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The Traitors<\/a><\/strong> Season 4 is officially here! In recent years, The Traitors has quickly established itself as one of the best reality competition shows on television. The first three episodes of Season 4 were filled with shocking twists and turns, which made it an enjoyable watch. However, certain aspects of Season 4 have felt a bit off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donna Kelce<\/a><\/strong> was one of the most anticipated players this season. As the mother of Jason Kelce<\/a> and Travis Kelce<\/a>, and future mother-in-law of Taylor Swift<\/a>, Donna has become quite popular. When she was announced for Season 4<\/a>, viewers were elated. However, her time on the show took a different turn than most fans were expecting, resulting in her early departure. Donna got the short end of the stick on Season 4, which was somewhat frustrating to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donna Kelce was put at a disadvantage by being assigned the role of The Secret Traitor on The Traitors Season 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Season 4 features a new twist that involves one player being chosen as The Secret Traitor. Unlike the other Traitors, The Secret Traitor<\/a> has to work alone and can’t share their identity with anyone. They also can’t know the identity of the other Traitors. The creation of The Secret Traitor gives less power to the other Traitors, as the Secret Traitor gives them a shortlist of names that they can choose from to murder. At the beginning of Episode 1, Donna was chosen as The Secret Traitor. However, this wasn’t revealed to viewers until her banishment in Episode 3<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donna’s position as The Secret Traitor worked against her in several ways. Since the other Traitors couldn’t know of her identity, they weren’t able to help defend her. If Donna could’ve worked with the rest of the Traitors, she could’ve become allies with them and worked to banish others. Instead, Donna was isolated, which ultimately affected her game. Donna couldn’t work with anyone honestly, which contributed toward her early banishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donna seemed to have a target on her back for several reasons out of her control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Donna’s role as The Secret Traitor wasn’t the only thing working against her in Season 4. The Traitors is typically a show that features reality television stars, with the exception of a few contestants. It’s not uncommon to see relatives of famous people compete, as Zac Efron\u2019s<\/a> brother Dylan Efron<\/a> emerged victorious on Season 3<\/a>. However, Donna came into the game with a much bigger reputation than Dylan. Zac Efron has been out of the spotlight for a while, but the Kelce family is currently as popular as ever. It would be easy for the rest of the cast to assume Donna would be made a Traitor, making her game too predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to her popularity, Donna’s low-key personality raised suspicion from several players as well. Donna made a few connections, but struggled a bit with the social aspect of the game. She tried to lay low, which ended up being a mistake as the other players found it odd that she wasn’t trying to talk game. While part of it was strategy, part of it was simply Donna’s personality. She’s popular, but she’s not the type to be the loudest or most outgoing in the room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donna wasn’t able to perform in all of the missions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Eagle-eyed viewers also noticed that Donna<\/a> didn’t actively participate in all of the missions before being banished. The second mission of the season was a grueling physical task. Players had to pull carriages all the way back to the castle, while stopping to collect money for the prize pot along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donna was nowhere to be seen during the challenge, suggesting that she didn’t participate. While it’s understandable that Donna didn’t do the challenge because of her age, it still put her at a disadvantage in the game. If production wanted to include Donna, they should’ve made challenges that would be fair to all of the contestants, regardless of age. While fans had high hopes for Donna this season, her journey unfortunately ended sooner than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Traitors<\/a> is available to stream on Peacock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF DONNA ON THE TRAITORS SEASON 4? DO YOU THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SECRET TRAITOR? <\/strong>
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