When best friends Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir first arrived on the set of hit Peacock reality show The Traitors, they were banking on the rest of the cast not realizing they were best friends—at least, not at first.
“Tara and I were afraid to be too close to each other too often, or to even to make eye contact too often, in case it made us suspect,” Weir told Sports Illustrated in an interview conducted both over the phone and via email. “It was so strange being in the same room but not holding hands. Anyone who has watched us for a long time knows we always sit close enough to whisper, so it was very strange to be apart. We are lucky none of the players knew how close we were.”
