Catfish: The TV Show (2012–…): Season 2, Episode 14 - Keyonnah & Bow Wow - full transcript
Superfan Keyonnah is almost certain that she's been having an online relationship with her childhood crush, the rapper Bow Wow. Now, Keyonnah wants to find out whether her dreams have become reality - or if this relationship is too good to be true.
>> YOU WANT TO DO IT?
>> NO.
YOU CAN.
>> WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT DOING
IT WITHOUT YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S DO IT.
KEEP BREATHING, OKAY?
[knock at door]
HI, I'M NEV, AND THIS IS MY
FILMMAKER BUDDY, MAX.
LAST YEAR, WE TRAVELED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY FIGURING OUT
THE TRUTH BEHIND ONLINE
ROMANCES.
I'M READY TO COME MEET YOU IF
YOU THINK YOU'RE REALLY READY.
>> I'M DEFINITELY READY.
>> ALONG THE WAY, WE OPENED
DOORS TO SOME BIG SURPRISES.
>> WAIT, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
>> WE MADE A FEW LOVE
CONNECTIONS...
>> IT FEELS AMAZING.
>> AND EVEN DID OUR FAIR SHARE
OF MENDING BROKEN HEARTS.
>> I'M SO HAPPY EVERY DAY WHEN I
WAKE UP NOW.
[sniffles]
>> SUDDENLY, THE IDEA OF
CATFISHING--HIDING WHO YOU
REALLY ARE TO HOOK SOMEONE INTO
AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP...
>> PROBABLY A PAGEANT WINNER,
A MODEL.
>> WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT BY
A LOT OF YOU.
GOT AN EMAIL HERE.
"WHO DID I REALLY FALL IN LOVE
WITH?"
SO MAX AND I ARE HEADED BACK OUT
ON THE ROAD...
MAX, WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.
TO INVESTIGATE STORIES THAT SEEM
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
>> I AM IN DEREK'S DRIVEWAY.
>> OR TOO WILD TO MAKE UP.
>> HE WAS CARJACKED, AND HE WAS
RAN OVER BY THE CAR.
>> JESUS, MAN.
WILL HOPE BECOME LOVE...
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> OR IS LOVE IN FOR A GIANT
SHOCK?
>> [cries] I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU CAN BE SURE THAT MAX AND
I WILL FIND OUT ALL THE ANSWERS,
BECAUSE SOMETIMES, A LITTLE BIT
OF FICTION...
>> WOW, CATFISH CURVE BALL.
>> LEADS TO A WHOLE LOT OF
REALITY.
THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
>> [laughs]
>> ARE WE READY?
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> CATFISH THE MOVIE WAS MY
STORY.
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW IS YOURS.
WE NEED TO GET YOUR HAIR GOING,
MAX.
>> IT'S NOT--IT--IT'S NOT--
>> COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO BRING
IT UP.
>> IT'S NOT THE--
>> GET THE FLAME.
THERE WE GO.
GIVE ME SOME FLAME, MAX.
COME ON, LET'S GO READ THIS
EMAIL.
HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
IS THIS THING WORKING?
LOOK, I CAN ADJUST A CAMERA TOO.
ALL RIGHT.
CHECK THIS OUT.
>> "DEAR NEV AND MAX, MY NAME IS
KEYONNAH.
I'M 19 YEARS OLD, AND I LIVE IN
A SMALL TOWN CALLED CAMERON,
NORTH CAROLINA.
I'M CURRENTLY IN AN
ONLINE-TURNED-VERY-PASSIONATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO
APPEARS TO BE THE RAPPER
BOW WOW."
COME ON!
>> [laughs]
>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
"BOW WOW IS 26 YEARS OLD AND
LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE HE
IS THE HOST OF THE SHOW,
106 & PARK.
I HAVE LOVED HIM SINCE I WAS A
KID.
I WENT TO SEVERAL OF HIS
CONCERTS, BOUGHT ALL OF HIS CDs,
AND EVEN HUNG UP POSTERS OF HIM
IN MY ROOM.
I MET HIM ON FACEBOOK FOUR
MONTHS AGO."
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> "I LIKED HIS FAN PAGE AND
SENT HIM A MESSAGE EXPLAINING
HOW MUCH I LIKE HIS MUSIC.
HOWEVER, I NEVER EXPECTED HIM TO
RESPOND, SO WHEN HE DID, I WAS
SHOCKED.
HE CALLED ME THE SAME DAY, AND
WE BEGAN TEXTING DAILY.
IT HAS SINCE BECOME MORE
SERIOUS.
I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO
KEEP MY FEELINGS UNDER CONTROL,
BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE
THINKING ABOUT BOW WOW ACTUALLY
LIKING ME."
>> * OH MY GOD
* IS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
* TO ME
>> "ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS
CONNECTED US THE MOST IS OUR
DAUGHTERS.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD ALL
BE A HAPPY FAMILY TOGETHER."
>> * WHY DON'T WE LEAVE THIS *
* TOWN TOGETHER
* WHEREVER THE WIND BLOWS
>> "UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO MEET DUE TO HIS
HIGH VOLUME OF FILMING AND HIS
INTENSE SCHEDULE IN NEW YORK
WITH THE SHOW.
WE HAVE EVEN TRIED TO VIDEO CHAT
A FEW TIMES, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A
BAD CONNECTION ON HIS END.
THE THINGS HE DOES KEEP ME
BELIEVING THAT THIS MIGHT
ACTUALLY BE REAL.
HE'S SENT OVER $10,000."
>> LET'S JUST KEEP ON READING.
>> "I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH
THIS PERSON, AND I DON'T WANT TO
BE HEARTBROKEN.
I'M READY TO KNOW THE TRUTH, AND
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME.
KEYONNAH."
I MEAN, SOME VERY WEALTHY MAN IS
EITHER IMPERSONATING BOW WOW, OR
IT IS BOW WOW, WHICH IS EVEN
CRAZIER.
WE GOT TO--WE GOT TO TALK TO
THIS GIRL.
SIGNING IN TO OOVOO.
CONNECTING.
[rings]
>> HEY!
>> HEY.
>> HEY.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> TELL US HOW THIS WHOLE
RELATIONSHIP WITH BOW WOW, UH,
STARTED.
>> OKAY.
I WAS, LIKE, BORED ONE DAY ON
FACEBOOK.
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WHY NOT HIT
HIM UP?"
I WAS LIKE, "HEY, I'M A BIG FAN.
I LOVE YOUR WORK.
GREAT JOB.
KEEP IT GOING."
AND HE WAS JUST--OUT OF NOWHERE,
REPLIED.
I WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOD!"
[squeals]
SO I JUST GAVE HIM MY NUMBER,
AND HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP CALLING
ME.
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
I WAS JUST LIKE, "ARE YOU
BOW WOW?
ARE YOU BOW WOW?
AAH! BOW WOW?"
HE WAS JUST LIKE, "YEAH, IT'S
ME." [laughs]
SO I WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, MY
GOSH.
I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU."
LIKE, IT'S SCARY TO SAY I'M IN
LOVE WITH SOMEBODY THAT I DON'T
SEE LIKE THAT.
SO, I GOT LIKE A WALL THAT'S NOT
BREAKING DOWN.
>> NORMALLY, IF SOMEONE WROTE ME
AN EMAIL THAT SAID THEY WERE
HAVING AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP
WITH A CELEBRITY, I WOULD ASSUME
IT WAS FAKE.
BUT THIS GUY STARTED SENDING YOU
MONEY.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, IT
IS HIM."
WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD
SEND SOMEBODY THIS AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ME?
>> AND YOU'VE NEVER VIDEO
CHATTED?
>> IT WAS ALWAYS A BAD
CONNECTION, OR LIKE WHEN I TRIED
TO CALL HIM, LIKE, "HEY, WHY
DIDN'T YOU SKYPE ME?" HE'LL JUST
GIVE ME A LITTLE STORY LIKE,
"I GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU LATER."
