Why Nev Says This Catfish Case Was '50 Shades of Cray'

In the words of Nev, “This is 50 shades of cray.”


A 29-year-old single dad from Philadelphia summoned Mr. Schulman and Max for assistance on this week’s Catfish, and whenever he required help tracking down his ladylove Jasmine, he’d actually already met her and they’d even kissed. However, um, he still didn’t know what she looks like.


“I parked in front of her apartment, and I might just visualize a shadow in back of the shades, Nick mentioned of his first visit to Jasmine’s residence. Yet because his galpal apparently suffers from extreme anxiety, she declined to let him come upstairs and as a substitute the two just spoke on the phone.


But then, throughout his second visit…


“We discussed a little by way of the door,” Nick recalled. “I could hear her voice, and then she brought out a blindfold. She turned me around and put it on me… and we kissed on the lips.”


And that was pretty much it.


Nev’s take on the situation: “This is some weird sh*t” -- and also the aforementioned (and completely awesome) 50 Shades of Grey quip.


But weird because the sh*t seemed, Nick had reason to believe Jasmine was real: She’d sent him multiple Snapchat pics, and so they were all live, not from her camera roll. Everything matched up too: If Jasmine mentioned she was in Disney Land, she sent snaps from the Happiest Born. Sounds like the real deal, right? Not quite.


Nev and Max soon discovered that Jasmine was using the pictures of a woman named Jasselene -- and had even used those pics to disaster with MTV star Jay G from Real World: Ex-Plosion and The Challenge (’memba him?). And later, as soon as the dynamic duo (plus Nick) finally tracked down “Jasmine,” she admitted that having two phones helped her pull off her ruse -- she’d look at Jasselene’s Instagram pictures on one device, take pictures of those with the other, and then send them to Nick. Oh, and her name was Nicole.


“I don’t want you to think I’m some sort of malicious person, because I’m not,” she told Nick. “[But] let’s just be real: You wouldn’t look at me the same way as you looked at [Jasselene].”


She then explained how the deception began. “My dad died,” she mentioned through tears. “My whole world crumbled. I literally ate my feelings, [and] I just packed on the pounds. Then I thought, ‘Maybe I just desire converse with somebody.’ I made the profile, and talking to [Nick] was totally different than talking to any other person.”


Then she planned a straightforward apology.


For his part, Nick accepted Nicole’s mea culpa and mentioned he’d be down to stay companions. And he kept his word: Today, the two still speak from time to time, with Nick saying he completely supports Nicole’s journey to “better herself” and Nicole working hard to rebuild their friendship.


Although what do you think: Could you forgive Nicole for her misdeeds? And have you ever been duped on Snapcat? Tell us your tales and live with MTV News for more Catfish updates.