“It was our first fight caught on camera,” he says of Britney Haynes.
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The private investigator cracked the case.
Unfortunately forDerrick Levasseur, he could not get the jury to convict the right man.
Gabby Windey, Derrick Levasseur, Tom Sandoval on ‘The Traitors’.Credit:Euan Cherry/Peacock
Derrick was murdered on the most recent episode ofThe Traitorsafter failing to getBoston Rob Marianobanished at the previous Roundtable.
And what does he make of the jobBig Brotherally Danielle Reyesis doing?
We asked the former Hitman legend all that and more.
Derrick Levasseur on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
DERRICK LEVASSEUR:Yeah.
I mean, I didn’t plan on missing.
And in fairness to him, he had two options.
Rob Mariano, Wes Bergmann, Derrick Levasseur on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
So I don’t blame him.
It was the right move in the moment.
In hindsight, I probably would’ve done something different.
Derrick Levasseur on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
Probably would’ve kept me, maybe recruited me and then immediately banished me.
Now you’re free to put the heat on me.
But yeah, I thought we had him.
Derrick Levasseur, Danielle Reyes on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
Let’s do it.
If you play that scenario out 10 times, you probably get 10 different outcomes.
But that’s the game, and I don’t regret doing it.
Derrick Levasseur on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock
If anything, I regret not doing it sooner.
When did the lightbulb go off on Rob?
I knew one of us was a Traitor, or at least I felt that way.
How do you put three of us in a cage and not make one of us a Traitor?
Immediately after theBob the Drag Queenvote and how certain Rob was, that was it.
I knew it was him.
And I was like, Okay, I’m going all in on this.
I didn’t need any affirmation.
I knew he was the guy, but you just don’t have the numbers at that point.
But I could slowly see that Rob and the other Traitors were getting rid of all the independent thinkers.
And if this works, I’m in a great position.
If it doesn’t, I’m probably going home.
But Boston Rob, what he’s done, 10, 15 shows this is my second show.
To say that my final moments in there was against an absolute legend in that way…
I know I didn’t win, but man, that’s a way to go out.
I’m proud of it.
All three players that were put in cages and started the game late are now out of the game.
Was that a disadvantage?
I mean, yeah, I would think so..
I was actually calling them the Coffin Queens.
It never made the show, but I thought it was pretty good.
So that was a combination of Rob, myself, and Wes going around planting that seed.
So yeah, it was a disadvantage.
Because Wes is a legend.
Rob is a legend.
They’ve been doing this since I was in high school almost.
And so I almost didn’t feel like I deserved to be in there with them.
And I thought that could hurt me.
Maybe they would think that I was the Traitor because these guys are so great.
But overall, it worked out.
So, what is it like being told Youre just a dirty scumbag liar?
Yeah, that’s a moment.
I actually just made that my tombstone thing on social media.
But yeah, listen, it’s funny how that worked out.
Britney and I are cool.
Me and Danielle are cool.
The game was over as soon as I left.
I can separate the two.
But it’s unfortunate because up until that point, I know that Britney had basically figured out Danielle.
I was onto Danielle.
The riddle thing really threw us off.
Something just wasn’t right with her.
And we were good.
I had gotten Britney a Shield during the tombstone head competition.
I’d helped Danielle.
We were all on a good page.
And then that last day, that episode 6, something just changed in Britney.
I think she really wanted Wes out.
So I was cool with it.
You’re using me as a tactic.
But the real strategy there was to say, Okay, listen, you want to defend Rob.
So good luck defending him tomorrow night.
So it worked out.
Me and Britney laugh about it at this point.
It was our first fight caught on camera, but that’s what happens in those games.
It was just funny.
She was calling me out, and she was the one that was wrong.
She had just sent home one of the best Faithful in the house.
So I was like, How am I the bad guy here?
But it’s funny.
We laugh about it.
It’s all good.
What was the relationship like with Danielle in house?
Listen, she was not acting herself.
And that could be paranoia, fear, or whatever.
So something was off with her, but I had a lot of personal conversations with her off-camera.
I just really like her and I really like Britney too.
But Danielle and I were super close.
And I said, It’s either Britney or Danielle, and Rob.
I don’t know the third one.
But in hindsight, watching the show back, she made the right move.
She got me out, and then it turned on getting Rob.
Well, you must’ve been doing the math.
It’s not you, so you know it’s Britney or Danielle.
How great are Britney and Danielle as Traitors when you know their history?
It’d be a travesty not to have at least one of them.
So I’m going into it thinking, Okay, one of them is a Traitor.
The question is who?
I will say this: A lot of people are saying Danielle’s playing a horrible game.
You’re seeing just the edited version.
It wasn’t as overt as they’re portraying it on the show.
It was 10 years between filming on shows.
What was it like knocking the reality competition rust off?
There were opportunities to phone home and check in with them.
And it just all kind of aligned.
I almost wasn’t able to go.
I was actually at CrimeCon in Nashville.
I landed like three hours before that.
So listen, I was very apprehensive about playing another show.
They’re still checking in with me to this day saying How are you doing?
Anything we can do for you?
That’s how you do it.
And that’s why everyone’s knocking down the door to be on the show.
