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From left: Mark Ballas, Dorinda Medley, Lisa Rinna, Colton Underwood, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Michael Rapaport, Tara Lipinski, Maura Higgins, Stephen Colletti on ‘The Traitors’<\/p>\n
\u201cThe coming-out process takes a long time, and I’m still very much in my coming-out process, so there’s always little things here and there that sort of re-trigger old emotions,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI’m still working on how to process it, and I think you definitely see that come up and hit me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason I said yes to doing a show like The Traitors is it’s not personal,\u201d Underwood continued. \u201cThe drama and the intensity of the show is always so game-focused, so I think that’s what just threw me a little bit, is when it got personal and he [Rapaport] was using me as a human being instead of my gameplay against me. That’s what caught me off guard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Underwood also shared that he isn\u2019t \u201cholding a grudge against [Rapaport],\u201d noting that the actor eventually apologized and insisted that he “didn’t mean\u201d to take a dig at his sexuality.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the short time that I got to know Michael, he was self-aware enough. He’s a fast talker, he’s a slick talker, and he said it in one of his interviews, his mouth gets him in trouble,\u201d Underwood told EW. \u201cI grew up around those types of people. It’s very much like a locker-room-style environment, and I think phrases and little digs and things towards the gay community get thrown out a lot in those types of environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Michael Rapaport on ‘The Traitors’<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m at a point in my life where I’m definitely not sitting in that emotion,\u201d he added. \u201cI don’t feel like a victim at all. I know he’s probably watching it back just with a little bit of regret on how he delivered it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Underwood emphasized the importance of standing up for himself \u2014\u00a0both in the game and in his everyday life.<\/p>\n
“I can only be a punching bag for so long,\u201d he said. \u201cEven today, seeing some people’s [and] fans of the show’s comments towards me, I can only sit quiet for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n
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