Britney Haynes came into Season 3 of The Traitors with a reality-competition resume built almost entirely on outlasting people who underestimated her, and her run there became one of the more specific, personal storylines of the entire season. She’s stayed active in that world since, guest-starring on Big Brother: Unlocked in September 2025 and weighing in publicly on how later Traitors seasons have played out.
Haynes was born August 23, 1987, in Huntington, Arkansas, and won America’s Favorite Houseguest honors during her first season on Big Brother, a title that shaped how audiences saw her for the rest of her reality-TV career.
Big Brother’s America’s Favorite Houseguest
Haynes first appeared on Big Brother Season 12 in 2010, when she was working as a hotel sales manager, and won the season’s America’s Favorite Houseguest vote. She returned as a coach for Season 14 in 2012, by then working as a pharmaceutical sales representative, and later appeared on Big Brother: Reindeer Games, where fans of the show came to see her as one of its sharper strategic minds. That background made her an obvious pull for a Traitors season stacked with competition-show royalty rather than pure celebrity names.
Marriage to Nathan Godwin and Motherhood
Haynes married her high school sweetheart, Nathan Godwin, in March 2012, and the couple relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma. They have three daughters together: Tilly Elizabeth, born July 13, 2013; Minnie Elizabeth, born January 15, 2015; and Rhue Elizabeth, born June 10, 2017. In the years since her Big Brother seasons, Haynes has also worked in real estate sales.
An Old Big Brother Rivalry Resurfaces
Haynes discovered early on that fellow castmate Danielle Reyes, her former castmate from Big Brother: Reindeer Games, whom she’d previously had a hand in eliminating, was also playing this season. Rather than letting old tension fester, Haynes worked quickly to mend fences with Reyes, and the two built what became a season-long alliance once Haynes was recruited into the game as a Traitor partway through.
Betraying Her Own Alliance
That alliance didn’t survive the endgame. In a twist that multiple outlets specifically framed as an echo of their earlier Big Brother history, Haynes ultimately voted to banish Reyes, turning on her own Traitor teammate in a move that mirrored the exact dynamic that had originally connected the two women years earlier. It’s a rare case of a player’s entire prior reality-TV history becoming directly, explicitly relevant to a specific vote inside a completely different show. At the Season 3 reunion, Haynes publicly denied Reyes’s characterization of the two as close friends going into the game.
Runner-Up Finish
That move helped carry Haynes all the way to the finale as one of the last remaining Traitors, where she was ultimately identified and banished by the surviving Faithfuls, including Dylan Efron, Dolores Catania, Gabby Windey, and Lord Ivar Mountbatten, in the vote that ended the season. That banishment made Haynes the season’s runner-up, the highest finish of anyone playing as a Traitor. She’s been candid in exit interviews about her mindset in the game, flatly telling interviewers she would not have split the prize money with the Faithfuls had their positions been reversed.
Life Now
Haynes has stayed visible in the Traitors and Big Brother conversation since her season wrapped, telling reporters in March 2025 she found it “mindboggling” that some later cast members would rather play as Faithfuls than take on the Traitor role she turned into her season’s defining storyline. She’s raising three daughters in Tulsa and remains a regular voice in reality-TV podcast and interview coverage, more than fifteen years after her first Big Brother season. More on how the rest of Season 3 played out is covered in OpenThreadNews’ Traitors Season 3 cast guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did Britney Haynes win The Traitors?
No. She was recruited as a Traitor partway through Season 3 and finished as runner-up, banished at the finale by the surviving Faithfuls.
How does Britney Haynes know Danielle Reyes?
The two were castmates on Big Brother: Reindeer Games, where Haynes had a hand in eliminating Reyes. They mended fences early in Season 3 of The Traitors before Haynes ultimately voted to banish Reyes at the endgame.
Is Britney Haynes married?
Yes. She married her high school sweetheart, Nathan Godwin, in March 2012. The couple lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with their three daughters.
