Warning: This article contains spoilers aboutThe Circleseason 5, episode 12.
The biggest betrayal inThe Circlehistory just went down between Tom Houghton and who hethoughtwas his No.
1 allythroughout all of season 5.
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“I had an interesting journey.
I thought I really had a shot at one point as well,” Houghton tells EW.
“I could have done it if I had just been clever.
“Because Jennifer was the hacker, I didn’t expect her toalsobe a catfish,” he adds.
‘She’ll never do that to me!’
They were a very good combination.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Have you watched any of the episodes yet?
TOM HOUGHTON:I haven’t seen anything at all, apart from the trailers.
Well, it sort of went downhillafter the rebellion took place.
And then, I don’t exactly know, no.
Did people gang up on me?
Did it ever cross your mind in the moment to do that to Jennifer?
Sort of, I did a bit.
I knew that her and me were in this danger spot.
So I voted like that, which is what led me to be voted out.
I crumbled via love, sadly.
Love will take you down.
But I’m happy having gone out being loyal to the person you are in with long-term.
If I’m going to go out, I’d rather go out in an honorable way.
How did it feel when you found out your No.
1 ally was the reason you got blocked?
But no bad vibes were meant.
Jennifer’s getting really well looked after here."
I never expected that.
Did you ever suspect Jennifer was a catfish?
Honestly, no, I really hadn’t.
But I just thought it was a middle-aged woman who hadn’t done something correctly.
It was a complete blind spot for me, I’m afraid.
Do you regret allying with Jennifer knowing how it ended for you?
No, I don’t regret making the alliance.
Yeah, that was stupid.
We’re all really great friends now and it’s nice.
Me and Brett had a real bromance immediately, and then Xanthi is just an absolute sweetheart as well.
At the end of the day, it’s just a game.
How close are you with the rest of the cast now?
I’m close with them all.
We’ve all got a WhatsApp group together, and we all really, really want to meet up.
I already meet up with Billie-Jean in London, as a fellow UK player.
I’ve had some really nice personal messages with Brian, he’s such a lovely guy.
Had you watched every season ofThe Circlebefore you were on it?
Absolutely, 100 percent I had.
I did my research.
I wanted to know what I was getting myself in for.
Sofinding out Shooby was in the gamewas huge.
I wanted to get rid of Marvin.
Did you regret blocking Sasha when you learned it was actually Shooby playing as a catfish?
I regretted it even before I [knew] it was Shooby, because he was a good ally.
It was all because he got really angry.
He really started shouting and killed the vibe, apparently.
Did you ever seriously consider joining Sasha’s newbie rebellion?
Because it was her leading it, she really needed me or Jennifer to get behind it.
But because it was led by Sasha, I didn’t really entertain it.
I regret not doing a second rebellion.
Looking back, the rebellion would’ve actually been a good idea.
With great power comes great responsibility, and I did not take to it well.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
Episodes 1-12 ofThe Circleseason 5 are streaming now on Netflix.
