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What happened before Bergmann’s banishment
In a February 3, 2025 exit interview with Parade, Bergmann described the Roundtable that ended his run on season 3 of The Traitors. He and Derrick Levasseur had entered the game late alongside Boston Rob Mariano. Bergmann and Levasseur were Faithfuls; Mariano was a Traitor. After the two men targeted Mariano, Mariano turned suspicion toward Bergmann, who was banished.
The broadcast showed the confrontation, but Bergmann said much of Mariano’s argument was omitted. The interview was condensed and edited for length and clarity, so his account is not a verbatim record of the full Roundtable.
What Bergmann says Mariano argued
The suit marked “Faithful”
Bergmann said Mariano pointed to a custom suit with “Faithful” stitched inside the collar as a reason to distrust him. Bergmann recalled: “I had a custom suit made, and it had the word ‘Faithful’ stitched into the collar, and that was his big argument.”
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Humor as a way to deflect suspicion
Bergmann also said Mariano argued that he was always making jokes. In Bergmann’s account, the point was that he was the funniest person in the house and could use humor to deflect suspicion. Entertainment Weekly’s report likewise summarizes the omitted point as an argument that Bergmann used humor to deflect. Bergmann characterized the cut arguments this way: “They cut out the majority of his arguments because they were that silly.”
That is Bergmann’s description of Mariano’s case, not a direct quote from Mariano. The available reporting does not provide Mariano’s own account of the unaired remarks.
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Why Bergmann says the threat sounded different on air
Bergmann said the show removed the exchange that preceded his threat. He recalled asking the group, “You’re voting me out because I’m the funniest person here?” He said the room went silent, then he joked: “Okay, well then one of you, I will come after.”
Bergmann acknowledged that the words amounted to a threat, but said he meant them as a joke and that cutting the setup stripped away the context. That is his interpretation of the moment; the aired scene could leave viewers with a more serious impression because the lead-in was absent.
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What viewers can—and cannot—confirm
- The episode’s edited sequence is what viewers saw; Bergmann’s interview supplies his account of arguments and context he says were cut.
- The reviewed reporting does not include unaired footage or an independently verified full transcript, so the precise wording and order of the omitted remarks are not established.
- Entertainment Weekly’s summary corroborates the humor-as-deflection point, but the available direct account is Bergmann’s interview with Parade.
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