"#ButImStillHere"— The Circle star Jadejha confides in Garret about "abuse" and being "homeless" as a child

The Circle Season 7 aired four new episodes this week on Wednesday, September 17, 2024. The segment saw the cast members continue interacting with one another as they strategized, deceived, and formed different alliances to save themselves from an upcoming block.

While some of the other cast members had fun conversations, Jadejha opened up to Garret about her turbulent childhood. As the two spoke about the latter's fitness journey, she sent him a message in a private chat about being told to eat more as a child to avoid looking "sick." She further confided in him about being homeless before living in a group home and about experiencing abuse.

"I was homeless for a period of time before I went to a group home. I knew I couldn't go back to the different forms of abuse and violence I grew up around. #ButImStillHere," Jadejha wrote.

Garret started crying after finding out about the cast member's history and offered words of affirmation. He reminded her she was strong, successful, and "positive" and thanked her for sharing her story with him.

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The Circle Season 7 Episode 5: Jadejha and Garret's emotional conversation explored

In The Circle Season 7 Episode 5, titled, Circle Wedding Crashers, Jadejha invited Garret to a private chat. The latter was thrilled to get an invite and stated that he had a chance to connect with someone he felt connected to even before talking to them.

Referring to The Circle Season 7 Episode 4 group chat, Jadejha said that "yesterday was crazy" and asked him how he was feeling. Garret chimed in on her opening message and said he had hoped for more. He said he wanted to learn more about the female contestant and get to a point where they could open up and "be a little more vulnerable."

He told her he was "working out the stress" from yesterday and Jadejha said he didn't "necessarily" give her what she thought he would give her. She had wanted him to "address the other players." She noticed that Garret had mentioned working out and said it allowed her to ask about his fitness journey.

She told him she did yoga to clear her mind after Circle Chat. The Circle Season 7 contestant asked about his bio, mentioning "debunking fitness myths" and enquired about his journey.

Before sending Jadejha a message, Garret said he had been unable to open up to some of the other players, despite trying. He said that even with the ones he had connected with, the conversations hadn't "gotten deep." He felt it was a good opportunity to "open up" and ask Jadejha about her struggles.

"My fitness journey started with some bad habits, like disordered eating. Healing from that took a long time. Now I'm just making sure others don't follow in my footsteps #MyStrugglesDontDefineMe," he wrote.

Jadejha said she knew there was "more" to The Circle Season 7 cast member. She added that if people "looked like Garret" there was always "way more to it" than what it seemed like. She shared her fitness journey with the cast member and said she was told to eat more or that she would look sick. She said that she started working out to change that. She wrote that it had started to "mess" with her head and a stressful situation at home.

Jadejha opened up about being homeless and living in a group home which made Garret emotional and he cried. Reflecting upon her message, the female cast member said it opened up to Garret and let him get to know her. She said it was important because it showed that she was "genuine."

"Sometimes I just want to give the younger me, a hug, you know? 'Cause damn, girl, we went through it," Jadejha said.

Garret thanked her for sharing her story with him and said that he would be there for her inside and outside The Circle Season 7.

Episodes of The Circle Season 7 are available to stream on Netflix.