This Man Says He Had To Become A Catfish -- Or He'd Be Murdered

Would you risk your life for love? The latest episode of Catfish, which explored the complexities of dangerous, political turmoil in Venezuela, posed the question in black and white, yet the results had a woman who was looking for love ultimately seeing red.


As piece of MTV’s latest online love investigation, Nev and Kamie met a woman named Dianela by means of the Zoom (Catfish: Quarantine Edition remains in full swing), who mentioned she’d been in a back-and-forth relationship with a gentleman named Jose for nearly four years. Dianela, who first came in contact with Jose as soon as they were both playing Black Ops 3 in their native Venezuela, mentioned they lived in different cities, nevertheless their online connection made her feel at home.


“This is like a wild international love story out of a movie,” Nev mentioned as Dianela chronicled the couple’s tug of war.


Still, there was trouble afoot — Dianela consistently purchased into Jose’s declarations of love only for him to pull out the rug from underneath her, including any time whenever she traveled 10 hours by bus to visit him, only for him to ghost her (the act was particularly dangerous in Venezuela). Dianela mentioned she had no choice however to turn around and travel 10 hours back home.


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U.S. Having sought asylum — he in Miami and she in Nashville — Dianela mentioned she was prepared to give the relationship one last shot.


She explained that, because of Venezuela’s notoriously low regular of revenue, it was conceivable that Jose was telling the truth if he claimed he couldn’t afford a new phone with which to video chat. Although Nev and Kamie still had doubts, and upon kicking off a little bit of studying, they unearthed a gentleman who bore absolutely no resemblance to Jose named Raumir. Then there was another man named Rey, who'd suspiciously blocked Dianela from peeking at his account.


“I feel really upset,” Dianela mentioned right after getting the news. “I feel so heartbroken right now.”


With few added moves to create, Nev cold-called the number Dianela had for Jose and asked for Rey, who — spooked — hung up right after saying he had no idea who Dianela was. Refusing to accept the lie, Dianela followed suit, calling the man herself and digging into him for his lies.


“You know what? Just go f*ck yourself,” she ultimately spat before hanging up.


Dianela mentioned she felt like she had finally reached the end of her rope, although — with some time to imagine his actions — Rey suddenly joined the group’s Zoom call.


He confirmed it was he who’d been in touch with Dianela for the duration of their chatting and that he’d grown up in the same Venezuelan city; he'd since moved to Florida and, finally, Texas.


Rey explained that — because of danger that persists in Venezuela — he was afraid of being “kidnapped or killed” as a consequence of revealing also much about himself. So he hid beyond the invention of Jose, and the deeper he got into the lie, the more hard it became for him to tell the truth.


Immediately after a fiery conversation, Rey finally apologized, and, for the opening time since the Catfish caper started, Dianela felt hopeful.


“You talking now -- you’re the person I met four years ago,” she said.


She and Rey mentioned they’d keep in touch and give their relationship another shot, however immediately after filming wrapped, Rey went silent once again. Surprised? Tell us your thoughts, then catch another Catfish Wednesday at 8/7c.