Snake Wrangler Turned Traitor: Rob Rausch Finds Peace on an Alabama Farm

GQ spends a day with Rob Rausch, the 27-year-old snake wrangler who rose from Love Island USA to winner status on The Traitors. On his family’s 200-acre Alabama farm, he shares his rural roots, his skill at game strategy and deception, and the bittersweet feeling of winning the season. The piece also covers his background in snake removal, Creek Rat clothing with his sister, his discomfort with online backlash, and his interest in a quieter future—potentially firefighting, ceramics, photography, or acting—highlighting a man who blends rugged outdoor life with sharp, game-focused intellect.