The Circle viewers accuse show of ‘gaslighting’ with fake Tally catfish twist

THE Circle viewers accused the show of “gaslighting” with a fake Tally catfish twist. The show – which sees several contestants living in a block of flats who can only communicate through a special social media app – introduced a twist in its first episode. Yolanda – who had been catfishing as her husband Chris […]

THE Circle viewers accused the show of “gaslighting” with a fake Tally catfish twist.

The show – which sees several contestants living in a block of flats who can only communicate through a special social media app – introduced a twist in its first episode.

Yolanda – who had been catfishing as her husband Chris – was the first to be blocked, but was given the opportunity to clone another existing player’s profile.

She decided to secretly re-enter the competition as 23-year-old medical receptionist Tally, who had entered as herself on day one.

While some The Circle fans have called the catfishing twist “genius”, others have accused the show of “gaslighting” as Tally continued to stress about how to convince the other contestants she is the real one.

One person said: “Is this low-key gaslighting from channel 4? I hope someone from the team was checking in on blue tally”

Another added: “Genuinely worried for Tally, did the producers consider her mental wellbeing when they came up with this idea? Great TV but hard to watch if she starts to suffer.”

A third remarked: “The optics of this is a little off”

Someone replied: “They will have to twist it up, because the gaslighting is a little too much to endure too long”

In the episode, Tally paces around the room in a huff and shouts: “She’s literally taken my pictures, taken my facts, taken my profile, I’m f***ing done with it. I actually am.

“I wanna have a chat with Tally… with the s**ty version, the orange one,” Tally shouted as she paced around her room in a huff in a teaser clip from this evening’s instalment of the show.

When Yolanda receives the notification that Tally had started a conversation with her, she knows what is coming her way.

The dating agency founder sighs: “Oh my days.”

Tally types out to the catfish: “I just can’t sleep without letting you know that this has actually cut me quite deep for me.

“The sole reason I’ve come in here is to try and be authentically myself in my own skin.”

A shocked Yolanda says out loud: “S**t! She’s gone quite deep but that might just be her trying to get me to back away and if she’s a catfish, of course she’s going to say that.

“Like I don’t even think she is who she says she is anyway.”

Tally paces around the room waiting for her reply and shouts: “I ain’t scared of you!”

She later falls to her seat absolutely speechless.

Tally says: “I have no words, I have no words.”