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The Comeback’s Traitors Scene Was Inspired By Linda’s Ill-Fated Stint

The Comeback’s Traitors Scene Was Inspired By Linda’s Ill-Fated Stint

This article contains spoilers for the latest season of The Comeback. It turns out Lisa Kudrow found inspiration in some unlikely places while putting together the third and final season of her Emmy-nominated comedy The Comeback. While promoting the latest iteration of The Comeback, Lisa previously disclosed that one episode would see her character taking part in a fictitious series of The Traitors US, alongside RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Trixie Mattel. During the latest episode, this scene finally aired, with Valerie struggling every bit as much to hide the fact she was a Traitor as you might expect. However, during an interview on Traitors UK host Claudia Winkleman’s talk show before this episode aired, Lisa disclosed that watching Linda on the infamous third season of the British reality show had given her the idea for how Valerie’s stint in the castle would pan out. “Linda was the person who, when I said, ‘Traitors you’ll meet each other later’, looked at me and nodded,” Claudia reminded viewers, before asking Lisa: “There was a bit of Linda …

Atlantic Trivia, March 24, 2026: Ill-Fated Francophilia

Atlantic Trivia, March 24, 2026: Ill-Fated Francophilia

Today’s trivia is not asserting that loving France makes you lose the presidency, but it’s not not asserting that. See for yourself! Atlantic Trivia From a story by Isaac Stanley-Becker In the 1796 U.S. presidential election, a French diplomat campaigned so aggressively for what famously Francophile politician that scholars think it might have boosted his opponent, John Adams, to victory?  Show Hint The politician eventually won in 1800. Previous QuestionNext Question And by the way, did you know—classic fun fact incoming—that thanks to its overseas territories, France technically spans more time zones than any other country? The European part of France exists entirely within one time zone. But add French Guiana, then Tahiti, Réunion, Mayotte, and a bunch of other little islands (including itty-bitty, uninhabited Clipperton Island, south of Baja California; who knew?), and the French Republic suddenly has a dozen time zones. Then, if you count Adélie Land, the sliver of Antarctica that France claims, the number bumps up to 13. But timekeeping in Antarctica is quirky—a subject for another day! Until tomorrow. Find …