Meet "The Mole" season 2 winner: Boston native Michael O'Brien

Boston native Michael O'Brien won the second season of Netflix's "The Mole," taking home the $154,000 prize pot after the season finale revealed Sean Patrick Bryan as the mole.

What he's saying: O'Brien told Axios that the most rewarding part of being on the show was representing the gay community.

• "I wanted to represent the gay community and being a bigger gay male, you don't always see that," O'Brien said.
• "The amount of DM's I've gotten from people who are in the closet or still questioning their sexuality and being able to see me on TV ... and telling me that they want to come out because of me — that, by far, is the most rewarding thing I've gotten from [the show]."

Fun fact: O'Brien says the most Boston thing he does is getting a Dunkin' iced coffee before work every morning.

What's next: O'Brien plans to use the prize money to invest in his future, travel with his widowed father — whom he mentions on the show — and give back to the LGBTQ+ community while pursuing other TV opportunities.

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