>> [sighs]
>> YEAH. [laughs]
>> YEAH.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND THAT
PROMISING.
>> HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY
BELIEVE THAT IT'S BOW WOW?
>> I'M LIKE AT 60%.
I JUST WANT PROOF IT'S YOU,
BECAUSE IF IT IS BOW WOW, IT'S
JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOD!"
DREAM COME TRUE.
FAIRYTALES.
>> both: ALL RIGHT.
>> WELL, IF YOU'RE--IF YOU'RE
SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING THIS GUY,
WHOEVER HE IS, AND FINDING OUT
THE TRUTH, WE'D LOVE TO HELP
YOU.
>> YAY! [laughs]
>> YEAH.
>> LET'S DO IT.
LET'S GO TO NORTH CAROLINA.
>> BYE.
>> BYE.
[electronic chirps]
I-I--I'M SO--I DON'T--WHAT CAN
WE SAY?
>> JUST BECAUSE A CELEBRITY
SENDS HER $10,000 DOESN'T MAKE
HIM REAL.
>> ON ONE HAND, IT'S THE MOST
RIDICULOUS THING I'VE EVER
HEARD.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD BE.
>> SHE'S BEEN TALKING TO BOW
WOW, BUT CLEARLY, SHE NEEDED TO
CALL THE BIG DOGS.
>> NOT THE BEST SHOES TO WEAR TO
THE AIRPORT.
>> ROOKIE MISTAKE.
>> * CAN YOU STAND BY
>> LAST CALL FOR THE FLIGHT.
>> * AFTER PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
[baby wailing]
*
>> NORTH CAROLINA.
>> NORMALLY, I WOULD SAY,
"THERE'S NO WAY THIS GUY IS
BOW WOW," BUT THE $10,000 IS A
TWIST.
THE MONEY COMING FROM THE
CATFISH...
>> YEAH.
>> IS A--IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T
SEEN BEFORE.
>> OKAY.
HER STREET.
>> HI.
>> HEY!
>> HI. [laughs]
>> WHOSE PLACE IS THIS?
>> I LIVE HERE WITH MY AUNT.
>> YOUR "ANT"?
>> YES.
>> AUNT?
>> YES, AUNT, ANT.
>> YOU SAY AUNT?
>> I SAY AUNT.
>> SEE?
[laughs]
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, LET'S SIT DOWN, AND I WANT
TO HEAR ALL ABOUT BOW WOW.
THIS WHOLE STORY IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
>> I KNOW.
>> WHEN WE READ YOUR EMAIL, THE
FIRST HALF OF IT, WE THOUGHT,
"OH, BOY."
>> [laughs]
>> "HERE'S A GIRL WHO THINKS
SHE'S TALKING TO BOW WOW."
BUT THEN WE GOT TO THE $10,000
PART, AND WE WERE JUST LIKE...
"IT COULD BE HIM."
>> YEAH, LIKE--[laughs]
>> I MEAN, THAT IS CRAZY.
>> WHO YOU TELLING?
I TOLD MY AUNT, AND MY AUNT WAS
LOOKING AT ME LIKE, "KEYONNAH,
REALLY?" AND I WAS JUST LIKE,
"AUNTIE, LIKE, REALLY.
REALLY, AUNTIE, REALLY."
SO BOW WOW, HE ASKED ME ABOUT
MYSELF AND WHAT I DO, AND I WAS
LIKE, "WELL, I WORK AT
MCDONALD'S, BUT, LIKE,
PART-TIME.
I MODEL TOO."
AND HE WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, OKAY.
WELL, MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU OUT
WITH THAT."
AND I'M JUST--OKAY, IT'S JUST
GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT.
>> SO HE SAID, "I SENT YOU SOME
MONEY, GO PICK IT UP"?
>> HE SAID HIS ASSISTANT DID IT
BECAUSE HE WAS TOO BUSY,
WHATEVER.
>> WHO IS HIS ASSISTANT?
>> HE SAID IT'S LARRY BROWN,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> LARRY BROWN.
>> I CALLED HIM, AND I WAS JUST,
"YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR
MONEY BACK?
LA-LA-LA-LA?"
"NO, NO, I'M GOOD.
YOU KEEP IT."
I'M JUST LIKE, "OH, OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH."
[laughs]
>> THEN WHAT DID YOU DO WITH
THIS MONEY?
>> WELL, SAVED MOST OF IT.
I ENDED UP HELPING MY FAMILY,
LIKE--'CAUSE MY AUNT AND MY
GRANDMA GOT CARS--PAYMENTS--SO
MIGHT AS WELL HELP THEM WITH
THAT.
AND THEN, LIKE, WITH MORTGAGE,
MIGHT AS WELL HELP HER WITH
THAT.
SO--AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, MY
DAUGHTER'S IN DAYCARE--
>> SO YOU HELPED OUT EVERYONE.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S BASICALLY HOW IT WENT.
>> I KNOW VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO
COULD AFFORD TO JUST GIVE AWAY
$10,000.
>> YEAH.
HE WAS LIKE, "WHO YOU KNOW WOULD
SEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY?"
I WAS JUST LIKE, "HMM.
YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT,
YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT."
I WOULD LOVE TO START A FAMILY
WITH HIM AND OUR TWO DAUGHTERS,
AND, LIKE, I JUST WANT TO FIND
OUT THE TRUTH.
THAT'S WHY I HIRED DETECTIVES.
Y'ALL TWO.
[laughs]
>> I'M DYING TO SEE THIS GUY'S
PAGE AND ALL OF YOUR MESSAGES,
SO CAN WE--CAN WE JUMP ONLINE
AND CHECK IT OUT?
>> SURE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS A PERSONAL PAGE
FOR SHAD MOSS, AND THEN IN
PARENTHESES, BOW WOW.
>> YEAH.
NO.
THE ONE THAT I WAS WRITING, HE
DELETED, HE SAID.
>> SO THE PAGE THAT YOU
ORIGINALLY MESSAGED...
>> YEAH.
>> AND HE WROTE BACK ON HAS
SINCE BEEN DELETED.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
>> YOU'RE NOT CONNECTED WITH HIM
ON FACEBOOK ANYMORE?
>> NO.
>> SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION OR
CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU CAN SHOW
US?
>> LIKE--YEAH.
>> THESE ARE HIS MESSAGES TO
YOU?
>> YEAH.
[Nev reading]
>> OKAY.
I MEAN, LOOK, IF IT WEREN'T
FOR THE $10,000 THIS GUY HAS
SENT YOU, I WOULD SAY IT'S
ALMOST DEFINITELY NOT BOW WOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, ALL WE REALLY
HAVE TO GO OFF OF IS HIS PHONE
NUMBER.
>> THAT MIGHT BE ALL WE NEED.
>> LET'S GET TO IT, MAX.
GREAT TO MEET YOU.
>> YOU TOO.
SEE YOU.
>> THE FACT THAT THERE'S JUST
NOTHING TO GO OFF OF...
>> IT'S A MYSTERY.
>> IF THE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT SHE
HAD POSTED ON WAS STILL UP, WE
WOULD AT LEAST KNOW, LIKE, THAT
THERE WAS A PERSON BEHIND IT...
>> RIGHT.
>> AND WE COULD RESEARCH THAT,
BUT IT LITERALLY COULD BE
ANYBODY.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET THE GAMES
BEGIN.
ICE CREAM.
CAN I HAVE A SMALL SORBET?
>> YES.
>> WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> MAX SPEAKS PORTUGUESE.
>> * OOH WHOO WHOO OOH
* OOH WHOO WHOO OOH
>> ALL RIGHT, READY, MAX?
HERE WE GO.
THE STORY IS NUTS.
KEYONNAH PUT HER PHONE NUMBER ON
A FAN PAGE.
SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO HER AND
HAS MOSTLY CONVINCED HER THAT
IT'S BOW WOW.
