The Saturday Show<\/a>, Stephen said he tried to forget the outcome of the show so that he didn’t give anything away.<\/p>\nHe said: “I just made sure that I didn’t tell anyone from the Isle of Lewis, because I knew that if one person found out, then the whole island would find out.”<\/p>\n
Rachel from Newry in Northern Ireland and Stephen were both chosen as traitors at the beginning and soon formed an alliance to stick together due to their “celtic connection”.<\/p>\n
“I couldn’t go back on my word to you,” Stephen told Rachel after voting for Jack – meaning the pair shared the victory and halved the \u00a395,750 prize.<\/p>\n
The Traitors: Who won?<\/p>\n
Stephen, a cyber security consultant, said the reaction in Stornoway has been amazing.<\/p>\n
A local gift shop Sandwick Bay Candles posted a picture of a candle with the message “there’s a traitor on this island” written on the side, while the Blue Lobster cafe shared a video of a cloaked Stephen winking at the camera while drinking a coffee.<\/p>\n
The post said they were “so extremely proud of this island lad for representing the Isle of Lewis with such impeccable style and so very graciously”.<\/p>\n
Stephen said: “I went back home the other week, and I couldn’t believe the reaction of people on the island.<\/p>\n
“I’m so proud of where I come from, and to know that they’re proud of the fact that I’ve done this is just, I can’t really put into words. I just can’t wait to get that wee ferry back and just see everyone again.”<\/p>\n
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It was a dramatic finale between the final four contestants<\/p>\n
After winning the show, Stephen exclaimed: “I’m just a wee boy from the Isle of Lewis, this kind of stuff doesn’t happen to me.”<\/p>\n
He previously spoke on the show about the difficulties of growing up gay on the island, which has a large religious community.<\/p>\n
With his share of the prize money Stephen said he would give something back to his parents after they “gave up a lot” to put him through university, and would help his father – a butcher – pursue his passion for art.<\/p>\n
Stephen, who now lives in London, also said he wants to get on the property ladder- and there maybe some left over to buy some more of the fabulous jumpsuits he became known for wearing.<\/p>\n
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Stephen’s lack of poker face was one of the highlights of the series<\/p>\n
He added watching the show, which was filmed over the summer, as it aired live made him realise how bad some of his strategies and decisions were – and on occasion, how close he came to being eliminated.<\/p>\n
“I was amazed that I made it through some of those situations,” he said. “The thing is, as well, because I only knew what I knew in the castle, but when you’re watching it on TV, you’re seeing these side conversations that you’re not privy to, right?<\/p>\n
“I was thinking, oh my goodness, everyone is saying my name, this is mental. So when I was watching it, I was thinking, oh my goodness, I could go out in this episode.”<\/p>\n
Videos and memes of Stephen’s somewhat unconvincing poker face have gone viral, with clips of his dramatic facial expressions also being widely shared.<\/p>\n
But in the end, he was glad to be able to remain faithful to his fellow traitor.<\/p>\n
He added: “I’m so chuffed that both of us managed to hold our nerve, and really, at the end of the day, my decision was – I can’t win with Jack and Rachel, and I’d rather win with one person than just by myself.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC\/Studio Lambert\/Paul Chappells Stephen Libby said he managed to keep the Traitors outcome a secret Spoiler warning: This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-262298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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