On the Emmy-winning Peacock original series The Traitors Season 2, there was a not-so-secret alliance between contestants that had appeared on The Real Housewives. The result? Drama, intrigue, and amazing one-liners, which is why we simply had to honor The Traitors Housewives alliance with all-new merch.
At the beginning, this union between Traitors and Faithfuls included Larsa Pippen from The Real Housewives of Miami, The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum and Married to Medicine cast member Phaedra Parks, RHOA‘s Sheree Whitfield, and Tamra Judge from The Real Housewives of Orange County. Phaedra, the lone Traitor of the crew, surrounded herself with fellow Bravolebrities for protection and strategy. She was so fiercely loyal to her fellow ‘Wives that it both surprised The Traitors host Alan Cumming and coined a series catchphrase: “Don’t come for the Housewives, honey!”
“They’re very tribal,” Alan said of the Real Housewives contestants in an episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “You [see] them all in a sort of tribal unit. Phaedra is like, ‘Don’t come for the Housewives.’ It’s got this real sort of tribal, primal … ‘We’re part of this gang and you mustn’t do it!’ vibe.”
Ultimately, none of the ‘Wives took home the grand prize — that went to co-winners and Faithfuls C.T. and Trishelle — but it still made for a memorable season of television.
While we’re talking about Phaedra and The Traitors, we can’t not bring up her affection for fellow contestant Carsten “Bergie” Bergersen. Upon finding out he’d been murdered in the game, Phaedra cried out, “Not my Bergalicious!” It was so good that we needed to put it on a cozy sweatshirt to remember forever.
However, Bergie’s fake death was a trap planned by the Faithful. It also prompted a response from Below Deck alum Kate Chastain, who had made a surprise return to Season 2. When the remaining cast members were discussing the most recent (and failed) in-game murder, Kate observed that Phaedra’s reaction may have tipped her hand. Or as she succinctly put it: “‘Not my Bergalicious’ was problematic for you.”
It may not have been ideal for Phaedra, but again: It makes a great sweatshirt slogan, whether or not you have a drafty Scottish castle to curl up by a fire in.
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