>> I MEAN, SHE'S NOT TOTALLY
CONVINCED.
>> NO, NO, NO.
SHE'S JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF
SKEPTICAL, AND I THINK,
CONSIDERING THAT HE SENDS HER
THAT MUCH MONEY, THERE'S STILL
A CHANCE THIS COULD BE BOW WOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> LET'S JUST DO A QUICK SEARCH
ON BOW WOW AND SEE WHAT WE CAN
FIND OUT ABOUT HIM.
OKAY.
>> "BORN, 1987.
BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME,
BOW WOW."
>> OKAY, WAIT A SECOND.
HERE, LOOK.
"BOW WOW NOW LIVES IN ATLANTA,
GEORGIA.
BOW WOW REVEALED THAT HE DOES
HAVE A CHILD.
BOW WOW REVEALED THE BABY WAS A
GIRL, AND HER NAME IS SHAI."
>> WAIT, LOOK AT THIS!
THIS IS A QUOTE FROM HIM.
"SHAI LIVES IN LOS ANGELES, AND
IT'S SO HARD.
I SKYPE WITH HER, AND I JUST
WISH THAT I COULD REACH IN THERE
AND GRAB HER LITTLE SELF, BUT
I CAN'T."
SO, HE SKYPES WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THAT SKYPE BETTER BE
WORKING.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S PRETTY UNLIKELY THAT HE
CAN'T SKYPE WITH KEYONNAH.
>> OKAY, KEYONNAH SENT US AN
EMAIL WITH KIND OF THE VITAL
INFORMATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO HERE IS BOW
WOW'S CELL PHONE NUMBER.
LET'S SEE WHO'S REGISTERED THIS
NUMBER.
>> WE GOT A M--WE GOT SOMETHING.
>> WHAT?
>> RENEE, OKAY.
IT'S NORTH CAROLINA.
>> WHAT?
>> LOUISBURG.
THAT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
>> THIS COULD BE SOMEONE SHE
KNOWS.
>> RIGHT.
NOW LET'S GO TO HER FACEBOOK.
ALL RIGHT, RENEE--OH.
>> BOOM, WE GOT--
>> RENEE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE
THAT WOULD BE PRETENDING TO BE
BOW WOW.
>> WELL, MAYBE SHE HAS A SON,
'CAUSE THE PHONE NUMBER COULD
JUST BE REGISTERED TO HER.
WELL, WE CAN SEARCH HER FRIENDS.
LOOK, MAURICE WITH A DAUGHTER.
>> MM-HMM.
>> HERE'S A GUY WHO IS THE SON
OF RENEE.
>> YES.
HE'S SELF-EMPLOYED AND LOVING
IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO, IT'S POSSIBLE THIS IS OUR
GUY.
>> THIS IS ONLY RIGHT 50% OF THE
TIME.
THIS IS JUST WHO THE PHONE
COULD'VE BEEN REGISTERED TO
BEFORE.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
>> I THINK WE NEED TO TRY AND
JUST SORT OF TRACE THE NAME OF
THIS LARRY BROWN GUY.
>> BECAUSE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
THE ASSISTANT, RIGHT?
>> LET'S LOOK HIM UP ON
FACEBOOK.
>> OH, BOY.
LARRY BROWN ON FACEBOOK?
>> THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON NAME.
GEORGIA TECH.
>> CHICAGO?
NO.
I MEAN, NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.
>> WE COULD TRY TO REACH OUT
THROUGH OUR CONNECTIONS MAYBE AT
MTV AND SEE IF ANYONE KNOWS HIM,
AND IF HE IS DATING ANYBODY OR--
>> OKAY.
[line ringing]
>> HEY, IT'S NEV AND MAX FROM
CATFISH.
SO, WE'RE SHOOTING AN EPISODE OF
THE SHOW, AND WE MET THIS GIRL
WHO HAS BEEN TALKING TO
SOMEONE...
>> both: CLAIMING TO BE BOW WOW.
>> WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU HAVE
EVER, SORT OF, DEALT WITH HIM OR
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF HE HAS AN
ASSISTANT BY ANY CHANCE THAT YOU
EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH NAMED
LARRY BROWN?
>> ANT.
>> THANKS, SANDRA.
>> GREAT.
>> both: BYE.
>> ANT.
>> NOT LARRY.
>> RIGHT.
SHE'S NEVER HEARD OF A LARRY
BROWN.
>> WELL, IF LARRY BROWN'S NOT
BOW WOW'S ASSISTANT, THEN I
THINK IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO ASSUME
THAT THE GUY SHE'S TALKING TO
ISN'T BOW WOW.
>> BUT THAT PHONE NUMBER IS
THE--IS THE ONLY HARD PIECE OF
EVIDENCE WE HAVE THAT RENEE IS
CONNECTED TO...
>> RIGHT.
>> THE $10,000 CATFISH.
>> RIGHT.
MAURICE COULD VERY WELL BE THE
GUY THAT KEYONNAH'S TALKING TO.
>> NO ONE WE SAW ON FACEBOOK
LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE THAT KIND
OF MONEY.
WHO IS SENDING $10,000 TO
KEYONNAH?
>> I DON'T KNOW!
AS UNBELIEVABLE AS THIS IS, WE
STILL CAN'T PROVE THAT IT'S NOT
BOW WOW.
>> MAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
TO SAY TO HER.
WE JUST NEED TO BE HONEST
WITH HER THAT WE DON'T REALLY
BELIEVE THAT IT'S BOW WOW, BUT
GIVE HER THE FACTS, YOU KNOW?
LET HER DECIDE.
>> KEYONNAH IS TOO SWEET...
>> NO, SHE'S--YEAH.
>> OF A GIRL TO HAVE TO PUT
UP WITH THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A SEAT.
WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND WE
FOUND A BUNCH OF STUFF, AND
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
IT ALL MEANS, AND MAYBE YOU CAN
HELP US.
SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO
THROUGH IT, IF YOU'RE READY.
>> I'M READY IF YOU ARE.
>> WE DID A BASIC SEARCH FOR THE
NAME OF HIS ASSISTANT THAT YOU
REMEMBER BEING ON THE MONEYGRAM
RECEIPT, LARRY BROWN.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T FIND
ANYTHING CONNECTING LARRY BROWN
AND BOW WOW.
WE CALLED SOMEONE THAT WE KNOW
WHO WORKS AT MTV.
WE SAID, "HEY, LOOK, DO YOU KNOW
BOW WOW'S ASSISTANT?"
SHE SAID, "YES.
HIS NAME IS ANTHONY OR ANT."
>> OKAY.
[sighs]
>> SO THEN WE KIND OF DID THE
ONLY THING WE COULD DO WITH THE
INFORMATION WE HAD, WHICH WAS
RUN THE PHONE NUMBER.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THIS IS WHAT IT CAME BACK
WITH.
RENEE...
>> WHO?
>> LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA.
>> WHAT?
IN--WHAT?
>> IN THIS AREA NEAR LOUISBURG,
WHICH IS NOT THAT FAR FROM HERE.
IT'S ONLY LIKE AN HOUR AND A
HALF.
NEVER HEARD OF THAT PERSON
BEFORE?
>> NO.
>> IT'S A PRETTY BIG
COINCIDENCE.
>> A REAL BIG COINCIDENCE.
>> WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT COULD BE
ONE OF HER SONS OR SOMEONE USING
THE PHONE THAT'S REGISTERED TO
HER TO TALK TO YOU.
>> SO WE LOOKED AT HER SONS'
PROFILES.
THIS GUY, MAURICE.
>> I DON'T KNOW A MAURICE.
[sighs]
>> THIS IS ONE POSSIBLE LEAD.
>> WE DON'T THINK IT'S THIS GUY.
THIS IS NOT HARD PROOF, BUT IT'S
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE.
>> SO THE ONLY OTHER THING TO
SHOW YOU WAS WE FOUND THIS, AND
I WANT TO READ THIS TO YOU.
