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All is forgiven? Rob Rausch has officially made amends for betraying Maura Higgins in the Traitors season 4 finale by presenting her with a Birkin handbag.
“This is my win,” Maura, 35, boasted as Rob, 27, handed her the ultra-pricey handbag on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Wednesday, March 4. “I knew I’d have my moment.”
Maura confirmed that Rob was well aware of the specific Birkin bag she wanted so she was delighted as her Traitors costar personally delivered the burgundy fashion accessory. Rob followed protocol by wearing gloves to ensure that Higgins was the first person to touch the handbag.
After sharing a big hug with Rob, Maura assured him, “You’re forgiven!”
The pair gave a special shoutout to Traitors costar Lisa Rinna for helping to connect Rausch with Birkin designer Hermès.
“[Lisa] helped majorly, majorly,” he confirmed to host Andy Cohen, with Maura chiming in, “Lisa, thank you very much for this!”
Elsewhere in the interview, Andy and Rob both supported Maura when she opened up about the harsh reactions she’d received over the Traitors finale. (Rob betrayed Maura in the season 4 finale by revealing he was a traitor and thus stole the grand prize from her.)
“People online were saying she’s so dumb,” Maura recalled. “They’re like, ‘He’s an obvious traitor!’ Well, then wouldn’t all of the Faithful have voted for him? No one voted for him.”
Maura Higgins receives her Birkin handbag Courtesy Bravo/YouTube
Maura exclusively revealed to Us Weekly that she felt no hard feelings toward Rob since he’d offered to make things right with a special gift.
“He told me he’s going to get me a gift, which is going to be a Birkin handbag. So when he gets that, then he’s fully forgiven,” Maura told Us in February. “For me, a girl that has not watched Traitors, not one episode of Traitors, I got to the finale, and yeah, I didn’t win, but I got to wear all my outfits. And if I get that Birkin handbag from Rob, then for me, I have won. That’s all I need.”
Elsewhere, Maura and Rob shut down speculation that they were dating after Andy, 57, asked about their “undeniable chemistry” during the Traitors season 4 reunion.
“A lot of people in the whole castle were saying it to us … We were genuinely just friends. That is the truth,” Maura insisted.
Rob agreed, adding, “We never did anything.”
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The Traitors season 4 winner differed slightly when Maura went so far as to tell Andy that she never “had a flirt” with Rob at Ardross Castle.
“I feel like we probably flirted a little bit,” he teased.
Maura later admitted to Us in a Traitors season 4 cover story that she hated to let down viewers who wanted to see her get together with Rob.
Maura Higgins, with her Birkin handbag, and Rob Rausch Courtesy Bravo/YouTube
“I’m not gonna ruin it for the viewers, but no, nothing ever happened between me and Rob,” she told Us. “I genuinely look at Rob like a brother. Literally nothing ever happened.”
Rob has confirmed that he has been dating someone for a few months but is keeping his girlfriend’s identity private for now.
The Traitors season 4 is available to watch on Peacock anytime.
