![]() ![]() The "victim" may choose to continue their romance, they may remain friends with their catfish, or they may walk away angry. ![]() There are a finite number of outcomes to a typical Catfish scenario, after all: either the purported catfisher is someone the victim knows they are a complete stranger who catfishes as a hobby they are exactly who they say they are, full stop or they are exactly who they say they are, but with a few careful omissions. Still, it was a premise that should have lasted one season, maybe two. Upon its premiere, it was the perfect combination of morbid fascination, guilty pleasure, and genuine human interest, and what's more, it was instructive for anyone who conducted any part of their social life online (so, basically, everyone). (Co-host Max Joseph, the other half of Schulman's team, departed the show in 2018 Schulman is now joined by co-host, Kamie Crawford.) ![]() But he also knew how to lead a team to investigate the authenticity of online love. By virtue of the fact that he'd been a victim of catfishing himself (per the 2010 documentary on which the show is based), host Nev Schulman could empathize with those who might have fallen for a grift, thus helping to soften the concept's creepier voyeuristic qualities. When it premiered in 2012, Catfish: The Series was one of the more tantalizing premises MTV had ever found for a reality series. ![]()
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