"PERSONAL LIFE.
BOW WOW REVEALED THAT HE DOES
HAVE A CHILD.
THE BABY WAS A GIRL, AND HER
NAME IS SHAI.
'IT'S SO HARD.
I SKYPE WITH HER, AND I JUST
WISH THAT I COULD REACH IN THERE
AND GRAB HER LITTLE SELF.'"
>> SO, HE SKYPES.
>> BUT THAT'S CRAZY, 'CAUSE,
LIKE, EVERY TIME I TRY, LIKE,
THERE'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM.
OKAY.
[sighs]
OH, MY GOD.
>> I MEAN I-I'M WILLING TO SAY
I'M 99% SURE IT'S NOT BOW WOW.
BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO HAS
THAT KIND OF MONEY TO BE SENDING
TO YOU.
>> BUT IT WASN'T, LIKE, EVEN THE
MONEY.
IT WAS JUST THE FACT THAT,
"WELL, I REALLY LIKED YOU, LIKE,
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID."
LIKE, PEOPLE AT SCHOOL USED TO
GET SO MAD AT ME BECAUSE THAT'S
ALL I USED TO TALK ABOUT, LIKE,
"BOW WOW THIS, BOW WOW THAT.
I'M GOING TO HIS CONCERT.
WELL, LA-LA-LA."
I WANT TO CRY.
THAT'S SAD.
OH, MY GOD.
>> YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> * SO SIMPLE
* SO TRUE
* DON'T LOSE *
* YOUR FAITH
* IN LOVE
>> I JUST FEEL STUPID.
>> DON'T FORGET, THIS HAPPENED
TO ME, ALSO.
>> * OLD WORDS
* MADE NEW
>> [cries]
THIS IS BASICALLY, LIKE, A WHOLE
ENTIRE LIE.
>> THE GUY YOU'VE BEEN TALKING
TO HAS A STORY THAT DOESN'T
QUITE LINE UP WITH THIS.
AND EITHER THAT'S 'CAUSE HE'S
LYING OR BECAUSE HE'S A
DIFFERENT PERSON.
>> I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY THING,
REALLY, THAT WE CAN DO IS CALL
HIM AND SEE IF HE'LL AGREE TO
MEET.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU READY TO DO THIS?
>> I'M SCARED, BUT YEAH.
>> YOU WANT TO SIT HERE WITH US
AND CALL HIM TOGETHER?
[softly] ALL RIGHT.
[phone keys beeping]
[line ringing]
>> YOU HAVE REACHED THE VOICE
MA--
>> OKAY, WE CAN SEND HIM A TEXT.
"HEY, NEED TO SPEAK WITH YOU
REGARDING KEYONNAH."
[phone chirps]
OH, HE JUST TEXTED ME.
"WHO IS THIS?"
>> WOW.
>> YEAH.
"THIS IS...
NEV FROM THE SHOW CATFISH.
IT WOULD BE BEST TO DISCUSS OVER
THE PHONE."
>> NOW LET'S JUST SEE HOW LONG
IT TAKES HIM TO TEXT BACK.
[phone chirps]
>> OH, HERE WE GO.
>> HE SAID, "I'M VERY BUSY RIGHT
NOW FILMING THE SHOW.
SORRY."
>> SO HE'S STICKING TO THE
BOW WOW STORY.
I MEAN, WHY DON'T YOU JUST TEXT
HIM BACK LIKE, "CUT THE [bleep].
WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT BOW WOW."
>> ALL RIGHT.
"KEYONNAH IS PRETTY SURE YOU'RE
NOT BOW WOW BUT DOES WANT TO
MEET YOU."
>> WE CALLED HIM OUT.
[phone chirps]
>> WHOA.
HE SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M NOT BOW WOW.
I'M SHAD MOSS, AND I'M VERY
BUSY FILMING FOR 106 & PARK.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOW IS DEFINITELY
NOT A GOOD TIME."
>> [groans]
>> "SORRY, BUT I GOT TO GO."
AH.
>> I THINK HE'S FULL OF CRAP
RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, LET'S LEAVE THE DOOR
OPEN.
MAYBE HE'LL HAVE A CHANGE OF
HEART.
"TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK THIS
OVER.
WE ARE HERE TILL TOMORROW
MORNING, SO PLEASE MAKE A
DECISION BY THEN."
IT WOULD BE CRAZY FOR HIM NOT TO
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
YOU.
>> I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT'S
JUST BEST NOT TO HAVE ANY
EXPECTATIONS.
>> YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A HUG.
>> BYE.
>> FEEL BETTER.
>> I WILL.
>> I GOT A TEXT FROM OUR GUY.
THIS CAME IN THIS MORNING,
EARLY.
"HEY, NEV, IT'S SHAD.
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
EVERYTHING AS FAR AS MEETING
KEYONNAH.
WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW I FEEL
ABOUT HER.
I'M GOING TO BE IN ATLANTA
TONIGHT FOR A MEETING AND WOULD
LOVE TO MEET MY PRINCESS,
KEYONNAH.
I GOT TO FLY BACK OUT TOMORROW
FOR THE SHOW.
I WAS HOPING I COULD MEET HER
BEFORE I LEAVE."
>> WHAT?
>> AMAZINGLY, THE FACT THAT THIS
GUY SAYS HE'S GONNA BE IN
ATLANTA--
>> IT FITS WITH BOW WOW'S STORY.
>> IT CERTAINLY FITS THE STORY.
AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME TO EVEN
CONTINUE CONSIDERING IT...
>> IT CAN'T--IT CAN'T BE--
IT CAN'T BE BOW WOW.
>> IT COULD BE BOW WOW.
>> [laughs]
>> OKAY?
I'M NOT READY TO GO 100% THAT
IT'S NOT THIS GUY.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO OVER
TO KEYONNAH'S AND--
>> DO I HAVE TO PACK RIGHT NOW?
>> I GUESS WE SHOULD PACK,
BECAUSE WE--I MEAN, WE GOT TO
GET TO ATLANTA TONIGHT.
MEET ME DOWNSTAIRS IN THE LOBBY
IN LIKE TEN MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
GOING TO ATLANTA.
>> HEY!
>> HEY.
>> SO THIS MORNING, I GOT A TEXT
MESSAGE.
BASICALLY, IF WE WANT TO MEET
THIS GUY, WE WOULD NEED TO GO TO
ATLANTA TODAY...
>> OH.
>> IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO.
>> [laughs] YES.
>> [laughs] OKAY.
I KNOW.
>> HE'S STICKING WITH THE BOW
WOW STORY.
>> [laughs]
>> IT'S CRAZY.
>> [laughs]
>> *BUT DON'T BRING TOMORROW *
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
ATLANTA!
>> * 'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW *
* I'LL LOSE YOU *
>> A LONG JOURNEY.
>> OH, MY GOD.
IT'S LIKE TEN HOURS.
>> I'M NERVOUS, EXCITED.
I JUST HOPE AND WISH I GET ALL
MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
NO MORE LIES.
>> *I'LL LOSE YOU *
>> WELL, THERE IT IS.
ATLANTA SKYLINE.
>> * SO DON'T BRING TOMORROW *
>> I GOT, LIKE, BUTTERFLIES.
>> * 'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW *
>> both: HEY.
>> HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIM
AGAIN?
>> YEAH, HE ACTUALLY TEXTED ME.
HE SAID, "GOOD MORNING, BABE.
I'M IN ATLANTA.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU.
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU AT MY
COUSIN'S HOUSE."
I'M VERY NERVOUS RIGHT NOW.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK HE FEELS
ABOUT YOU?
>> I ACTUALLY THINK HE CARES
ABOUT ME, BUT HE DOESN'T CARE
THAT MUCH IF HE'S LYING TO ME.
>> IT'S THIS ONE.
OKAY.
YOU WANT TO DO IT?
>> NO.
YOU CAN.
>> WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT DOING
IT WITHOUT YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S DO IT.
