A real-life romance success story! The Circle stars Darian Holt and Jadejha Edwards are officially engaged.
"Here's to forever with you," the season 7 participants shared in a joint announcement on Instagram on Wednesday, January 1. The photo series featured a romantic proposal adorned with roses, showing the couple dressed in coordinated black outfits.
A few days later, the couple posted a behind-the-scenes video of the proposal on Sunday, January 5. Darian captioned the post, "To Us, Always & forever."
In the video, Darian led Jadejha into a room illuminated by candles and covered with rose petals, where she encountered a heart-shaped arch made of red flowers with the words, "Will you marry me?" written on it.
Darian clasped Jadejha's hands, seemingly delivering an emotional speech before getting down on one knee to propose with a ring featuring a large circular diamond surrounded by smaller sparkling stones.
"I manifested her, she manifested me, we manifested each other," Darian said in the video. "This is my baby. This is my future wife. This is my fiancée!"
The couple celebrated the special moment with a bottle of champagne, joined by family and friends, including Savannah Miller, another contestant from their season of The Circle.
Darian, a middle school teacher, and Jadejha, a beginner in cybersecurity, met during season 7 of The Circle, which debuted on Netflix in September 2024.
Courtesy of NetflixPlaying as themselves, Darian and Jadejha quickly bonded and formed an alliance throughout the game. Their relationship was playful, often referring to each other as Circle husband/wife. Although they were eliminated before the finale, they shared their first kiss on the show and even had a mock wedding.
The pair started dating after filming concluded and had been discussing marriage plans by October 2024.
"We've been in a relationship all year, and it's been wonderful. He has been mentioning a ring and things like that," Jadejha previously revealed to Entertainment Weekly.
So, I'm really trying not to ruin the surprise for myself. I'm attempting to ignore any hints, although he's not great at keeping secrets, so we'll see what happens. Who knows, maybe we'll have some engagement photos to share soon."
Jadejha mentioned their pretend wedding on The Circle and revealed that she kept part of her bridal attire for when she and Darian get married in reality.
"I have a little secret involving production that nobody is aware of, but I think now is the right moment to share," Jadejha said. "On the night of the finale, as we were getting ready to make our entrance, some folks from production and wardrobe approached me. They gave me the garter from my dress worn during the wedding episode and told me, 'Keep this to wear at your wedding if you marry Darian.' And I still have it to this day.