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'The Traitors' Star's Wife Sets The Record Straight After Fans Are Shocked That He Isn't Gay
The fabulously accused? Vinnedge is an Oklahoma City physician and small-business owner whose New Blood entrance included dancing, twirling, theatricality, and a promise to be “unapologetically” himself.
Straight from the confessional, Vinnedge introduced viewers to his game plan:
“I made a conscious decision to lean into who I am. I'm unapologetically me. I'm someone who is zany and fun, and I'm going to slay Traitors.”
Zany? Fun? Slay? Is he gay or maybe an overly colorful wordsmith?
Before hunting Traitors in Scotland, Vinnedge was doing something considerably more heroic. After high school, he joined the Oklahoma Air National Guard and became a U.S. Air Force flight medic, deploying around the world to care for patients aboard aircraft.
With that background behind him, Vinnedge entered the castle confident:
“I have what it takes to win this thing because I'm a good person. And I think that people are drawn to me naturally.”
By Episode 4, viewers themselves seemed pretty confident they had Vinnedge figured out. Then came the Death Parade—and one hell of a plot twist.
As contestants raced through gates with a deadly procession of chasers closing in, Vinnedge was bargaining for his survival and stirring up chaos along the way. Amid the madness, talk turned to his own experience with parades.
Pride parades, you ask?
Well, about that… Vinnedge finally filled in the blanks:
“I was in high school band where I met my wife—where I was playing my trumpet, and she was playing her bass clarinet. This is a very different parade than that.”
Somewhere, a Traitors group chat simply read: EXCUSE ME?
In our defense, subtlety hasn’t exactly been Vinnedge’s strategy this season. Does that have anything to do with him being gay? Absolutely nothing. His gameplay, however? Fair game.
First—and spoiler alert—he unveiled his alleged body-language expertise at the Round Table, confidently casting suspicion around the room before Faithful Arisa Thomas ultimately got the boot. By Episode 4, he was yelling at Kriste Lewis during the Death Parade and costing the group precious time.
The castle has turrets quieter than this man. But as for the alleged wife? She’s very real—and she brought TikTok receipts.
Meet Danielle Vinnedge, who decided the internet needed some clarification:
“The internet is really concerned for me that I have a gay husband, so I'm here to explain myself.”
Remember that marching band? That’s where Vinnedge and Danielle met in 2007. They stayed together through college, military service, and medical training before Vinnedge proposed during an Air Force assignment in Washington, D.C. The pair married in Jamaica in 2012.
Fourteen years later, Danielle reflected on growing up together:
“We met as kids and grew together. I wouldn’t have changed it. I love how you are passionate about everything you do. Even when it drives me crazy. We seem to make friends with strangers all the time, and it’s hilarious. We challenge each other, but we also can be silly.”
The jury’s still out on whether Vinnedge can win The Traitors. The wife lottery? Already won.
Check out her response below:
Naturally, one TikTok wasn’t going to end the discourse. The internet still had plenty to say over its survival breakfast.
See the social media reactions below:
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For his part, Vinnedge welcomed the speculation, saying he hopes it sparks conversations about the difference between sexuality, gender roles, and masculine or feminine expression.
Watch Vinnedge address the discourse below:
As for his gameplay? Vinnedge suggested that’s a conversation for another time. Unfortunately for him, we have time. Especially after learning who he considers Traitors royalty.
Vinnedge named Season 1 winner Cirie Fields as his favorite:
“She’s naturally funny. She’s naturally smart. She knows the soft skills of interpersonal communication and influence. She’s insane.”
Which makes Vinnedge’s current strategy all the more entertaining. Four episodes into New Blood, he’s yelling during challenges, irritating fellow players, and watching the Faithfuls repeatedly send their own people home while every Traitor remains safely inside the castle.
Perhaps it’s time to summon his inner Cirie.
If Vinnedge’s story has taught us anything, it’s that whether you’re identifying a Traitor or trying to identify a gay man, even the most confident Round Table read can be spectacularly wrong.
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Video Proves Jack Smith Was At Iowa Hawkeyes Game And Not In Atlanta After MAGA Senator's Epic 'Gotcha' Blunder
The line of questioning appeared aimed at establishing whether Smith had been in Atlanta at a time when Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney, was under scrutiny over her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she had appointed to oversee the county’s election-interference case against President Donald Trump.
Schmitt pressed Smith several times over whether "he was not in Atlanta" to see an Atlanta Hawks game on the day in question. Smith was noticeably confused and responded "I really don't think so" when asked if he had ever traveled to Atlanta during his time as special counsel.
Smith appeared noticeably confused when Schmitt insisted he had text message exchanges showing he was at a Hawks game. An aide momentarily held up a board displaying the alleged messages, and Schmitt refused to provide a copy of the display so Smith could see them for himself. Schmitt said he believed Smith had "already perjured" himself.
However, Smith said he recalled attending an Iowa Hawkeyes game in 2024. Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar not only confirmed that Smith had attended a Hawkeyes—not an Atlanta Hawks—game, and laid into Schmitt, telling him to "have your facts straight before you accuse somebody of being a dirtbag."
Now footage from the Hawkeyes game is circulating, and MeidasTouch highlighted a bearded spectator who appears to resemble Smith, while Missouri reporter Sean Malone independently identified what appeared to be the same man in the crowd while reviewing the game broadcast.
You can see the footage below.
Malone himself shared screenshots and said:
"I went through the broadcast of the Iowa/Maryland game on 2/3/24. A replay of Clark’s first 3 shows Jack Smith sitting in Section 109, Row 1. Yet, [Schmitt] is taking a victory lap on right wing media. I blocked the faces of who appear to be his family."
You can see the screenshots below.
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Smith’s spokesperson later confirmed to HuffPost on Wednesday that the person shown in the images was indeed Smith. Taken together, the broadcast footage and confirmation from Smith’s representatives indicate that Smith was at the Hawkeyes game that night, contradicting Schmitt’s accusation that he had lied under oath and committed perjury during the congressional hearing.
Schmitt is facing harsher criticism as a result.
Could the GOP be any more embarrassing?
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