After The Traitors Betrayal, Maura Higgins Chooses Herself

Sometimes the best comeback isn’t about finding someone new—it’s about deciding you don’t need to look.

Maura Higgins, 35, is embracing a season of intentional solitude. In an exclusive chat with Us Weekly, the reality TV veteran revealed she’s been celibate for the past year and a half, and honestly? She sounds like she’s never felt better.“I feel great. I’m like a new woman, not dating, not even speaking to anyone,”Higgins shared while promoting her partnership with Wingstop.

The timing makes sense. After The Traitors season 4 saw Rob Rausch pull off a memorable blindside—he ultimately won the season—Higgins had to reckon with a hard truth.“Don’t trust men,”she joked, then dug deeper:“It’s a hard one, because I do tend to trust people until they do me wrong.”But here’s where the story gets interesting. When Rausch later gifted Higgins a burgundy-colored Birkin bag as a gesture of friendship, she let it go.“The Birkin was just the cherry on top, really,”she told Us, noting that she’d already moved past the sting. That’s not bitterness talking—that’s someone who’s learned to separate game from reality and come out ahead.

Now Higgins is heading into Dancing With the Stars season 35, which means her calendar is about to get packed. She’ll be“on a flight every three days,”leaving zero room for romance even if she wanted it.“I actually don’t have time for it, even if I wanted it—which I don’t, by the way,”she quipped. Instead, she’s channeling that loyalty and self-awareness into her Wingstop partnership, launching Club Wingstop’s new rewards program. She even curated a limited-edition“Club in a Box”featuring one of her signature berets, available starting Monday, June 1 for 94 cents.“Obviously, I know a lot about loyalty from doing reality TV for many years,”Higgins said, tying her personal evolution directly to her professional moves.

What’s refreshing about Higgins’stance is that it doesn’t read like settling or nursing wounds. It reads like someone who’s taken stock, set boundaries, and decided that her peace matters more than her relationship status. The celibacy, the focused work, the deliberate distance from dating—these aren’t punishments she’s inflicting on herself. They’re investments. In a culture that constantly pushes women toward coupledom as a marker of success, Higgins stepping back and declaring herself content flying solo is quietly radical.