KEEP BREATHING, OKAY?
SO WHY DON'T YOU GUYS HANG HERE?
[knock at door]
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
>> HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
>> UH...
>> [laughs]
>> UM...
WELL...
>> OH!
>> WE CAME HERE OBVIOUSLY TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO KEYONNAH.
>> OH, MY...GOD!
>> WELL, HOW YOU DOING,
KEYONNAH?
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> MY NAME DEE.
>> OH.
LIKE, I ALREADY--OH.
>> YOU GO BY DEE?
>> YEAH.
MY STAGE NAME IS DEE PIMPING.
>> OKAY.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> I'M 23.
I NEVER LIED ABOUT MY TRUE
FEELINGS FOR YOU.
I JUST LIED ABOUT THE PERSON AND
FOR THAT ATTENTION.
THAT WAS IT.
LIKE, THE MUSIC, I'M ME, I'M
REAL, I'M THIS PERSON.
LIKE, I CARE ABOUT YOU.
>> I'M NOT--OH.
>> I JUST WISH WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD FROM THE SITUATION.
>> I'M NOT GAY, SO, LIKE, THIS
COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD.
>> I'M KINDA EMBARRASSED AT THE
SAME TIME BECAUSE NOW, LIKE--
>> YOU'RE EMBARRASSED?
I'M EMBARRASSED.
>> I KNEW YOU WASN'T GONNA
ACCEPT THE FACT THAT I WAS A
FEMALE.
I KNEW YOU WASN'T GONNA ACCEPT
THAT.
EVEN IF WE CAN'T SHARE LIKE A--
YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF
RELATIONSHIP, I STILL WANT TO BE
THAT FRIEND TO HELP YOU.
I STILL WANT TO BE THAT PERSON
TO BE THERE FOR YOU LIKE I BEEN
DOING, SENDING YOU EVERYTHING,
TAKING CARE OF YOU AND YOUR
DAUGHTER, SUPPORTING YOUR CAREER
AND ALL.
LIKE, I WANT TO BE THAT PERSON
TO HELP YOU WITH EVERYTHING.
>> [cries]
>> WERE YOU EXPECTING THIS TO GO
ANY BETTER?
>> YEAH, I WAS HOPING, LIKE,
THAT WE COULD'VE MOVED FORWARD
FROM IT.
>> LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
LIKE, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GO
THROUGH ALL THIS.
LIKE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
DATING, BUT YOU COULD'VE BEEN--
TOLD ME.
LIKE, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST
UPSET--LIKE, YOU GOT ME LOOKING
STUPID.
>> SO DID YOU START THE FAN
PAGE?
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THEN THAT GOT CLOSED, OR
YOU CLOSED IT?
>> YEAH, I CLOSED IT.
ONCE I GOT CLOSE TO KEYONNAH,
I JUST CLOSED IT.
>> SO YOU KIND OF CREATED THE
PROFILE AS A TRAP, IN A WAY, TO
MEET GIRLS?
>> YEAH, TO MEET GIRLS.
TO MEET A LOT OF GIRLS, 'CAUSE I
KNOW BOW WOW, HE GETS THAT
ATTENTION, LIKE, ALL THE GIRLS
LOVE HIM.
>> BUT THOSE ARE STRAIGHT GIRLS
THAT LIKE BOW WOW.
>> YEAH, I MEAN FOR ME, I LIKE A
CHALLENGE.
I'M THE TYPE--I LIKE A
CHALLENGE.
I LIKE STRAIGHT GIRLS TO SEE
WHAT I CAN DO.
EVENTUALLY, I WAS GONNA TELL
'EM.
I DIDN'T SAY--NOT NOW.
>> YOU DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS
GONNA GO WRONG WHEN YOU MET THEM
IN PERSON AND THEY SAW YOU WERE
A GIRL?
THEY'D--THEY'D JUST IMMEDIATELY,
LIKE, JUMP IN BED WITH YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF THE DOOR
THERE, I-I THOUGHT YOU WERE A
GUY.
>> WELL, I APPEAR LIKE--TO MOST
GIRLS, A LOT OF GIRLS TO
APPEAR--APPEAR TO BE A GUY.
>> AND--AND THE MONEY?
>> YEAH, THE MONEY.
>> I MEAN, LIKE, IT'S A LOT OF
MONEY.
>> YEAH, I WOULDN'T JUST SEND
RANDOM CHICKS THAT AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAD SOME TYPE OF
CONNECTION, SOME TYPE OF
FEELINGS FOR HER, TO SEND HER
MONEY LIKE THAT.
>> AND YOU ARE A MUSICIAN?
>> MM-HMM.
>> THAT'S YOUR FULL-TIME JOB?
>> I DO SHOWS AND EVERYTHING IN
HERE--HERE IN ATLANTA, LIKE,
THEY HAVE OPEN MIC, SO I DO
SHOWS HERE FOR, LIKE, $1,000,
$300, $500.
>> SO, WAIT, WHO WAS I ON THE
PHONE WITH?
>> IT WAS MY COUSIN.
>> OH, SO SHE WASN'T EVEN
TALKING TO YOU?
>> YEAH.
YEAH, I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING
RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST HOPE WE
CAN MOVE PAST IT, YOU KNOW?
>> I CAN'T EVEN CUSS YOU OUT
RIGHT NOW.
HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW, LIKE,
I MIGHT JUST STOP TALKING TO
YOU.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT
TO DO?
>> YEAH, HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT
NOW, YEAH.
>> I MEAN, I COULD GIVE YOU SOME
TIME.
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE TIME YOU
NEED.
LIKE, I'M NOT RUSHING YOU OR
NOTHING.
I'LL BE HERE.
>> LET'S GO SIT DOWN FOR A
MINUTE.
>> * I'VE BEEN SEARCHING *
* DARK ROOMS
* I'VE BEEN SEARCHING *
*IN THE DARK *
* BUT ALL I LEARNED FROM LOVE
* IS IT ALWAYS
*BREAKS YOUR HEART *
* OH-OH, OH-OH
* OH-OH, OH-OH
* OH-OH, OH-OH
* PLEASE DON'T GO *
>> WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
SORT OF RAN THROUGH YOUR HEAD
WHEN SHE WALKED OUT THE DOOR?
>> LIKE, I WAS JUST SCREAMING,
"NO," IN MY HEAD.
LIKE, "NO, NO, NO, NO, NO."
>> DID YOU EVER THINK IT COULD
BE A GIRL?
>> NO.
>> HAVE YOU HAD TO GET OVER
STRAIGHT GIRLS WHO WEREN'T
INTERESTED IN YOU BEFORE?
>> NOT REALLY.
>> YOU WERE ALWAYS--WERE ABLE TO
CONVERT THEM.
>> MM-HMM.
>> HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> I MEAN--[laughs]
I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU ON
CAMERA, BUT--[laughs]
IT'S POSSIBLE, TRUST ME.
>> WHAT--
>> I PUT MY HAT ON.
I PUT MY SUNGLASSES ON, PUT ON
SOME LITTLE DESIGNER CLOTHES
AND, LIKE, THEY THINK I'M A
FULL-BLOWN GUY.
>> AND, LIKE, SHE DIDN'T--JUST
TO MAKE HERSELF FEEL GOOD,
HERSELF HAPPY.
LIKE, THAT'S WHAT JUST, LIKE,
PISSES ME OFF MORE.
>> A LOT OF CHICKS, THEY DON'T
KNOW I'M A GIRL.
LIKE, RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LOT OF
CHICKS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW--THEY
PROBABLY GONNA SEE THE SHOW AND
BE LIKE, "WOW."
BUT LIKE, I MEAN--IT HAPPENED,
YOU KNOW?
>> OH, MY GOD.
YOU JUST PASS AS A GUY AND THEN
WHILE THEY'RE HOOKING UP AND,
LIKE, FEELING YOU UP, LIKE, THEY
FEEL THAT SOMETHING'S MISSING.
