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The drama continues outside the castle.
Following his elimination from “The Traitors” Season 4, comedian Ron Funches brought his beef with co-star Dorinda Medley to social media, accusing the “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, 61, of making “truly terrible” comments about him on the Peacock show.
On Friday, Funches, 42, responded to a fan’s post on Threads that stated Medley’s dramatic interactions with Funches “hit harder” following his autism diagnosis reveal.
“Kind of another example how unconscious biases run rampant on reality TV,” the fan added.
“Oh she has conscious bias,” Funches replied.
The comedian continued, “She said some truly terrible things to me but since they were deeply personal and outside of gameplay they were never shown. Just me blowing up at her ‘out of nowhere.'”
When another Threads user wrote, “Kinda need to know why Ron hated Dorinda so much,” Funches responded, “Oh i will tell.”
The Post has reached out to Medley’s rep for comment.
During his time on the show, Funches became a social outcast after spearheading Porsha Williams’ banishment whom he incorrectly believed was a Traitor.
He got into a heated verbal argument with Medley at one of the roundtables when the former “RHONY” star said she tried to get to know Funches and learn about his family.
“I don’t wanna know where you live. I don’t care about your family. My family is none of your f—ing business,” Funches told Medley.
Hours before his elimination episode aired Thursday, Funches revealed that he was diagnosed with autism.
“Well the internet told me I was autistic and was right,” he said on his Instagram Stories. “You win this round.”
“Thanks @thetraitorsus for helping me find out more about me through some type of cruel trauma,” he added.
In a Threads post, Funches, whose son Malcolm, 21, was diagnosed with autism at 2 years old, shared how his interactions on “Traitors” led to a later-in-life diagnosis.
“I honestly didn’t know I myself had Autism I thought I was just an ally and parent of an autistic child,” he wrote, “but the way I felt I wasn’t being comprehended or understood while I thought I was being direct and seeing some of my own mannerisms made start the process of going to get a diagnosis.”
Funches spoke more about his “Traitors” experience during a stand-up show over the weekend.
“I was all in — but what I didn’t realize was that they were gonna lock me in a castle with 20 of the craziest motherf—ers,” he said as the audience laughed.
“These are weird f—ing people,” Funches added. “Just ‘Real Housewives’ of every different land.”
New episodes of “The Traitors” drop Thursdays (9 PM ET) on Peacock.
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