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Rob Rausch didn’t want to do this interview. The Traitors winner and reluctant heartthrob has been on a mad publicity tour since his victory aired on Peacock on February 27: He gave Maura Higgins a Birkin on Watch What Happens Live, joked around with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, and lent his overalls to Lisa Rinna during an appearance in New York. Through it all, he has appeared largely bemused, tired, and unconvinced that any of it was a good use of his time. I caught up with him on an afternoon when he was scheduled to promote Kind bars, and he spent the entire interview lying down on a hotel couch. On someone else, this nonchalance could seem ungrateful. On Rausch, it plays like charming skepticism of his own fame.
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