You might have seen an influx of TikTok videos on your For You Page recently of people standing in hilarious, and mostly drunken, situations shouting "but Ross is"… but what exactly does it mean, and who even is Ross, and what IS he?
Here Entertainment Gazette guides you through arguably the most iconic moment of BBC's The Traitors season two, so far. It was during this wild new series that we met Northern Ireland's Diane Carson, also known as the Queen of Lancashire.
She's been a beacon of memorable moments, including being killed off by a glass of fizzy rosé, but it was when viewers were first introduced to the 63-year-old retired schoolteacher that one particularly side-splitting scenario unfolded.
Players thought the (unnatural) redhead was related to bad guy Paul Gorton, due to his flowy ginger locks. It became the running joke that Paul was Diane's son, so the pair went along with it – and viewers seemingly thought nothing of the light-hearted joke.
But it was during a cutaway scene that the iconic catchphrase was coined. Diane was telling cameras about the Paul offspring mishap before making the ultimate confessional, saying, "Paul just couldn't be my son… (INSERT LONG PAUSE)… but Ross is."
That's right, player Ross Carson (we should have spotted that last name really) is Diane's real-life son, and none of the players know. She has of course been killed off – R.I.P Diane – but Ross is still playing on, joining Harry Clark and Andrew Jenkins as a Traitor.
So that confessional moment, as Diane revealed "but Ross is"… was all about her son, explaining he IS her son… so there you go, that's what the TikToks mean if you really didn't know – if you didn't we suggest you start watching The Traitors now, ignore the spoilers.
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