Parvati Shallow Thinks “Traitors” Season 3 Cast ‘Might' Target Boston Rob Because He 'Can't be a Backseat Driver' (Exclusive)

Boston Rob Mariano spearheaded the banishment of fellow Traitor Bob the Drag Queen, so now, Shallow tells PEOPLE, "It's going to come back to bite him"

Charles Sykes/Bravo 'Survivor' alums Parvati Shallow and Rob Mariano on 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen' in New York City on Jan. 21, 2024

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'Survivor' alums Parvati Shallow and Rob Mariano on 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen' in New York City on Jan. 21, 2024

Boston Rob Mariano pulled a risky move on last week’s episode of The Traitors, successfully going after fellow Traitor Bob the Drag Queen with the help of Dylan Efron.

While the group reveled in banishing their first Traitor, Mariano’s fellow Survivor alum Parvati Shallow — who competed on season 2 of the Peacock competition show as a Traitor and is currently participating in Deal or No Deal Island — thinks Mariano, 49, may soon find himself under fire at the roundtable.

“I do think they might try to target Rob because Rob can't be a backseat driver,” Shallow, 42, tells PEOPLE. “He can't even be a passenger. He has got to drive the car, and it's got to be a big car that goes too fast and goes where he wants it to go.”

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Shallow observes that Bob the Drag Queen seemed like “another very big driver,” hence why she suspects Mariano went after him.

“You can't have two drivers in the turret. It's too small of a space,” Shallow says. “And it's annoying when those two drivers are men and then they're overlooking the women. And I like that Danielle [Reyes] got on board with getting rid of Bob because she saw where the numbers were going.”

Euan Cherry/Peacock Bob the Drag Queen on 'The Traitors' season 3

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Bob the Drag Queen on 'The Traitors' season 3

Although Mariano initially said on the Jan. 16 episode that he didn’t wanted to be the one to take the first swipe at Bob the Drag Queen, 38, the six-time Survivor participant ended up being the one to bring up the RuPaul’s Drag Race star’s name at the roundtable.

“It's so fun to watch him because he's not afraid to go head-to-head with somebody, which makes it so compelling to watch Rob's gameplay,” Shallow says. “But as far as Traitors goes, the only reason that someone would be that confident and that sure that someone's a Traitor is if they know something. I think it's going to come back to bite him that he was so confident.”

Euan Cherry/Peacock (2) 'The Traitors' season 3 Traitors Carolyn Wiger (left) and Danielle Reyes

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'The Traitors' season 3 Traitors Carolyn Wiger (left) and Danielle Reyes

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Traitors Reyes and Carolyn Wiger ultimately voted to banish Bob the Drag Queen to avoid outing themselves as Traitors. Shallow believes Big Brother alum Reyes, 53, has been “playing really smart,” although the mom of 6-year-old Ama thinks “she's overdoing it with her tears.”

As for Wiger, 38, “I think she can win,” Shallow says. “I'm pulling for her. I feel like if anyone can win as a Traitor in this season, it's her. Danielle's already on people's minds, but Carolyn isn't. I don't think anyone's talking about her.”

Euan Cherry/PEACOCK via Getty Parvati Shallow on 'The Traitors' season 3

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Parvati Shallow on 'The Traitors' season 3

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Although Wiger hasn’t been on board with many of the Traitors’ decisions, such as killing Chanel Ayan and Mariano going after Bob the Drag Queen.

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“She's being overlooked,” Shallow says. “I think she's used to it, which is so sad. But also I think in a game like Traitors, being overlooked is helpful, especially if you're a Traitor because she could make it all the way to the end and then win the whole thing.”

Shallow has one more theory for season 3. “I think the alpha males will go at it,” the reality star, whose memoir Nice Girls Don't Win comes out in July, says. “Because you've got Wes [Bergmann] from The Challenge, you've got the other guy from Big Brother [Derrick Levasseur]. Those three alpha males are going to go at it.”

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New episodes of The Traitors stream Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock. Deal or No Deal Island airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

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