'You got me!' - Kildare contestant booted off The Traitors after slip of tongue

Traitors Ireland contestant Páraic K from Kildare has laughed off the fatal slip of the tongue which saw him banished from the castle during Monday night’s dramatic episode.

The 41-year-old Assistant Professor accidentally referred to a player as a “traitor” when he meant to say “faithful” at the Round Table.

But his fellow contestants were quick to seize on the mistake – and Páraic admitted he knew almost immediately that his time in the castle was up.

Speaking on Tuesday, he described the blunder as his “Nadine Coyle moment”, referring to the Derry singer’s infamous slip-up over her date of birth which saw her dropped from RTÉ talent show Popstars in 2001.

“That Freudian slip was my downfall but listen, it’s 2026 and I am happy to revive the Nadine Coyle moment for myself and I’m happy to take the mantle from Nadine,” he said.

Páraic, who had picked up the nickname Mr Double Bluff during his time on the show, said he knew the comment had not landed well.

“It was a terrible, bad joke that did not land and I knew it at the time but my fate had been sealed - I was going anyway at that stage,” he said.

“My Freudian slip was confirmation for the other players. You got me!”

The Assistant Professor said his name had been circulating among the castle’s contestants since the early days of the competition.

“My name was going around the castle from about day three or so,” he said.

“And I thought it was a situation I could manage but when you are at that Round Table, it is super-exposed.

“So when someone comes in with that dossier of evidence it really puts a dent in the armour and once that happens, other players who are harbouring fears about you, think - ‘right, it’s now safe to get behind the pile-on’.”

Páraic said he knew his fate was sealed once the accusations began to gather momentum.

“I was thinking I was on borrowed time but once I heard what they were saying, I knew I was out.”

His departure leaves the Traitors one player down, while the Faithfuls are left wondering who could be next to receive their marching orders.

Páraic had previously hinted at a “gender dynamic” developing inside the castle and said he agrees with Saoirse’s assessment that there is a “boys club” among the contestants.

“There’s never an expectation for male players to have particular emotional responses, in my view, but it seems that when a female player doesn’t behave in a particular kind of way . . .”

“There seems to be a script that women in the game are expected to follow, that the guys aren’t meant to follow.

“There was definitely a ‘lads, lads, lads’ vibe, let me tell you. It was turning my stomach because they were refusing to look inwards.”

He said he was particularly frustrated by the way female contestants were being targeted.

“I remember, in particular with Anna, I was kind of going, why aren’t the guys looking inwards? It’s just women getting banished. I don’t understand this.”

Páraic said his thinking was that the Traitors would be unlikely to target people who fit their own profile.

“And my logic with that was serial killers will always will never kill within their own kind of profile.”

The Traitors Ireland continues on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player.