{"id":615876,"date":"2026-09-30T01:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615876\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T01:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:14:12","slug":"lioness-star-laysla-de-oliveira-says-fans-need-to-stop-asking-if-cruz-is-the-traitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615876\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lioness’ star Laysla De Oliveira says fans need to ‘stop asking’ if Cruz is the traitor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Lioness” star Laysla De Oliveira is smacking down the idea that her character is a traitor.<\/p>\n

The third season of Taylor Sheridan’s hit CIA\/military series<\/a> recently wrapped up, and it ended with an explosive reveal:<\/p>\n

Aaliyah \u2013 a main character in season one \u2013 was the puppet master behind Joe’s abduction.<\/p>\n

NICOLE KIDMAN REACTS TO SHOCKING ‘LIONESS’ SEASON 3 FINALE AND THE TWIST NOBODY SAW COMING<\/a><\/p>\n

However, there’s another lingering question that (kind of?) remains unresolved.<\/p>\n

Who is the mole?<\/p>\n

\"Genesis <\/p>\n

L-R: Genesis Rodriguez as Josie and Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz in Lioness, episode 6, season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. (Photo Credit: Emerson Miller\/Paramount+)<\/p>\n

Laysla De Oliveira shoots down possible “Lioness” theory.<\/p>\n

Oliveira stars as Cruz in the popular series, and her character helped spearhead Joe’s rescue<\/a> towards the end of season one.<\/p>\n

I can’t say I’ve ever heard or seen a credible theory that she was the mole, but the talented actress is making it clear that’s not the case.<\/p>\n

She recently posted a TikTok video declaring that the theory is nonsense.<\/p>\n

\"Zoe <\/p>\n

Zoe Salda\u00f1a as Joe in Lioness, episode eight of season three. (Photo Credit: Ryan Green\/Paramount+)<\/p>\n

“You guys have to stop. You have to stop asking me if I’m the mole because I don’t know if we watched the same show or not, but what I can say is that [Cruz] was in shambles because she could not find Joe. Okay? So, let it go,” Oliveira explained.<\/p>\n

You can watch her full comments in the video below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n

There are a couple observations to make here. First, it would make absolutely no sense for Cruz to be the mole, given the reveal at the end of season three.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t logically track at all that she would be involved in Joe’s abduction orchestrated by Aaliyah<\/a>. To paraphrase Oliveira, what show were people watching that I missed?<\/p>\n

Second, are we even sure there actually is a mole? I’m not convinced in the slightest. In fact, that seemed to be Sheridan executing an outstanding misdirection effort.<\/p>\n

TAYLOR SHERIDAN’S ‘LIONESS’ SEASON 3 EPISODE 6 LEAVES FANS BUZZING AFTER AIRPORT SHOOTOUT SCENE<\/a><\/p>\n

He had everyone wondering who the mole was when, in reality, the person pulling the strings was tied back to the operation in season one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I have seen no concrete evidence to suggest a mole is still in play after season three ended, but I’m also open to being proven wrong. I’m just supremely confident it’s not Cruz.<\/p>\n

\"Stephanie <\/p>\n

Stephanie Nur as Aaliyah in “Lioness” season one. (Photo Credit: William Gray\/Paramount+)<\/p>\n

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Do you have a fun “Lioness” theory? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n

David Hookstead is a reporter for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Lioness” star Laysla De Oliveira is smacking down the idea that her character is a traitor. The third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69,202459,418,437],"class_list":["post-615876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-outkick-culture","tag-shows","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}