>> WELL, NO.
>> AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
>> NO, NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S WHY I SAID I DON'T
WANT--I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU
ON CAMERA.
>> SO YOU--YOU PUT A DILDO
THERE?
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
IT'S--IT'S LIKE A REAL LAMBSKIN
DILDO.
IT'S LIKE HUMAN SKIN, BUT IT'S
LAMB.
AND LIKE IT FEELS REAL, LIKE, I
FOOLED A LOT OF CHICKS LIKE
THAT.
>> WHO KNOWS IF THAT WAS REALLY
HER MONEY?
OR IF SH--I MEAN SHE'S EVEN
REALLY A MUSICIAN?
SHE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD AT LYING
FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS...
>> YEAH.
>> SO, FOR ALL WE KNOW, SHE
COULD BE LYING NOW.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA
BE LIKE, "OH, NO, I DON'T WANT
NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU."
LIKE, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT TO
HAPPEN.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT FROM
HER PERSPECTIVE.
SHE'S NOT GONNA SEE IT THAT WAY,
AND SHE--SHE SHOULDN'T.
>> I-I THINK I'LL JUST GIVE HER
SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
HOPEFULLY, SHE'LL MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISION.
>> I'M GONNA GO BACK DOWN.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MAN.
>> HEY, MAN.
>> HEY.
HOW YOU DOING?
>> I FEEL LIKE CRAP.
>> YEAH.
>> WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>> I JUST NEED SOME TIME RIGHT
NOW.
>> YEAH, I-I DON'T BLAME YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK
RIGHT NOW.
LIKE, I JUST FEEL LIKE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF--I FEEL BETRAYED THE
MOST.
LIKE, I HAD A FEELING THAT IT
WASN'T BOW, BUT I HAD A FEELING
IT WAS A GUY.
>> YEAH.
>> * THERE'S NOTHING *
* TO PUT BACK
* OH, OH, OH
* THEN IT'S TIME *
>> I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT
WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM.
DEE'S STORY IS THAT SHE'S A
RAPPER, MAKES THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS A WEEK.
IT'S--HAS TO BE BELIEVABLE
BECAUSE WHERE ELSE DID SHE...
>> RIGHT.
>> 10 GRAND TO SEND TO KEYONNAH?
>> I MEAN, IF SHE'S PERFORMING
THAT MUCH, THERE WOULD
DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING ABOUT
HER ONLINE.
WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK.
DEE PIMPIN'.
THERE'S BASICALLY NOTHING OF
THIS GIRL.
THERE'S NO MENTION OF HER
PERFORMING.
THERE'S NO LINKS TO ANY MUSIC.
>> BUT SHE'S GETTING THAT MONEY
FROM SOMEWHERE.
SHE OWES IT TO KEYONNAH TO
REALLY TELL HER WHO SHE IS.
[knock at door]
>> HEY.
>> both: HEY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> WE DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE
FULL STORY YET.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN FINDING
OUT?
>> YEAH.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TALK TO
HER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THEN WE SHOULD GO OVER
THERE.
>> YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
>> I'M NERVOUS FOR WHAT'S SHE
GONNA SAY TODAY.
>> HARD TO IMAGINE SHE COULD
SHOCK US ANY MORE THAN SHE DID
YESTERDAY.
>> FAMOUS LAST WORDS.
>> AND NOW, MORE
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW.
STICK AROUND.
>> WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S
TRUE AND WHAT'S NOT.
>> SHE LET PEOPLE THINK SHE'S A
GUY.
I JUST LIKE WANT TO SEE, LIKE,
IS SHE GONNA STOP WHAT SHE'S
DOING.
>> IF SHE REALLY WANT THAT
FRIENDSHIP WITH ME, THEN THAT'S
THE FIRST STEP.
>> 'SUP?
>> HEY.
>> 'SUP, GUYS?
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE Y'ALL.
>> HEY.
>> HELLO, KEYONNAH.
Y'ALL COME ON IN.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS FRED.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
HOW YOU DOING?
>> SO YOUR NAME IS FRED?
>> YEAH, IT'S FRED.
>> NO ONE CALLS YOU LARRY?
>> NO, NO.
>> THAT WAS JUST A FAKE NAME
THAT HE GAVE YOU.
>> FRED, YEAH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND YOU GUYS ARE COUSINS?
>> YEP.
>> GOT IT.
WELL, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE A
SEAT AND KIND OF...
>> SHOOT, YEAH.
SIT DOWN.
>> CHAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> YEAH.
>> I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN--IN
FRED HERE.
>> YEAH, ME TOO.
YOU ACTUALLY TALKED TO ME ON THE
PHONE LIKE IT WAS NOTHING, LIKE
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
IT, AND I THINK THAT'S REAL
MESSED UP.
HOW COULD YOU EVEN GO ALONG WITH
HER?
>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOOK OUT
FOR MY COUSIN.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
>> DID YOU DEVELOP ANY FEELINGS
FOR KEYONNAH WHILE YOU WERE
TALKING TO HER ALL THIS TIME?
>> I'M--NO, I DIDN'T.
I WAS--I WAS JUST THE MAN ON THE
LINE, THAT'S ALL.
>> SO SHE WAS THE BOW, AND YOU
WAS THE WOW, AND Y'ALL JUST PUT
IT TOGETHER?
>> I'M--I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING
I DID TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HURT YOU.
I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FACE.
SO, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
>> I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS TO
KNOW, SINCE YESTERDAY, IF YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING OR
ANYTHING.
>> I WANT TO JUST COME CLEAN
WITH HER ABOUT EVERYTHING AND
JUST ACTUALLY GET TO LET HER
KNOW WHO I AM AS A PERSON.
WHEN I MET KEYONNAH, SHE SHOWED
ME EVERYTHING, LIKE, FEELINGS.
SHE SHOWED ME, LIKE, LOVE.
I NEVER KNEW THAT PEOPLE CAN
EXIST LIKE THAT.
ONCE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED
TALKING MORE, THE CHEMISTRY GOT
EVEN STRONGER BY THE DAY.
>> HOW DID YOU THINK THAT THIS
WAS GONNA TURN OUT?
>> WITH KEYONNAH?
>> YEAH.
>> I SENT HER A LOT OF MONEY!
>> BUT YOU THOUGHT I WAS JUST
GONNA, LIKE, UP--"OH, MY GOD,
THIS PERSON IS SENDING ME MONEY,
SO I'M JUST GONNA DATE THEM AND
TALK TO THEM REGARDLESS."
I RATHER HAD SEEN YOU THAN SEEN
THE MONEY.
>> SO WHERE DID THE--THE $10,000
COME FROM?
>> IT CAME FROM THE MUSIC.
I GET THE MONEY FROM THE SHOWS.
>> WE LOOKED YOU UP, AND WE
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, NONE OF
YOUR SONGS OR PERFORMANCES.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY MUSIC
OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT NOBODY
STEALING MY STUFF.
>> BUT YOU STEALING SOMEBODY
ELSE'S LIFE, BASICALLY.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU MAKE MONEY
PERFORMING.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT $10,000?
>> I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT ME.
I WAS BORROWING IT FROM FRIENDS,
MY COUSIN, LIKE, CHICKS.
>> SO YOU WERE--YOU WERE ASKING
FRIENDS FOR MONEY...
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THEY WERE GIVING IT TO
YOU?
>> HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOUR
FRIENDS GIVE YOU AT ONCE?
>> DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH I ASK
FOR, LIKE--
>> THOUSANDS, OR LIKE--
>> YEAH, BETWEEN $500 AND
$1,000, LIKE, THEY DON'T
REALLY NEVER SAY NO,
'CAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW
I'MA GIVE IT BACK, SO--
>> DO YOU EVER PAY PEOPLE BACK?
>> NO.
THEY SUPPORTIVE OF MY CAREER.
