Mercedes 'MJ' Javid Denies Holding a 'Grudge' AfterTraitorsShock — but She's Still Blocking the Winners (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

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Warning: This post contains spoilers from the season 2 finale of Peacock’sThe Traitors.

Mercedes “MJ” Javidis staying Faithful to her bad feelings about the season 2 finale ofThe Traitors.

As ofThe Traitorsreunion (which aired Thursday and taped nearly a week before that), Javid had blocked both Tamburello, 43, and Cannatella, 44, on social media. And despite their instance to Javid that it was “just a game” and nothing personal, her stance hasn’t changed.

“I did not unblock them,” Javid, 51, tells PEOPLE at the event, whichRob Lowehosted at Spago in Beverly Hills, California. “They’re still blocked.”

That doesn’t mean she plans to harbors resentment forever. “I’ll definitely speak to them eventually,” she promises. “I’m not going to hold a grudge.”

“It’ll be calculated unblock,” she adds. “It’s not going to be a random one. I am going to parlay it into something. It’s not going to be CT, but Trishelle. I’m way softer on women — and specifically her. We’ll be fine.”

‘The Traitors’ winners Chris “CT” Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella.Chris Haston/PEACOCK

Chris Haston/PEACOCK

That might be surprising, seeing as Tamburello and Cannatella were unapologetic in how they ended Javid’s game, even after seeing how upset she was at the reunion.

Though Tamburello says he “felt bad for MJ in the moment,“The Real World: Parisstar noted to PEOPLE in a joint interview with Canatella on Friday that “the money wasn’t hers” ultimately.

“She made it to the finals,” he said. “She was really, really close. She could see the money at the end of the table, but she didn’t win the show.”

In fact, Cannatella admitted the plan all along was to make sure Javid never won the show. “It was talked about that CT and I wanted to win together,” explainedThe Real World: Las Vegasstar, adding she never even questioned if Javid was a Traitor. “But MJ, I knew 100 percent, was Faithful.”

Mercedes ‘MJ’ Javid on the season 2 finale of ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock

Euan Cherry/Peacock

Tamburello went on to tell PEOPLE that he doesn’t understand why Javid is mad now.

“I could be sympathetic to people who haven’t played competition reality shows and they get upset,” he shared. “But it was almost when you’re voting for your home team in sports and they lose, right? She should be proud of the way she played the game. I just don’t believe an attack of someone’s personal character in their personal life because you didn’t get your way.”

“I did not want to end the game banishing a Faithful,” she says. “I was aware that I could have done that, and I chose to leave with no pot, but my integrity. That is the game that gamers play. We’re not there for money over character.”

Trishelle Cannatella, Kate Chastain, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Mercedes ‘MJ’ Javid, and Chris ‘CT’ Tamburello on the finale of ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/Peacock

She was also happy with her performance in the reunion, saying she “left no stone unturned.”

If only her husband Tommy Feight were as supportive of her performance. “He was like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Javid jokes. “He was so supportive when I first got home. Then when he watched the show, he was like, ‘Oh, you played such a bad game. I would do so much better than you.’ And I was like, ‘OK, Monday morning quarterback. Let’s see you do it!'”

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The Traitorsseason 2 is streaming in full on Peacock.

source: people.com