Ron Funches on Surviving The Traitors & Healing Through Comedy
Sorry We're Cyrus
Brandi and Tish Cyrus
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Traitors fan-favorite Ron Funches breaks down all the Season 4 drama with the Cyrus girls. From Traitor-on-Traitor drama to the Roundtable completely turning on him, Ron opens up about what it actually felt like being accused, navigating alliances, and surviving betrayal in a game built on deception.
If you’ve been watching Peacock’s hit show Traitors, you know the Faithfuls have been pointing fingers in the wrong direction and this season’s Traitors (mostly Rob R, AKA “sexy Bert Kreischer”) have been playing a VERY different game. Ron talks about his Faithful strategy, why he hit it off with Mama Kelce, and how being labeled a Traitor hits harder than you think.
In this episode:
- 00:00 Travis Kelce’s Mom & the ‘Sexy Bert Kreischer’
- 00:56 Ron Funches, Welcome to Sorry We're Cyrus!
- 02:26 Ron’s Origin Story: Sitcoms, Young Fatherhood, and Comedy
- 17:25 Surviving The Traitors Experience
- 19:35 Faithful or Traitor?
- 23:21 The ‘Secret Traitor’ Twist
- 25:22 The Traitors Strategy & Gameplay
- 26:44 Rob R's Gameplay & Why Everyone's Obsessed
- 30:10 Roundtable Drama: False Traitor Accusations
- 32:22 Who to Root For: Traitors vs. Faithful?
- 33:11 Post-Traitors Trust Issues
- 35:02 Mental Health in Comedy
- 37:55 Truth or Toke
- 46:17 Dear MT: Quick Anxiety Resets
If you’re hooked on Traitors, this one’s for you. And if you’re not… you will be.
Love you, Stoners. Bye!
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | I knew Donna's son, Travis, from doing Are You Smarter than a Celebrity Together? |
| 0:09.5 | He was the host and just knew how he was like a hard worker and like really kind to everybody on set in a way that let me know that he was raised properly, you know? |
| 0:20.1 | Oh, that's very cool. And so when I saw that his mom was on the show, I was like, oh, I got to be nice and sweet and kind |
| 0:26.3 | of her. |
| 0:26.7 | And she was exactly how I thought she would be. |
| 0:28.9 | And then Rob was the opposite where I was like, oh, who's this Alabama guy who doesn't |
| 0:33.3 | want to wear a shirt? |
| 0:36.7 | This sexy bird crisher. |
| 0:38.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:42.5 | Hey, y'all. |
| 0:43.4 | I'm Brandy Cyrus. |
| 0:44.5 | Hi. |
| 0:45.8 | And that's my mom, Tish Cyrus. |
| 0:47.9 | Actually, Tish Cyrus for sale. |
| 0:50.6 | Whatever. |
| 0:51.5 | Sorry we're Cyrus. |
| 0:53.4 | Not sorry. No, we're not. |
| 0:55.1 | Hey, Stoners. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm super excited about today's guest because I'm a massive fan of Traders and he I'm sorry he was the star of the season |
| 1:12.4 | at least so far I mean it's not over you could call it now welcome Ron funches to sorry |
| 1:19.9 | we're Cyrus we just had a lesson on how to pronounce your last name it's okay so a lot of people |
| 1:24.4 | have to like bunches but funches in case anyone was wondering that That's easy. It is. Some people want to make it fancy. They try to do like Foonchet. Funchet is kind of good. I like that. Funches is easier for me. Funches, yeah. Especially with the accent. Yes. She's going to lead this. I have been hearing so much about traders and i have to be |
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