>> BUT YOU'RE NOT USING IT FOR
YOUR CAREER BECAUSE YOU WERE
SAVING IT UP, AND THEN YOU GAVE
IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU'RE REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF PEOPLE.
>> NO, I'M NOT.
I'M NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
ANYONE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
ME.
THEY HELPING ME OUT.
THEY KNOW ONCE I GET WHERE I
NEED TO BE, I'M GONNA BLESS ALL
MY FAMILY.
>> YOU SHOULD'VE JUST BEEN
HONEST WITH ME.
YOU CAME TO ME PRETENDING TO
BE BOW WOW, SOMEBODY THAT I HAD
A CRUSH ON SINCE I WAS LITTLE.
THAT'S WHAT REELED ME IN, LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, I LOVE HIM.
OH, MY GOD, HE WROTE ME."
AND THEN IT JUST GOT MY HEAD
SPINNING.
YOU'RE A PRETENDER.
LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ARE.
>> I'M NOT THAT PERSON.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT.
I'M JUST A REGULAR, NORMAL
PERSON THAT'S TRYING TO DO
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO
SURVIVE.
BUT NOW THAT'S WHY I'M COMING
CLEAN TO YOU, LETTING YOU KNOW,
LIKE, THE REAL DEE.
IT'S ME AS A PERSON.
IT'S DEE, NOT THE PERSON THAT
PRETENDED TO BE BOW WOW.
>> IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED FOR
WHO YOU ARE, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO
SHOW PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE.
>> NOW I SEE, YEAH.
>> SO ARE YOU GONNA, LIKE,
CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU DO?
>> I'M DONE WITH THE BOW WOW,
WITH THE FAKE PROFILING, YEAH.
I'M PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH ALL
THAT.
I JUST HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
AND PASS THE SITUATION, JUST TRY
TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP SOME
TYPE OF REAL FRIENDSHIP.
>> I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME
IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT RUSHING INTO
BEING IN A FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU
RIGHT AWAY.
>> YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I WANT IT TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME
AS IT NEED TO.
>> I CAN GIVE YOU A HANDSHAKE.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU NO HUG RIGHT
NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU GOOD.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD--
>> I WAS--
>> WE SHOULD GET OUT OF HERE.
>> * HOW ARE YOU?
* HOW ARE YOU?
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR, YOU
KNOW, HELPING ME MEET KEYONNAH,
THIS AMAZING YOUNG LADY.
LIKE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> SHE IS PRETTY GREAT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH, SHE IS.
HAVE A GOOD ONE, KEYONNAH.
>> * HOW ARE YOU?
>> * ISN'T IT THE HARDEST *
* QUESTION TO ANSWER TO
* WHEN THE ONLY THING YOU WANT
* TO DO IS CRY?
>> LIKE, IT'S ONE THING FOR
SOMEBODY TO SAY, "OOH, I'MA
CHANGE," BUT I GOT TO SEE YOUR
ACTIONS, TOO.
>> * HOW ARE YOU?
[computer chirps]
>> both: HEY!
>> HI.
>> SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
HOW IS EVERYTHING?
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> ANY GUYS ON THE HORIZON?
>> NO, NOT YET.
[laughs]
>> WHAT ARE YOU SORT OF HOPING
FOR NOW?
WHAT'S--WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE?
>> LIKE, GO BACK TO SCHOOL, GET
MY PLACE TOGETHER, AND JUST
LIVING LIFE WITH MY DAUGHTER.
>> both: HEY!
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> WHAT'S UP?
HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING?
>> IT'S BEEN GOING GOOD,
ACTUALLY, MAN.
I GOT--I GOT A JOB.
YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THINGS
IN A BETTER SITUATION NOW, SO I
WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST
TRY TO HELP INSTEAD OF HURTING
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW?
>> THAT'S GREAT.
DO YOU MISS KEYONNAH?
>> YEAH, I MISS HER A LOT, MAN.
LIKE, YEAH.
I MEAN, I'M JUST HOPING THAT
SHE'LL COME BA--SHE'LL COME
BACK.
>> GLAD TO HEAR THINGS SEEM TO
BE GOING WELL, SO KEEP UP THE
GOOD WORK.
>> HEY, MAN, GOOD SEEING Y'ALL.
>> SEE YOU.
>> TAKE CARE.
>> BYE, DEE.
>> LATER, DEE.
>> "I MET THIS GIRL NAMED
CAROLINE--SHE'S SUPPOSEDLY
IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING TREATED
FOR COLON CANCER."
>> I LOVE WHO SHE IS, BUT IT'S
SCARY AT TIMES.
SHE LEFT A NOTE ON MY JEEP.
IT SAID, "I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
YOU TOMORROW.
BOO-BEAR."
>> YOU HAVE A STALKER.
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I'VE
BEEN TALKING TO.
I THINK THIS IS IT.
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00:40:56.
>> NO.
YOU CAN.
>> WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT DOING
IT WITHOUT YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S DO IT.
KEEP BREATHING, OKAY?
[knock at door]
HI, I'M NEV, AND THIS IS MY
FILMMAKER BUDDY, MAX.
LAST YEAR, WE TRAVELED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY FIGURING OUT
THE TRUTH BEHIND ONLINE
ROMANCES.
I'M READY TO COME MEET YOU IF
YOU THINK YOU'RE REALLY READY.
>> I'M DEFINITELY READY.
>> ALONG THE WAY, WE OPENED
DOORS TO SOME BIG SURPRISES.
>> WAIT, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
>> WE MADE A FEW LOVE
CONNECTIONS...
>> IT FEELS AMAZING.
>> AND EVEN DID OUR FAIR SHARE
OF MENDING BROKEN HEARTS.
>> I'M SO HAPPY EVERY DAY WHEN I
WAKE UP NOW.
[sniffles]
>> SUDDENLY, THE IDEA OF
CATFISHING--HIDING WHO YOU
REALLY ARE TO HOOK SOMEONE INTO
AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP...
>> PROBABLY A PAGEANT WINNER,
A MODEL.
>> WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT BY
A LOT OF YOU.
GOT AN EMAIL HERE.
"WHO DID I REALLY FALL IN LOVE
WITH?"
SO MAX AND I ARE HEADED BACK OUT
ON THE ROAD...
MAX, WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.
TO INVESTIGATE STORIES THAT SEEM
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
>> I AM IN DEREK'S DRIVEWAY.
>> OR TOO WILD TO MAKE UP.
>> HE WAS CARJACKED, AND HE WAS
RAN OVER BY THE CAR.
>> JESUS, MAN.
WILL HOPE BECOME LOVE...
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> OR IS LOVE IN FOR A GIANT
SHOCK?
>> [cries] I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU CAN BE SURE THAT MAX AND
I WILL FIND OUT ALL THE ANSWERS,
BECAUSE SOMETIMES, A LITTLE BIT
OF FICTION...
>> WOW, CATFISH CURVE BALL.
>> LEADS TO A WHOLE LOT OF
REALITY.
THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
>> [laughs]
>> ARE WE READY?
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> CATFISH THE MOVIE WAS MY
STORY.
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW IS YOURS.
WE NEED TO GET YOUR HAIR GOING,
MAX.
>> IT'S NOT--IT--IT'S NOT--
>> COME ON, WE'VE GOT TO BRING
IT UP.
>> IT'S NOT THE--
>> GET THE FLAME.
THERE WE GO.
GIVE ME SOME FLAME, MAX.
COME ON, LET'S GO READ THIS
EMAIL.
HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
IS THIS THING WORKING?
LOOK, I CAN ADJUST A CAMERA TOO.
ALL RIGHT.
CHECK THIS OUT.
>> "DEAR NEV AND MAX, MY NAME IS
KEYONNAH.
I'M 19 YEARS OLD, AND I LIVE IN
A SMALL TOWN CALLED CAMERON,
NORTH CAROLINA.
I'M CURRENTLY IN AN
ONLINE-TURNED-VERY-PASSIONATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO
APPEARS TO BE THE RAPPER
BOW WOW."
