Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir tease Rob Rausch with their matching Birkin bags

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Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir taunted “Traitors” co-stars Maura Higgins and Rob Rausch with their matching rare Birkin bags. taralipinski/Instagram

They didn’t need a “Traitors” win to cash in.

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski solidified their decades-long friendship even further with matching Hermès Birkin bags.

Showing off the purses on a recent episode of “Chicks in the Office,” the ice-skating duo revealed how Weir convinced Lapinski to invest in the designer purse years before their Peacock co-stars exchanged Birkins.

Weir recalled heading to the Ginza Hermès store during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to pick up a purse and bringing his bestie with him.

“I was like, ‘This is too much of a purchase.’ It was overwhelming,” replied Lipinski. However, she was swayed by the VIP experience and ultimately decided to match.

Weir is an avid collector, while this purchase was Lipinski’s first, calling them “besties for the resties” matching Birkins. taralipinski/Instagram

But longtime collector Weird wasn’t just picking out any Birkin; He was shopping for a limited-edition cream hue. “My guy was able to source [another] one. There were like six of this color in the whole country,” Weir shared.

Weir has been a longtime Birkin lover and collector, sharing “it’s like, the one thing I understand as far as an investment is concerned. If I ever need them, they’re sitting there.”

Another duo who know the value of a Birkin? Season 4 “Traitors” co-stars Maura Higgins and Rob Rausch.

While the “Love Island” stars were tight all season long — and beat out Lapinski and Weir in the final rounds of the game — Rausch ultimately won the game as a Traitor, leaving Higgins speechless and betrayed.

The figure skaters purchased their purses during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, long before their stint on the Peacock reality show. taralipinski/Instagram
Rausch bought Higgins a burgundy style as a peace offering after beating her at the game. The Hapa Blonde / BACKGRID

He later made it up to her with a Birkin as a peace offering, aided by fellow Traitor Lisa Rinna, who helped him score the burgundy-hued handbag.

Though the skating duo didn’t enlist anyone to help them secure the bags, they did show off their matching moment on Instagram on Wednesday.

In one post, Lipinski jokingly wrote, “@robert_rausch Good thing we didn’t ask you to get us some Birkins because they would have had to be ‘besties for the resties’ matching ones.”

“The skate twins 😍😍” Rausch commented below.

Coordinating their white Birkins with head-to-toe white looks, Lipinski later posted a video dancing, writing, “It started with matching outfits…now we’re just becoming the same person. It’s better this way.”

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