US EditionTraitors’ Rob Rausch Gifts Maura Higgins $16k Birkin Bag as Apology for Finale
Rob Rausch fulfilled his promise by gifting Maura Higgins a $16,000 burgundy Hermès Birkin on live TV, with 90% of viewers approving forgiveness, host Andy Cohen said.
- Gifting a Birkin on live TV, Rob Rausch presented Maura Higgins with an Hermès Birkin on 'Watch What Happens Live' on March 4, completing a reunion deal from February 26.
- After revealing his Traitor role in the finale, Rob Rausch deceived Maura Higgins and claimed the entire $220,800 prize pot as the sole surviving Traitor.
- A burgundy Hermès Togo Birkin 30 with gold hardware was sourced in New York City with help from Lisa Rinna and Jake Shane, and Rob Rausch presented it on-air after a 90 percent audience vote.
- Both stars clarified their relationship at the reunion, with Higgins indicating she would forgive Rausch once she received the handbag, and Rausch planning to use his winnings for his family's future.
- With Birkin prices ranging from $13,000 to over $300,000, Rausch's gift to Maura Higgins was culturally significant, as she said it was 'better than winning the show.
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'Traitors' Star Rob Rausch Gave Maura Higgins A 16K Birkin Bag
Peacock/NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesRob Rausch broke a “pinky promise” to Maura Higgins that they’d win The Traitors together, after he revealed his true identity as a Traitor on the Season 4 finale, to her utter shock. At the reunion, Higgins said she’d forgive her fellow Love Island alum if he bought her a Hermès Birkin. During their joint interview on the March 4 episode of Watch What Happens Live, Rausch kept this promise. After host Andy Cohen…
Maura Higgins Finally Got Her Birkin From Rob Rausch
TheStewartofNY/GC Images/Getty ImagesMaura Higgins might not have won The Traitors, but she got a pretty good consolation prize. In the finale, Rob Rausch took home the prize of over $220,000. After the shock of her loss wore off, Higgins only had one request: a Birkin. And this time around, Rausch did not disappoint.At Watch What Happens Live on March 4, the snake wrangler gave Higgins the Hermès purse, as promised. The bag — a burgundy Hermès …
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