While Roak himself is a pretty private person on social media, it's obvious from Lee's Instagram he's one fashionable dude! 962-4001 AP Photo Rolling and strolling Jessie Betasco of Dallas, Texas. Similarly, he's not from a small farm in Texas, but rather Dallas. Guys who work in gay bars always make a lot of money, said publisher Ray. To begin with, River's real name is Doak Rapp, and while his fake character may be gay on the show, he's straight. Except for the fact that they are good friends. There’s a large dance floor at the center of the bar that also doubles the venue for the bar’s Sunday staple, giant beer pong. To avoid engaging in any flirtatious behavior, Lee tells the group he's recently out of a relationship and still mending his broken heart.Īs far as similarities go between Lee's fake persona on the show and real-life River, there are none. One of the nation’s last standing lesbian bars, Sue Ellen’s offers beers, cocktails, and games.
"So, I don't think anybody has a chance." Catfishing as his friend River, Lee writes in his Circle bio that he's a waiter and student, who's "fun" and exciting," but also has a "sensitive" side.
"As a writer, I guess that makes me a professional liar," he quipped. While we personally adore Lee's bubbly personality, the 58-year-old decided to switch things up a bit and enter The Circle group chat as River, a 24-year-old from Mertzon, TX, who also happens to be Lee's friend IRL.īeing a successful writer, Lee hoped coming in as a fictional character would get him further in the competition. To save you sleuthers some time, we've already hunted down Lee's professional website, which you can find here.Īs if we couldn't love Lee more, he revealed he had to ask his 20-year-old niece for help with "social media slang" before coming on the show. In S2, Stan Valchek starts a detail to investigate Frank Sobotka however, mere episodes later, the detail is investigating other. Also, the skys the limit for a hot designer who turns his young models into victims of sexual abuse. "I have been a catfish before they used the term catfish," he joked in his intro package. Also, in the scenes in the gay bar, there is a notice on the inside of the door stating that the bar will be closed certain dates in order to film the HBO show The Wire 6. When Mark Bartons wife is murdered, the mild-mannered chemist uses the insurance money to dive into the risky world of day trading. When he isn't catfishing people by portraying himself as someone 30-plus years younger (more on that later), he's writing erotic novels under the female pseudonym Kris Cook. The first four episodes of The Circle season two are officially available for streaming on Netflix, and can you guess which contestant has already stolen our heart? That's right, Lee! Hailing from Dallas, Lee Swift is an out and proud gay man who's been with his partner for 32 years, which deserves a prize in and of itself.