In early April, Raquel Garrido created the surprise by integrating the cast of season 4 of traitors broadcast on M6. Upon her arrival in the adventure, the politician and lawyer turned out to be an outstanding player, who was not afraid to assert herself in front of the other candidates. Loyal to the end, the former deputy of rebellious France revealed that the traitors had offered to join their camp in front of all the other candidates, in the middle of the round table, and declined their proposal. Unfortunately for her, the traitors perceived her refusal as an affront and banned her in the middle of the night, in the episode of this Thursday, May 1. For Télé-LoisirsRaquel Garrido returned to his elimination and entrusted his greatest regret concerning the traitor Sophie Tapie.
“I was too obvious target” : Raquel Garrido reacts to his elimination in season 4 of Traitors
Télé-Loisirs : How did you react when the traitors offered to join them?
Raquel Garrido: I was surprised because I thought they understood that for me it was absolutely crippling. But I also took him as recognition of the fact that he considered that I could be a plus on their team. I was surprised, I was flattered, but it was not possible for me to join them.
Did you suspect the identity of the traitors?
I have only been wrong from the start. Sophie Tapie, from the start, seemed to me to be a completely possible traitorbut as soon as she eliminated Logan there was something that basically protected her. I couldn’t convince myself that a traitor could eliminate another traitor, but I was wrong.
Why did you refuse to join the traitors’ camp?
Because I find that you should not always be on the side of betrayal. It is not always the bad guys who win, it is necessary that from time to time it is the gentiles who win. We are still more numerous and logically if we are intelligent, if we are united and if we are skillful, we must be able to assert the number of loyals on the number of traitors. I had this commitment to the Loyaux team and I got there from start to finish.
Why did you reveal the proposal of the traitors to other candidates?
The least of things was that I revealed to them. I still put a whole day to reveal to them and it was extremely difficult for me. During this day I wanted to be able to observe the traitors, to see how they were going to behave by not knowing if I was not going to accept. The fact of being held in silence towards my comrades was a kind of torture for me And in the end it was obvious that I had to tell them too to give them balm to the heart because they were really happy. At that time of the game, there was a kind of frenzy, we understood that we could be strong when we were together.
What did you feel at the time of your elimination?
I was obviously sad to leave the game, but I was both really grateful to have been able to stay so long. Honestly, I did not expect to stay more than 24 hours at the start, because given my profile as a political activist and lawyer, I was too obvious target either for the traitors or for the loyalty. It is a game in which we have very little material to work so we cling to little things and one of the things we get attached to a lot of them are our prejudices. We will say that actors like Francis Huster and Terrence Telnce, it is their job to make us believe anything, so we are wary. The champions, we tell ourselves that they have an advance on us in controlling their emotions. And then, some also play their character. For example, Adil plays the prejudice that people he would be a bit simple, when in fact he is very intelligent. Regarding me, it is so obvious that people do not trust men and politicians that I really thought not to stay more than 24 hours. Day after day, I myself was surprised to be still at the castle and when finally the traitors eliminated me it was understandable. It was clear for everyone that I was loyal and for them the time had come, I can understand it.
“I should have been more suspicious” : Raquel Garrido (Traitors Season 4) tells how Sophie Tapie managed to be fooled
How did you react by discovering the identity of the traitors, Adil Rami, Sophie Tapie and Liane Fany?
In the end, I thought it was obvious. It was so obvious. I myself got into blindness. Sophie Tapie and Adil Rami are extremely charismatic personalities and Liane Fany also obviously. I self-intake, I did not dare to accuse with a lot of plumb, with a lot of conviction, anyone.
With hindsight, is you regretting your refusal for not having joined the traitors?
I do not regret. Of course, I would have preferred to win for my association, the Secours Populaire de Bobigny, it is a regret for me. But I do not regret having established a rule of conduct with the loyals and to have held there. It had never happened in the story of the game, it’s really something that surprised everyone, who surprised viewers, and I think it was too. I am proud to have kept this position in all loyalty.
If you had agreed to be treated, could you have collaborated with Sophie Tapie, who is quite authoritarian?
I think we would have been unbeatable both together, we would have been a shock duo. But we have strong personalities both and at the end it is sure that the loyals would have suspected us so maybe it was better.
Overall, how was filming with Sophie Tapie?
Very pleasant. She was with the family. She easily speaks of her story, the history of her family, her passions. And then, both we like music very much, we like to sing a lot and as there was a piano on the spot, in dead times we made a little ox and we sang. We really sympathized, we keep links and I think I will keep these links as long as possible.
Do you have any regrets about your way of playing?
I should have followed more about my intuition about Sophie. She really skillfully seduced me, she remained very glued to me and she blinded me. I should have been more suspicious, especially with the game of writing. I shouldn’t have said it, I was candid because I was talking about when the idea came to me. I remembered the writing, I started to describe it with round letters etc. But I should have been silent, I should have kept it secret. This is really my main regret. It is a gaming error that turned out to be fatal.
