Catfish First: Kaden Actually Met Adriana In Person -- And Then She Got Shady

File this one under “unusual”: On tonight’s Catfish, a young man contacted Nev and visitor host Kamie Crawford about a girl he’d already met -- and who got shady after he fell for her.


Kaden, a 19-year-old from Salt Lake City, had received a case of the feels for Hawaii resident Adriana back in 2015 nevertheless, alas, they’d met on a cruise, and as soon as the ship docked, they were forced to reside in contact by way of the just Facetime and Instagram.


But something seemed off with Adriana: Just several months before, Kaden mentioned, she’d changed phone numbers and moved their relationship to strictly Snapchat and then some texting, suddenly nixing FaceTime totally. Meanwhile, the uniqueness of the complete situation wasn’t lost on Nev.


“This is a Catfish first,” he mentioned. “We have a couple who met in person, had a real-life love connection, although then were separated.”


Kamie’s reaction? “I hope we get to go to f*cking Hawaii.”


and so they did -- although first, there was a pitstop in Salt Lake City, where they discovered an enormous clue in the Adriana mystery: At one point in her texts with Kaden, she’d sent him a picture of a friend -- a girl named Alysha -- and asked, “Do you think she’s cute?”


For his part, Nev got suspicious.


“Is it possible that [Alysha] assumed Adriana’s identity?” He asked Kaden. “That’s such a catfish move -- sending a picture of yourself to be able to see if the person you’re catfishing would find the real you attractive.”


So is that what happened? Depends on who you ask. Whenever Kamie, Kaden and Nev arrived in the Aloha State, both Adriana and Alysha had differing stories. Although eventually, Adriana admitted that she’d sent Alysha’s picture to Kaden to hint that she just wasn’t that into him, then mentioned she “never reciprocated” Kaden’s flirtations. Although her demeanor was uber-cold, and Nev called her out for her lack of empathy.


“I guess the thing that bothers me the most is that you don’t seem to care,” he mentioned. He later referred to her as a word that rhymes with “witch,” while Kamie noted, “She isn't nice. What’s the attraction?” Just before further wondering if dear Kaden was a “f*cking masochist.”


Turns out, he wasn’t. Soon after a fast chat with Adriana, the duo parted ways and, two months later, Kaden announced that he’d never spoken to her again.


*Cue applause*


Nevertheless what do you know of this week’s first-of-its-kind Catfish case? Was Adriana just a you-know-what like Nev mentioned, or did Kaden overestimate their relationship? Tell us your thoughts, then catch another episode Wednesday at 8/7c.