In Episode 11, which dropped on May 18, 2022, John is blocked from The Circle. It's a shock to most fans, who saw him going far as the catfish Carol. He had a genuine shot at winning the game, but in the end, he lost to Everson.

John shared what happens when a player is blocked from a game where the contestants are invited back in the finale episode.

"I got blocked in this exterior situation," John explained of his elimination, which occured outside of the regular apartments. "So they take you back to your room. For my situation, you sleep there for the night. And then that's kind of it. Like, you're there. And… you don't go anywhere else."

So when players are blocked in The Circle, they remain in their apartments, but they're no longer filmed until all of the contestants reunite for the finale.

John added, "You don't get to, like, you know, go into some sort of purgatory of The Circle where you no longer have an apartment, it's just a cot on the floor and a drip in the ceiling."