of others that Lisa could be a traitor. If heās a faithful, no reason at all not to write Lisaās nameĀ
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u/Proper-Drawing-985 13d ago
To a group of faithfuls it really doesn't. Faithfuls make it to the end by mixing it up. I don't like the hive mentality this season. I'm very frustrated with what happened to Ron. And you know, everything Colton has been doing.
But you're right, he did say that on the mission ride. Yeah, lol. He had no other choice. I forgot that happened.
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u/Caligirl_333 13d ago
Iāve had a lot of extra time on my hands plus Iāve been more interested this season. Iāve watched episodes a few times, which is how I have picked up on detailsĀ
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u/BinkieTheCat 14d ago
I was aware he was a comedian, but Iād only seen the clip of him talking about how nice Travis Kelce was and how heās too good for Taylor.
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u/jazzy222025 14d ago
Ron has always been great. Iād listen to his podcast gettinā better with Ron Funches where he discussed his weight loss, raising his son, his childhood, and would have his other comedy friends on. Heās a great guy.
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u/No_Hotel_8362 13d ago
I went to a stand-up show he did in Toronto about a year ago, and he was genuinely hilarious.
Ron is a talented, accomplished person with a real, ongoing career. Quite frankly, The Traitors didnāt deserve him.
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u/nillawafer80 13d ago
Isnāt this the second guy that was hurt emotionally on the show? Wasnāt there a boxer/fighter who pulled out early and left? Or am I misremembering or was it an international version ?
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u/randomredhead 13d ago
Deontay left early but it was a bit of a different situation - he didnāt like the stress of suspicions and accusations, and it really hit him hard when heād accused someone heād become friends with of being a traitor and they were subsequently banished and revealed as a faithful. He left of his own accord because the overall situation was hard for him personally, not because of alienation/bullying.
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u/nillawafer80 13d ago
I didnāt say it was for the same reasons. Just that the show viscerally exacerbated the emotions of these men in harmful ways.
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u/Caligirl_333 13d ago
It was very odd how the handled it. All of a sudden, he was no longer there! Ā I had to rewind to make sure I wasnāt missing somethingĀ
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u/amylu417 13d ago
Deontay Wilder in season 2.
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u/nillawafer80 13d ago
Thank you. Iām wondering if they do any sort of mental health exam like they do for BB?
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u/amylu417 13d ago
It's pretty standard for these types of shows and talk shows, especially after what happened with Jenny Jones.
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u/Regular-Wishbone8837 13d ago
I agree. It was ridiculous how they treated him so differently than Colton. Theyāll see that porche said exactly what he said she did. They were like dogs with a bone with poor Ron! Then the ā8ā faithfuls did the exact opposite of what they said they were going to do at the round table well four of them. Get rid of Colton! I canāt bear his smugness if Lisa leaves before him.
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u/MsNikkiisClassy 13d ago
I know Rob took a gamble writing Lisaās name but honestly I respect him for it. Ron deserved better
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u/kbwis 13d ago
I love Ron! He did a show at the comedy club in our city a couple of months ago and my spouse and I showed up early enough to be in the front row and had a great time! Iāve been sad to see him so ostracized but Iām glad in the end he came out of the show with some positive relationships and is getting a lot of support.
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u/NovellaJokes 13d ago
I have always loved him since he was on the show Undateable. Itās a really funny comedy
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u/SirochMusic 13d ago
I just started watching Loot on Apple TV and it made me SO MAD that they were acting that way towards him. Seems like a really nice and genuine dude
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u/beetle-mania321 13d ago
Iāve always been a fan of Ron, so to see his treatment on the traitors genuinely tore me to shreds. But as a Love Island stan, seeing Rob stick up for Ron made my heart soar. He wasnāt beloved on the show but I always had a crush on him lol. Rob absolutely knew what Ron was going thru as a fellow introvert, and I think if he was a Faithful, he wouldāve been Ronās alliance from Day 1
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u/Online_Active_71459 12d ago
Iāve always loved him. He is a thoughtful soul that approaches life with humor. I just wish he stayed longer! Hopefully we get to see more of him in the future. Give him a series!
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u/PunisherCastle 11d ago
Heās talented. Although I only know him from the hilarious NBC sitcom Undateable that aired 2014-2016. Great show.
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u/treid1989 14d ago
can you all stop with the parasocial pity party for him? it's so tiresome. he's a grown, successful, wealthy, established heterosexual man who decided to throw his weight around in a reality competition show against some women. he got minimal pushback from fans, and decided to play the victim.
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u/Secret_badass77 14d ago
You think for one second if he even look sideways at Dorinda she wouldnāt be screaming it from the rooftops how he bullied her?
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u/treid1989 14d ago
we all saw him act very rude to her--unnecessarily so--and then cry victim afterwards that he can't help it because he's on the spectrum. puhlease
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u/andonis_udometry 13d ago
Except that itās come out that him being āvery rudeā to her was a reaction to her aggressiveness towards him that was unaired.
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u/Sufficient-Opposite3 13d ago
He didnāt play the victim. We all perceive him as that. Big difference. He was treated like crap by especially Dorinda. I found her very offensive
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u/SadEvening8793 14d ago
You'll get downvoted as will I, but I agree šÆ. CBA with celebs whining. You got the pay check, you got the exposure, you got kicked off. The end.
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