After Luke was eliminated in the deathmatch against his brother, viewers started picking apart whether the twins had been able to help one another inside the manor. It was inevitable, really. Put identical twins in a game built on lies and someone online is going to start yelling about telepathy before breakfast.
But in a recent Chattr interview, Luke rejected the idea that he and Josh had an unfair plan. His response was blunt: they did not cheat.
Luke said there was no secret strategy before the show, beyond one very Traitors-appropriate agreement: if one of them had to take out the other, there would be no hard feelings.
The Twins Expected One Of Them To Go Early
That is the funny part of the whole thing. Luke and Josh apparently did not enter the manor expecting their twin connection to carry them deep into the game. They thought it would make them obvious targets.
Which, to be fair, is usually how these things go. If you walk into The Traitors with a built-in ally, the room immediately starts wondering whether you are one voting bloc, one secret code system, or one suspiciously moisturised two-headed threat.
Instead, the twins lasted long enough to become a genuine force. Luke helped drive the successful campaigns against Alvin Quah and Alex Nation, then overplayed his hand with Claudia Bonifazio. Josh, meanwhile, stayed close enough to benefit from Luke's momentum without always wearing the full blast of it.
Their run ended when the Traitors picked them for a deathmatch. Josh survived. Luke left. The twin storyline, somehow, became more dramatic than if one of them had been murdered quietly at breakfast.
Luke Says Josh Did Suspect Him Early
The most interesting detail is not that Luke denied the cheating theories. It is that Josh apparently did wonder whether Luke could be a Traitor in the early days.
Luke told Chattr that Josh became suspicious after noticing him go flushed during one of the early Round Tables. Anyone who has watched this season knows how dangerous that kind of body-language read can be, because half the cast has looked guilty while simply existing under gothic lighting.
Luke said he did not suspect Josh in return, because he recognised his brother's relaxed energy and believed Josh would have been visibly anxious if he had been chosen as a Traitor.
That kind of read is exactly why fans were always going to question the twin advantage. Knowing someone that well is powerful. But there is a difference between having a social read and breaking the game, and Luke is clearly pushing back on the idea that he and Josh crossed that line.
Josh Now Has To Play Alone
Luke also left Josh with advice before exiting, urging him to ease off and let other people talk instead of throwing his neck out.
That advice arrived at a very awkward time, given Josh immediately stepped into a bigger, louder role after Luke's departure. The manor is shrinking, the votes are sharper, and every confident wrong call now comes with a neon arrow pointed at your own forehead.
The twin cheating theories may be done, but Josh's solo game is only getting messier. If he wants to make it to the end, he may need to stop playing like Luke's sequel and start letting the room incriminate itself.
