{"id":286152,"date":"2026-01-15T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/286152\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:50:08","slug":"maura-higgins-praised-for-interaction-with-friends-actor-on-traitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/286152\/","title":{"rendered":"Maura Higgins praised for interaction with Friends actor on Traitors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish Love Island<\/strong> star Maura Higgins<\/strong> has been praised for an interaction with former Friends<\/strong> actor Michael Rapaport<\/strong> on the US edition of The Traitors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Higgins, 35, is a contestant on the American version of the hit TV series.<\/p>\n

When Rapaport said “we got rid of them” referring to murdered contestants, Higgins replied: “Why did you say, ‘we got rid of’? Does that mean you\u2019re a Traitor?”<\/p>\n

The actor replied: “Let me tell you something, Maura. I\u2019m as faithful as a faithful.”<\/p>\n

When she asked him about using the word ‘we’ again, Rapaport replied “I’ve said a lot of things”, before Higgins cut him off and said: “Maybe just stop talking.”<\/p>\n

Rapaport, 55,\u00a0is most recognised for his role as Phoebe’s boyfriend Gary on\u00a0Friends. He also appeared on the likes of My Name is Earl, Justified and Atypical.<\/p>\n

The actor was a controversial choice for the show due to his political views. A staunch advocate of Israel, he supported the Israeli army’s massacre in Rafah, while he has also made derogatory remarks about Palestinians.<\/p>\n

He is a harsh critic of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani and launched an expletive-laden tirade after his electoral victory. In\u00a0 1997, Rapaport was arrested for harassing ex-girlfriend Lili Taylor and charged with two counts of aggravated harassment.<\/p>\n

Fans of the show were full of praise for Higgins on social media for “standing up” up to the actor who they labelled a “bully”.<\/p>\n

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Maura Higgins attends the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 11th, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Monica Schipper\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Other contestants on the US edition of The Traitors include Shirley Ballas’ son Mark, Travis Kelce’s mother Donna and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the show, Higgins recently said<\/a>: \u201cWell, I\u2019m starting off wearing a cape so I hope that I\u2019m a traitor, and I hope to kill everyone one by one.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone comes for me at the roundtable. God love them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSounds a bit traitor-y to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI speak my mind, not really a shadow kind of girl. That sounded really devious, didn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

She was also pictured on the Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish Love Island star Maura Higgins has been praised for an interaction with former Friends actor Michael Rapaport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-286152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115900384908650324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}