Premiering in 2020, “The Circle” is a US Netflix reality TV show based on the popular British series of the same name. Each season a group of strangers enters a colorfully decorated apartment building and engages in chats, games and blockings with each other all while remaining completely anonymous. In “The Circle,” you can choose to play as yourself or as someone entirely different, aka a catfish. Michelle Buteau hosts the fun and flirty program, though she doesn’t get to officially meet the contestants until the finale, when the 100,000 prize is given to the player who the others rated the highest. There are various other versions of the social media game show around the world, including in France and Brazil, but the photo gallery above highlights “The Circle” winners and finalists from the US Netflix seasons.
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- 5/27/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“The Circle,” is an interesting concept. The Netflix series is all about the competition in which a person can enter under the premise of being exactly who they are, or they can pretend to be someone else. Lee Swift is a man who is all about being someone else. He’s on the show, and he’s pretending to be someone he is not. He’s pretending to be his friend Lee Swift, and that is something that is going over in a manner that is very interesting to the people who are watching. Fans are curious who he is and what he
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- 4/20/2021
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
The Circle was one of the most talked-about reality shows to come out of Netflix's 2020 slate of original content, and it's finally back with a second season. The competition series, which is known for casting strangers with eclectic personalities and impeccable catfishing skills, is off to a nail-biter already. We've only gotten a small taste of what's to come, but it's safe to say we're hooked. And we'd be lying if we didn't say a large part of that was because we fell in love with Lee Swift (aka River) in episode one.
The 58-year-old from Dallas revealed he would be catfishing as his friend River, whose name is actually Doak Rapp. On the show, River is a 24-year-old from a small town in Texas. Don't go mistaking his rainbow hearts and friendliness as flirty banter, because River's love tank is off limits. Just out of a relationship, he's...
The 58-year-old from Dallas revealed he would be catfishing as his friend River, whose name is actually Doak Rapp. On the show, River is a 24-year-old from a small town in Texas. Don't go mistaking his rainbow hearts and friendliness as flirty banter, because River's love tank is off limits. Just out of a relationship, he's...
- 4/16/2021
- by Emily Weaver
- Popsugar.com
The first four episodes of The Circle season two are officially available for streaming on Netflix, and can you guess which contestant has already stolen our heart? That's right, Lee! Hailing from Dallas, Lee Swift is an out and proud gay man who's been with his partner for 32 years, which deserves a prize in and of itself. When he isn't catfishing people by portraying himself as someone 30-plus years younger (more on that later), he's writing erotic novels under the female pseudonym Kris Cook. "I have been a catfish before they used the term catfish," he joked in his intro package. To save you sleuthers some time, we've already hunted down Lee's professional website, which you can find here.
As if we couldn't love Lee more, he revealed he had to ask his 20-year-old niece for help with "social media slang" before coming on the show. While we personally adore Lee's bubbly personality,...
As if we couldn't love Lee more, he revealed he had to ask his 20-year-old niece for help with "social media slang" before coming on the show. While we personally adore Lee's bubbly personality,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Emily Weaver
- Popsugar.com
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