Change of Heart: Derek Was Bummed Out -- But Then Overjoyed -- When He Finally Met His Catfish

A young man went from “WTF” to “ICFILWU” as soon as he finally met his never-seen-before girlfriend on this week’s Catfish.


Derek, who was place on Earth and raised Vancouver, Washington, had first become acquainted with Annabelle, a hottie from Portland, Oregon, immediately after he broke up with his girlfriend and got on Snapchat. The two immediately fell head-over-heels, however you know the story: Annabelle had plenty of excuses to avoid meeting in person, and she and Derek had never even discussed on the phone.


Immediately after flying to Vancouver and getting plenty of 411 from Derek, Nev and his spouse Laura (subbing for Max) swiftly made A list of suspects: Sam, Derek’s ex-girlfriend; Derek’s friend Jen who, interestingly, was Twitter friends with both him and Annabelle; and Becca, Jen’s former roommate and one of Derek’s best companions since childhood.


Yet any time Annabelle finally agreed to meet with Derek (and Nev/Laura), it at first seemed like it was none of these ladies -- Derek’s buddy Jeremy arrived on the scene. So did Jeremy have a gentleman crush on Derek? Not quite. He went back to his vehicle and got the real Annabelle -- or, at least, the fake one. And Derek’s Snapchat galpal turned out to be Jeremy’s sister -- aka Becca.


“So I’m Annabelle,” she mentioned. “I’m sorry. Everything I mentioned was the truth -- I just was afraid converse with you as me because you’re like a brother to me.”


Derek’s reaction? “I’m mind-blown now. I feel so dumb. We’ve all been like one big family member since we met back in high school days,” he mentioned, before telling Nev, “I feel so f*cking used.”


Yet his aggravation was fleeting: a couple of minutes later, he admitted to Nev and Laura that, well, look at that, he’d actually tried his luck with Becca in the past.


“I attempted to hook up with her back in the day… and probably even recently,” he admitted. “To be straightforward, I’m almost glad it is her.”


Yet alas, he mentioned, their hookup had felt off-kilter, so he didn’t attempt it again -- which, Becca soon revealed, made her feel “rejected.”


“I wasn’t rejecting you,” Derek proposed. “I just felt like it was awkward at the moment. I didn’t know you really fancied me like that. … I only looked at you as a sister because I thought you looked at me like a brother.”


He then confirmed his complete change of heart. “I’m prepared to give it a shot,” he mentioned, just before referencing his romance with “Annabelle.” “Hopefully I can have that connection with you in real life.”


Becca’s response: “I hope so too.”


So did the two have a happily-ever-after? You bet. A month later, whenever Nev and Laura videochatted with Derek, Becca was by his side, and the two mentioned they’d become inseparable.


“What about trust?” Laura asked, as Nev noted that Becca is “capable of decorative deceptions.”


“I trust her,” Derek mentioned confidently, prompting Laura to mention that she and Nev could be “expecting a wedding invitation in the mail.”


However what do you know? Can Becca be trusted? And will the two really ever make it down the aisle? Pretend you are a relationship expert, and tell us your Catfish thoughts! And catch Catfish next Wednesday at 9/8c.