Circle Spy

Paddy is hoping to bring Irish charm to The Circle.

He has cerebral palsy in his legs due to his mum having cancer in the womb when she was pregnant. Doctors thought he was going to be brain dead and wouldn’t be able to walk or talk. Paddy is seeing someone new but says if there are fit guys on The Circle, he’ll definitely flirt with them.

Motivation for entering The Circle: Paddy admits that he has been able to use his disability to his advantage. When he was younger people would say ‘poor you, you’re disabled’ and he realised you can influence people because of it. He would make people carry things for him, skip queues in clubs and people would instantly warm to him. Paddy thinks that being gay and disabled is quite difficult, as on the gay scene there’s a lot of pressure to be conventionally good looking. He wants to join The Circle to show that having a disability doesn’t mean you don’t have a personality.

Strategy: Paddy might open his profile with a picture of just his face so the other players don’t instantly know about his cerebral palsy. He plans to later use pictures of him on his crutches so he can talk about his disability and hopefully win support from the other players.