The finalists of The Traitors Ireland have been reflecting on their time in the castle, with one unlucky contestant saying, "I should have gone home six days ago."
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The second season of the hit show came to an end on Tuesday night with a tense stand-off that saw Diego and Anna emerge as the winners, sharing a prize pot of €45,850 after Pauric O and Carla were banished.
Both were in a reflective mood when they appeared on The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked on RTÉ One after the show ended.
Asked by host Kevin McGahern if he thought Diego was on his side going into the final, Pauric O said: "It's very easy to say watching it back but I don’t know if I did know or if it was the paranoia absolutely freaking me out.
"I wasn’t 100% convinced he was on to me but you’re so paranoid that you’re thinking, 'he could be' and that was enough to convince me."
OG Traitor Carla also came a cropper on Tuesday’s final after she was banished but over the past few weeks she has played an impressive game of chicanery and skullduggery.
"It had to happen. I should have gone home six days before, I couldn’t even believe I was sat there at the final," she said.
Speaking about one of the season's most shocking moments - when Aoife wrote her name on the board and "tap danced all over it" - Carla said: "I deserved it. Pot/kettle. I didn’t actually see her tap the board. When I heard, I was 'noooooo way!' I was like 'ooooooooh...'"
Carla admitted that she went into the show hoping to be a Faithful.
"I had no game plan. I was just hoping I’d get through the Round Table and then the next Round Table."
Described as a "master manipulator" by McGahern, Pauric O said: "I wouldn’t be saying the Faithfuls did all my work for me but I wouldn’t say I was the master manipulator either.
"There was an awful lot of stuff going on, we were in the castle a hell of a long time. It got to the stage of the game where people’s heads were spinning and I’m a Traitor...what I am gonna do? I’m gonna stir it up so it was a mixture of the Faithfuls going against each other and me and Carla deflecting to the point where we are now - sitting on the couch for the final."
Asked if he was ever tempted to betray his alliance with Carla, he said: "There were times when I said to her you’re under the heat and I’m not going to put myself under the heat but I would never have thrown Carla under the bus.
"I love this show. This is my favourite show in years and I wanted to be a Traitor!"
RTÉ has confirmed that The Traitors Ireland will return for a third series.
