The Circle: Singles' Shubham Goel Discusses Surreal Return to Show

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Shubham Goel and Joey Sasso made a sanction for themselves erstwhile they became champion friends successful the archetypal play of Netflix's The Circle, with Joey yet nabbing apical spot (and the coveted $100k prize that comes with it). Now, Shubham has re-entered the contention series—this clip arsenic a catfish—for different changeable astatine the crown and is revealing what he's picked up from his BFF's game.

"What I truly liked astir the archetypal clip is that Joey was capable to link with antithetic radical connected antithetic fronts, truthful I tried to bash that arsenic well," the bundle technologist exclusively told E! News. "Joey was ever capable to basal by his information and erstwhile helium felt similar helium had to bash something, helium did it. So I tried to transportation that with me."

And, of course, The Circle's bonds are for life—meaning that the two still bent retired extracurricular of the game. 

But the notorious societal media hater is playing a precise antithetic crippled this clip around. So nary 1 knows he's a instrumentality favorite, Shooby is catfishing arsenic Sasha, a 23-year-old tech blogger. But since everyone's playing arsenic single, Shubham knew the flirting might cause a small hiccup successful his game. 

"I was nervous, arsenic a girl, to flirt!" helium said. "So possibly I tried to enactment a small away, but I was ever unfastened to it. It was amusive to ticker the flirting!"

Watch Shubham instrumentality connected the situation on The Circle season five, present streaming connected Netflix. New episodes premiere each Wednesday.