Laois player Mark White became the latest player to fall fowl of the wrath of The Traitors on the popular RTE show last night.
He was ‘murdered’ by Traitors Paudie and Nick at the start of the most recent episode.
On Sunday evening, the Durrow native was left in jeopardy after the Traitors placed him and three other players on ‘death row’.
Of those, the other players opted to save Christine which left The Traitors with the choice to kill one of Mark, Patrick or Joanne.
Mark is a deployment Team Lead at Ortus computing in Portlaoise and was described by his fellow players as ‘astute’ and ‘perceptive’.
Before he was murdered, the Traitors picked out the fact that he could lip read due to his hearing disability as being a dangerous trait for them.
Following the episode, Mark appeared on The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked where he spoke about his experience on the show with host Kevin McGahern.
He said: “I did feel I could read people and I felt in there that I could read them very well – something which I proved.
“I told people I could lip read and looking back now, that put a target on my back.
“The trouble was that because I got Paudie and then Eamon straight away, when Eamon left, I thought that it couldn’t be Paudie – I thought there is no way I could have two people straight away.
“You are on your own for so long that you start to think about everything.
“When we were on death row we were left in a trailer for ages.”
One regret that Mark has is that he never got the chance to play the role of the Traitor.
He said: “I wanted the chance to be able to play both sides.
“I left the castle not knowing anyone’s surnames. I left not knowing if they were married or had kids because I needed to be able to turn.
“Because if someone said to me ‘oh I need the money for my kids’ or whatever, I would have felt bad. So I didn’t ask them anything personal so I could switch to be a traitor.”
Taking to social media afterwards, Mark thanked everyone for all of the support he has received over the last few weeks.
He said: “It has been an unbelievable experience and I’really glad that I did it.
“I have had so many messages from people that I know and don’t know and people with cochlear implants.
“People have just been so positive about my contribution to the show and I wanted to say thanks to everybody who reached out to me.
“I am looking forward now to seeing how the rest of the show unfolds.”
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