Catfish Promises: Will Jaquan Really Move Across The Country To Be With Aaliyah?

A snowball’s chance in hell would have been a point of aspiration for the latest Catfish couple -- although, somehow, their tale became one of the show's unlikeliest success stories.


The journey started once Nev and Kamie got in touch with a 20-year-old Vegas choreographer named Aaliyah, a virgin who’d fallen for a Baltimore native and aspiring performer and model named Jaquan. Aaliyah mentioned she slid into Jaquan’s DMs one day right after catching his photo in her Instagram feed, and while they’d been in constant communication since then, red flags abounded.


First, Jaquan — whose feed was flooded with selfies — had never sent Aaliyah a photo directly. Further, each time she’d attempted to arrange a face-to-face visit, he’d bail. Additionally, he’d nevertheless to commit to a solitary Facetime call. And finally, once Aaliyah gave Jaquan a heads-up about the Catfish investigation, he’d responded: “If you’re attempting to meet me, I don’t hope to be on a show.”


Nevertheless Nev and Kamie were undeterred and started investigating, swiftly uncovering Jaquan’s Facebook page (he insisted to Aaliyah he’d never made one). Not only was his profile host to pictures Aaliyah had never seen, it noticed Jaquan consistently soliciting sex by means of the status updates and having graphic subconversations with commenters.


With few routes to take, Aaliyah simply cold-called Jaquan and delivered a ultimatum: Either he may meet the sort the next day, or the relationship was over. And, at long last, it seemed Jaquan understood what was at stake and agreed to meet.


“I’m scared,” he mentioned. “I hope you’re not disappointed. I wanted to do it on my own terms.”


And he did. Soon after keeping the sort waiting for hours, he finally showed his face -- the face that, indeed, was the one in the pictures. The it's-really-him Jaquan, nevertheless, was shaking like a leaf, immediately validating Aaliyah’s suspicions of why he’d been hesitant to meet: He was simply also nervous and skeptical of online dating.


Jaquan went on to mention that he felt a particular kind of pressure to treat Aaliyah politely considering her virginity and insisted the lewdness on his Facebook profile was “just for fun.”


“I really don’t show my feelings... I’m scared to get my heart broken,” he mentioned. “I’m insecure in person.”


And while Aaliyah was blinded by her infatuation, Kamie attempted to urge her to think critically. “How much love are you getting?” Kamie asked, encouraging her to imagine that — if it weren’t for Catfish — Jaquan may not have ever agreed to meet.


Still, Aaliyah wasn’t willing to let go of her fairy tale and, right after warning Jaquan that he was on thin ice, finally got him to mention in uncensored terms that he only had eyes for her.


“I’m attempting to be with you,” he mentioned, agreeing to look into the very real possibility of moving to Los Angeles with Aaliyah so that the two could pursue their dreams in tandem.


Although will Jacquan really relocate, and will the couple's love last? Tell us your thoughts, then be sure to catch another Catfish Wednesday at 8/7c!