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1 rule of meeting someone online: Get them on a video call.
Minutes into our conversation, she wants to know my star sign.
Instead, shes carrying MTVs tentpole reality shows on her back.
JoiningCatfish: The TV Showas host alongside Nev Schulman in 2018 felt like destiny.
It all clicked for me, right away.
This is what Im meant to do.
I dont know what you thought this was.
Despite my many facial expressions, it is a judgment-free zone, she says.
Then: Bliss and Zack just announced that theyre pregnant!
She tells me the news like were gossiping about old college friends.
Im over the moon.Vanessa finally got herLove Is Blindbaby!
(Also, Im a Cancer.)
How do you go about navigating tense situations onCatfish?Every single episode is different.
I think thats what I love about it.
Im forced to be grounded in every scenario and situation, because I dont know who Im dealing with.
I dont know their past trauma; I dont know their relationship history.
Ill go to the grocery store, and somebody will be spilling their tea to me in line.
At what point did Nev go from co-worker to feeling like a brother?Immediately.
Hes always trying to find new things to surprise me with or scare me or whatever it might be.
He has his henchmen.
They all know how to get me.
Im not opening that weird box.
You have your bits on the show, too.
Red flags werent a thing until you.Im just glad people are noticing them.
Whether they come from me or someone else, just ensure youre on the lookout.
Keep your head on a swivel, kids.
Dont make a run at jiggle the handle.
Dont step foot inside.
We have spoiler alert an episode coming where he just barges in.
These are things that me, as a Black person in America, Im just not doing.
I never know what kind of energy Im going to be met with.
That can be anxiety-inducing at times.
I just always have to prepare myself for battle.
I was getting very attached to looking them up and seeing where they are and following up.
Even still, we have stories and people who come on the show that I think about regularly.
Most recently, Ibrahim, I think captured everybodys hearts who watchedthat episode.
He was missing a few of his teeth because of an incident that happened in his hometown.
There was obviously an outcry from fans being like, You guys have to help him.
And the thing with that is if we help one person, we have to help everybody.
Some people dont like when the episodes are sad.
Theres always some level of sadness or heartbreak or hurt thats happening.
Otherwise, we wouldnt have a show.
Its not just for entertainment purposes.
I dont like a lot of producer manipulation and editing.
I wish more people did what we do onCatfish.
Nev is a stickler about it looking and feeling exactly the way it played out.
I wishAre You the One?
showed more of that.
Where they had, like, thatviral video of cheating baeor something like that?
And theyre sitting across from each other and theyre talking about the ways they hurt each other.
