MTV's Catfish has been around for a decade now, first in the form of a documentary film, and then with a TV series. Catfish: The TV Show first aired in the fall of 2012 and follows people who have found love online, but are not sure if the person they are talking to is real or fake. The show has since gone on to air many seasons, with the second half of the currently-airing season eight becoming the first-ever all-virtual season of the show.
The series follows Nev Schulman and his co-host, Kamie Crawford (who replaced former co-host Max Joseph), as they help hopefuls track down the people they have been talking to, but who haven't been willing to video chat. With the show being on for eight years now, many fans and viewers of the show wonder how people are still being catfished today.
When watching the show, viewers see all the steps Nev and co-host Kamie take to track down the said catfish in question. Those steps include doing a reverse image search on the photos, searching the phone number, and checking the catfish's social media, if they have any. It seems viewers at home could follow these same steps themselves to discover if they're being catfished or not, without the help of others. According to the New York Post, Nev has said that smart people are still getting catfished because it's like playing the lottery: They have remarkably low odds, yet they continue to buy in week after week, playing the same numbers over and over in hopes of winning the jackpot.
In recent seasons of the show, it seems the hopefuls Nev and Kamie are helping aren't always the ones to reach out to them. In some cases, the hopeful's close friends or family reach out to the show, due to skepticism concerning the validity of the relationship. Although the friends or family have reached out, that doesn't always mean that the person being catfished has seen the show. This could answer the question of why many people are still being catfished today. Some victims of catfishing may be in denial when it comes to the red flags in their relationship, which keeps them from seeing the truth. It's also a possibility that they simply have never seen Catfish: The TV Show before, so they don't know how to go about finding the person they think they have been talking to online.
This season of Catfish: The TV Show is different than the other, s as it is all taking place via Zoom. While the hopefuls do get the clarity they have been wanting, they don't get to confront their catfish in person like many have been able to do on previous seasons.
Catfish: The TV Show airs on Wednesdays at 8 pm ET on MTV.
Source: New York Post