The Traitors Ireland star Paudie has said he "never felt as stressed" as he did during the two weeks he spent filming the show.
Warning: Spoilers ahead of The Traitors Ireland!
Paudie, a 68-year-old retired prison guard, who banished from the castle as a Traitor, said he "did not expect to get so far" on the RTÉ show.
"I really did expect to go to the first one or two episodes because I've seen the UK ones, and I'm not playing the age game, I'm genuine when I say this.
"I did think that, [the other contestants would say]: 'We'll get rid of the aul lad and we'll move on from there, he'll be collateral damage'.
"But it didn't work that way, and I was thrilled, to be honest, I was just thrilled to keep going."
He admitted that taking part in the series as a Traitor came with added stress.
"Working as a prison officer is a stressful job, there's no two ways about it. You're always under stress because you're watching yourself. But I never felt as stressed as I did for those two weeks," he said.
"You were continuously watching what you were saying, what people were saying to you. Patrick turned around to me once and said, 'I think we make a great team'.
"And I said, 'Well, you'll have to recruit me so, Patrick', because he was obviously referring to me being a traitor. So you had to be thinking all the time. It was heightened levels."
Fellow contestant Christine met her slow demise on the show after receiving a piseóg, an ancient Irish curse, from Traitor Nick, in the form of a hug.
The Cork native said she had a "grá" for the estate agent.
"I would say we were best friends, I definitely had a great grá for him. We bonded very well. I said previously, he reminded me of a family member that is no longer alive and it was instantly like a familiar feeling when I saw him," she said.
"But that hug, I don't know, if that was a football match and it went to penalties, there'd be a debate about that!"
Christine, who has MS (Multiple Sclerosis), also spoke about the positive response she has gotten from viewers.
"I've been giving people reassurance, I've been giving people hope. They said that I've encouraged them, that I've given them a little bit of a glimmer of light - that just because you have a diagnosis, and you automatically think the worst case scenario when you do get a diagnosis with MS, there is another side to it," she said.
"Hopefully me being on the show is going to help encourage others that it's not the end of their world. You get a choice in life. You get a choice with your thoughts every day. You wake up every day and you decide what kind of day you want to have."
Christine said she hoped the fast friendships formed while making The Traitors Ireland would last.
"We're all put into an environment where we have to quickly gel and bond without any devices, any phones, no connection with the outside world, so you naturally build your relationships quite quickly," she said.
"I feel as a whole group, we all got on quite well and we all gelled in our own unique, individual ways. I love all the girls, every single one of them, every single contestant.
"I have a great love for each one of them individually. So I do believe there will be really good friendships built amongst the group after this show."
The Traitors Ireland continues on Sunday at 9.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.
