diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
index 36791d3dd9a..71206470789 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
     private feedEvent(ev: MatrixEvent) {
         if (!this.messaging) return;
 
-        const raw = ev.event as IEvent;
+        const raw = ev.getClearEvent() as IEvent;
         this.messaging.feedEvent(raw).catch(e => {
             console.error("Error sending event to widget: ", e);
         });
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
index fd064bae613..5de8a0a361e 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
             results.push(ev);
         }
 
-        return results.map(e => e.event);
+        return results.map(e => e.getClearEvent());
     }
 
     public async readStateEvents(eventType: string, stateKey: string | undefined, limit: number): Promise<object[]> {