After her exit, the Big Brother favourite revealed that she had worked out who the Traitors were early, and was deliberately keeping one of them close. Tully calls it a “Traitor Angel” strategy, a move built on protecting a Traitor long enough to strike at the endgame.
Tully Says She Was Playing The Long Game
Speaking to PEDESTRIAN.TV, Tully pushed back on the idea that she had simply missed the clues around her. She said she was aware of the people pulling the strings and had her own reason for sticking close to them.
Her plan was not to banish Kirby at the first chance. Tully said she wanted to survive long enough to share her thinking with Josh Packham, then use the final stretch to turn on Kirby when it mattered most.
That is where the strategy gets deliciously complicated. A Faithful trying to keep a Traitor alive is a risky bet at the best of times, especially when the Traitor in question is Kirby. Tully said she knew she was trying to outmanoeuvre one of the show’s strongest players, and she was not surprised that Kirby got to her first.
The Kirby Connection Looked Different From The Inside
Viewers saw Tully spending plenty of time with Kirby, which made their relationship one of the season’s more closely watched alliances. Tully says that proximity was part of the point. If you believe a Traitor can carry you through the dangerous middle of the game, being in their orbit can look like loyalty while you quietly map your own finish line.
It also gives her exit a different flavour. Tully was murdered before she could take the plan to the next stage, while Josh was banished soon after. The sequence cleared the way for the final group of Kirby, Keira Maguire, Krissy Marsh and Rhys Nicholson.
Would the move have worked? That remains one of those perfect Traitors questions that can never be properly tested. Tully has described it as the game she wanted to play, not a result she got to prove. Kirby, meanwhile, had to keep managing threats from every direction as the castle closed in.
Not Just The Emotional Faithful
Tully was often framed as one of the more open-hearted players at the Round Table. She has acknowledged the tears, the vulnerability and the trust she placed in the group, but says that did not mean she arrived without a strategy.
Her post-exit explanation is a reminder that The Traitors edit can only show so much of a day filled with alliances, side conversations and private calculations. Players can be seen as close friends one minute and potential endgame obstacles the next.
There is also something very Tully about attempting a plan that relies on nerves, timing and a decent poker face. She did not want to rush at the obvious target. She wanted to wait, preserve a number and make the biggest move when the prize was within reach.
Instead, Kirby read the danger first. Tully said she was not bitter about being outplayed, describing the Survivor star as the Black Mamba and accepting that a double-cross against a player of that calibre was always going to be a perilous assignment.
It leaves fans with a compelling alternative ending to debate. Tully and Josh at the final fire, a late switch on Kirby, and a Faithful who had been quietly protecting the very person she hoped to banish. The plan never reached its final chapter, but it has made Tully’s Traitors run a lot more interesting to revisit.
