Emily Nussbaum

So straight out of Scotland, but eternally beloved in New York, welcome Alan Cumming. Thank you.

So straight out of Scotland, but eternally beloved in New York, welcome Alan Cumming. Thank you.

So straight out of Scotland, but eternally beloved in New York, welcome Alan Cumming. Thank you.

So for anybody who hasn't seen it, Traitors is a reality show that stars reality stars. Mostly, yeah.

So for anybody who hasn't seen it, Traitors is a reality show that stars reality stars. Mostly, yeah.

So for anybody who hasn't seen it, Traitors is a reality show that stars reality stars. Mostly, yeah.

So who is this guy who owns this castle? Like, did you think at all about him as a character? Does he have a backstory? Does he...

So who is this guy who owns this castle? Like, did you think at all about him as a character? Does he have a backstory? Does he...

So who is this guy who owns this castle? Like, did you think at all about him as a character? Does he have a backstory? Does he...

So what was your perspective on reality television before you made the show?

So what was your perspective on reality television before you made the show?

So what was your perspective on reality television before you made the show?

Did you disapprove of it?

Did you disapprove of it?

Did you disapprove of it?

You actually appeared on a very different kind of reality show that you talk about in your memoir called Who Do You Think You Are? That was the name of it, right? Where it was a genealogy show. Who Do You Think You Are, yeah. That traced the life of your grandfather. And in that, you were the subject. You were on the other side of the camera.

You actually appeared on a very different kind of reality show that you talk about in your memoir called Who Do You Think You Are? That was the name of it, right? Where it was a genealogy show. Who Do You Think You Are, yeah. That traced the life of your grandfather. And in that, you were the subject. You were on the other side of the camera.

You actually appeared on a very different kind of reality show that you talk about in your memoir called Who Do You Think You Are? That was the name of it, right? Where it was a genealogy show. Who Do You Think You Are, yeah. That traced the life of your grandfather. And in that, you were the subject. You were on the other side of the camera.

And I'm wondering, looking back on that experience, how you feel about it, whether you feel good about it, whether you feel ambivalent or you feel regrets, and whether you learned anything from it.

And I'm wondering, looking back on that experience, how you feel about it, whether you feel good about it, whether you feel ambivalent or you feel regrets, and whether you learned anything from it.