THE
THE PANDEMIC AS MANY PEOPLE TO BE CONVINCED LIFE HAS CHANGED. YES. WOW. TUESDAY, MAY 4TH
CATFISH IS BACK. THE NEW NORMAL
CREATED NEW CONNECTION. WE'VE
NEVER HAD THIS MANY STRANGER
STORIES. YES, I CAN HEAR YOU
AND EVEN WILDER REVEAL WELL
SPRING HAS SPRUNG AND THE
CATFISH THEY ARE BITING
OBVIOUSLY I'M TALKING ABOUT THE
ONLINE DATING SHOW CATFISH ON
MTV WHICH PREMIERES NEXT
TUESDAY. WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED
THIS MORNING I'VE GOT EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER AND HOST NIEVE
OF COURSE CO-HOST KEMME WITH ME
READY TO HUNT DOWN A WHOLE NEW
GROUP OF ELUSIVE ONLINE LOVERS.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. GOOD
MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, THIS
SHOW HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A
WHILE. I MEAN WHAT TWENTY
TWELVE? YEAH TEN YEARS NOW. I
MEAN IT ALL KIND OF STEMMED ME
FROM YOU FROM YOUR OWN PERSONAL
CATFISH STORY HUH. YEAH, IT'S
RIGHT BACK IN 2006 SEVEN I HAD
A RELATIONSHIP ONLINE. IT
TURNED OUT TO BE WITH SOMEONE
VERY DIFFERENT THAN I THOUGHT
AND THE DOCUMENTARY CATFISH
THAT CAME OUT 2010 AND SINCE
THEN PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN
FLOODING MY INBOX WITH WITH
STORIES EITHER OF GETTING
CATFISH OR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
RELATIONSHIPS WHO FEEL THEY
MIGHT BE GETTING CATFISH AND SO
IT'S JUST NONSTOP SINCE THEN
TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND OUT
THE TRUTH AND COME TO TERMS
WITH WHATEVER THE REALITY
OF THEIR SITUATION MIGHT BE.
IT'S I MEAN IT'S A TWOFOLD IT'S
GOT TO FEEL GOOD THAT YOU'RE
NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS DUPED
BUT ALSO HORRIBLE THAT THIS IS
SUCH A COMMON THING RIGHT? IT
IS. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S
INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS THE
SIMPLICITY OF GETTING CATFISH
IS REALLY MORE A SYMPTOM OF A
LOT OF OTHER THINGS AND MAKING
THE SHOW WELL I DO FEEL
SATISFACTION FROM HELPING
PEOPLE GET ANSWERS AND IN MANY
CASES GET CLOSURE. WHAT I
DISCOVERED IS THAT THE REAL
ROOT OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF LONELINESS AND
SADNESS AND INSECURITY AND
ISOLATION NO MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE. AND SO I KEEP MAKING THIS
SHOW AND I KEEP HOPING THAT IN
HELPING PEOPLE EXPRESS
THEMSELVES IN BE HONEST AND
ACCEPT WHO THEY ARE, MAYBE
SOMEDAY WE WON'T HAVE CATFISH
ANYMORE. BUT UNTIL THEN GAMMY
AND I ARE HAPPY TO HAVE TO KEEP
WORKING. WELL, KENNY, I HAVE TO
ASK BECAUSE THE SHOW SINCE IT'S
BEEN ALONG FOR AROUND FOR SO
LONG IT'S BEEN A BIG I THINK
VOICE IN POP CULTURE. IT'S EVEN
HELPED KIND OF BRING THE WORD
CATFISH TO THE FOREFRONT. DO
YOU THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IN AND
OF ITSELF IS A VERSION
OF CATFISH WHETHER PEOPLE ARE
DOING IT INTENTIONALLY OR NOT?
OH, ABSOLUTELY. I LIKE TO SAY
EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A
CATFISH. I THINK THAT
ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
YOU LOOK AT INSTAGRAM PEOPLE
ARE ONLY SHOWING THEIR
HIGHLIGHT REELS. EVERYONE IS
SHOWING YOU THE BEST VERSIONS
OF THEMSELVES PRETTY MUCH ALL
THE TIME. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN
YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO
POSTS PICTURES WITH NO
RETOUCHING OR JUST SAID EXACTLY
HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN
SUBJECTS, YOU'RE MORE INCLINED
TO FOLLOW THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T
SEE STUFF LIKE THAT AS MUCH
ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS
SO OVERSATURATED WITH
PERFECTION AND I THINK THAT ALL
OF THAT IS A FORM OF CAT
FISHING IN ITSELF MAYBE NOT ON
THE LEVEL OF THE THINGS THAT WE
SEE ON OUR SHOW BUT DEFINITELY,
YOU KNOW, A VERSION OF IT. SO
WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO TELL THESE STORIES
AND SHOWCASE THIS IN ALBEIT AN
ENTERTAINING FASHION BUT STILL
YOU'RE HOPING TO GET SOME
QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN
RESOLUTIONS HERE? I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH
PEOPLE CONSTANTLY COME UP TO US
AND SAY HOW CAN PEOPLE STILL
GET CATFISH? IT'S YOU KNOW,
IT'S TWENTY ONE. EVERYONE HAS
SMARTPHONES. BUT THE REALITY IS
THERE ARE THOUSANDS IF NOT TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MOSTLY
YOUNG BUT NOT JUST YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN MANY IS TEENAGERS
WHO ARE JUST NOW BECOMING YOUNG
ADULTS. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE
ENTERING RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE
FIRST TIME. THEY'RE DOING IT IN
A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD WHERE
IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO MEET THEM ON
THE INTERNET OR ON A DATING APP
JUST SWIPING AND THEY MAY NOT
LIVE IN YOUR TOWN OR COMMUNITY.
THEY MAY NOT GO TO CHURCH WITH
YOUR FAMILY. THEY MAY NOT HAVE
YOU KNOW, FROM A HIGH SCHOOL
NEARBY THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE.
AND IF YOU THINK BACK TO
MISTAKES THAT YOU MADE OR A
BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND YOU
HAVE, THE PAST WOULD BE LIKE OH
MAN, I DATED THAT FIRST. WHAT
WAS I THINKING? WE ALL DONE IT
AND NOW PEOPLE ARE DOING IT BUT
IT'S VIRTUAL SO PEOPLE NEED TO
MAKE MISTAKES. THEY NEED TO TRY
THINGS. THEY NEED TO TAKE
RISKS. THEY THEY FOLLOW THEIR
HEART AND UNFORTUNATELY SOMEONE
FOLLOWING YOUR HEART ISN'T
ALWAYS THE BEST WAY TO GET WHAT
YOU WANT BUT IT CAN BE FUN.
YEAH, WELL HEY THERE'S LIFE
AFTER BEING DUE TO RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT
SOME EXCITING NEWS I THINK
RIGHT NOW YOU'VE YEAH. I MEAN
LOOK AT I HAVE NO SHAME IN
SAYING GETTING DUPED BEING
GULLIBLE WAS THE BEST THING
THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME HERE I
AM TEN YEARS LATER STILL MAKING
THIS SHOW AND I'M MARRIED WITH
TWO KIDS AND I'VE GOT THROW IT
ALL THE WAY AND LIFE IS GREAT.
SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
DANNY CATFISH WAS THE BEST
THING THAT EVER HAPPENED. WELL,
I HOPE YOU DON'T EAT THOSE
WORDS EVENTUALLY BUT SO WE'RE
EXCITED FOR THE PREMIERE. IT'S
PREMIERING THIS TUESDAY MAY 4TH