COME ON!
>> [laughs]
>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
"BOW WOW IS 26 YEARS OLD AND
LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE HE
IS THE HOST OF THE SHOW,
106 & PARK.
I HAVE LOVED HIM SINCE I WAS A
KID.
I WENT TO SEVERAL OF HIS
CONCERTS, BOUGHT ALL OF HIS CDs,
AND EVEN HUNG UP POSTERS OF HIM
IN MY ROOM.
I MET HIM ON FACEBOOK FOUR
MONTHS AGO."
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> "I LIKED HIS FAN PAGE AND
SENT HIM A MESSAGE EXPLAINING
HOW MUCH I LIKE HIS MUSIC.
HOWEVER, I NEVER EXPECTED HIM TO
RESPOND, SO WHEN HE DID, I WAS
SHOCKED.
HE CALLED ME THE SAME DAY, AND
WE BEGAN TEXTING DAILY.
IT HAS SINCE BECOME MORE
SERIOUS.
I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO
KEEP MY FEELINGS UNDER CONTROL,
BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE
THINKING ABOUT BOW WOW ACTUALLY
LIKING ME."
>> * OH MY GOD
* IS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
* TO ME
>> "ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS
CONNECTED US THE MOST IS OUR
DAUGHTERS.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD ALL
BE A HAPPY FAMILY TOGETHER."
>> * WHY DON'T WE LEAVE THIS *
* TOWN TOGETHER
* WHEREVER THE WIND BLOWS
>> "UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO MEET DUE TO HIS
HIGH VOLUME OF FILMING AND HIS
INTENSE SCHEDULE IN NEW YORK
WITH THE SHOW.
WE HAVE EVEN TRIED TO VIDEO CHAT
A FEW TIMES, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A
BAD CONNECTION ON HIS END.
THE THINGS HE DOES KEEP ME
BELIEVING THAT THIS MIGHT
ACTUALLY BE REAL.
HE'S SENT OVER $10,000."
>> LET'S JUST KEEP ON READING.
>> "I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH
THIS PERSON, AND I DON'T WANT TO
BE HEARTBROKEN.
I'M READY TO KNOW THE TRUTH, AND
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME.
KEYONNAH."
I MEAN, SOME VERY WEALTHY MAN IS
EITHER IMPERSONATING BOW WOW, OR
IT IS BOW WOW, WHICH IS EVEN
CRAZIER.
WE GOT TO--WE GOT TO TALK TO
THIS GIRL.
SIGNING IN TO OOVOO.
CONNECTING.
[rings]
>> HEY!
>> HEY.
>> HEY.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> TELL US HOW THIS WHOLE
RELATIONSHIP WITH BOW WOW, UH,
STARTED.
>> OKAY.
I WAS, LIKE, BORED ONE DAY ON
FACEBOOK.
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WHY NOT HIT
HIM UP?"
I WAS LIKE, "HEY, I'M A BIG FAN.
I LOVE YOUR WORK.
GREAT JOB.
KEEP IT GOING."
AND HE WAS JUST--OUT OF NOWHERE,
REPLIED.
I WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOD!"
[squeals]
SO I JUST GAVE HIM MY NUMBER,
AND HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP CALLING
ME.
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
I WAS JUST LIKE, "ARE YOU
BOW WOW?
ARE YOU BOW WOW?
AAH! BOW WOW?"
HE WAS JUST LIKE, "YEAH, IT'S
ME." [laughs]
SO I WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, MY
GOSH.
I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU."
LIKE, IT'S SCARY TO SAY I'M IN
LOVE WITH SOMEBODY THAT I DON'T
SEE LIKE THAT.
SO, I GOT LIKE A WALL THAT'S NOT
BREAKING DOWN.
>> NORMALLY, IF SOMEONE WROTE ME
AN EMAIL THAT SAID THEY WERE
HAVING AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP
WITH A CELEBRITY, I WOULD ASSUME
IT WAS FAKE.
BUT THIS GUY STARTED SENDING YOU
MONEY.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, IT
IS HIM."
WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD
SEND SOMEBODY THIS AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ME?
>> AND YOU'VE NEVER VIDEO
CHATTED?
>> IT WAS ALWAYS A BAD
CONNECTION, OR LIKE WHEN I TRIED
TO CALL HIM, LIKE, "HEY, WHY
DIDN'T YOU SKYPE ME?" HE'LL JUST
GIVE ME A LITTLE STORY LIKE,
"I GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU LATER."
>> [sighs]
>> YEAH. [laughs]
>> YEAH.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND THAT
PROMISING.
>> HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY
BELIEVE THAT IT'S BOW WOW?
>> I'M LIKE AT 60%.
I JUST WANT PROOF IT'S YOU,
BECAUSE IF IT IS BOW WOW, IT'S
JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOD!"
DREAM COME TRUE.
FAIRYTALES.
>> both: ALL RIGHT.
>> WELL, IF YOU'RE--IF YOU'RE
SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING THIS GUY,
WHOEVER HE IS, AND FINDING OUT
THE TRUTH, WE'D LOVE TO HELP
YOU.
>> YAY! [laughs]
>> YEAH.
>> LET'S DO IT.
LET'S GO TO NORTH CAROLINA.
>> BYE.
>> BYE.
[electronic chirps]
I-I--I'M SO--I DON'T--WHAT CAN
WE SAY?
>> JUST BECAUSE A CELEBRITY
SENDS HER $10,000 DOESN'T MAKE
HIM REAL.
>> ON ONE HAND, IT'S THE MOST
RIDICULOUS THING I'VE EVER
HEARD.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD BE.
>> SHE'S BEEN TALKING TO BOW
WOW, BUT CLEARLY, SHE NEEDED TO
CALL THE BIG DOGS.
>> NOT THE BEST SHOES TO WEAR TO
THE AIRPORT.
>> ROOKIE MISTAKE.
>> * CAN YOU STAND BY
>> LAST CALL FOR THE FLIGHT.
>> * AFTER PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
[baby wailing]
*
>> NORTH CAROLINA.
>> NORMALLY, I WOULD SAY,
"THERE'S NO WAY THIS GUY IS
BOW WOW," BUT THE $10,000 IS A
TWIST.
THE MONEY COMING FROM THE
CATFISH...
>> YEAH.
>> IS A--IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T
SEEN BEFORE.
>> OKAY.
HER STREET.
>> HI.
>> HEY!
>> HI. [laughs]
>> WHOSE PLACE IS THIS?
>> I LIVE HERE WITH MY AUNT.
>> YOUR "ANT"?
>> YES.
>> AUNT?
>> YES, AUNT, ANT.
>> YOU SAY AUNT?
>> I SAY AUNT.
>> SEE?
[laughs]
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, LET'S SIT DOWN, AND I WANT
TO HEAR ALL ABOUT BOW WOW.
THIS WHOLE STORY IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
>> I KNOW.
>> WHEN WE READ YOUR EMAIL, THE
FIRST HALF OF IT, WE THOUGHT,
"OH, BOY."
>> [laughs]
>> "HERE'S A GIRL WHO THINKS
SHE'S TALKING TO BOW WOW."
BUT THEN WE GOT TO THE $10,000
PART, AND WE WERE JUST LIKE...
"IT COULD BE HIM."
>> YEAH, LIKE--[laughs]
>> I MEAN, THAT IS CRAZY.
>> WHO YOU TELLING?
I TOLD MY AUNT, AND MY AUNT WAS
LOOKING AT ME LIKE, "KEYONNAH,
REALLY?" AND I WAS JUST LIKE,
"AUNTIE, LIKE, REALLY.
REALLY, AUNTIE, REALLY."
SO BOW WOW, HE ASKED ME ABOUT
MYSELF AND WHAT I DO, AND I WAS
LIKE, "WELL, I WORK AT
MCDONALD'S, BUT, LIKE,
PART-TIME.
I MODEL TOO."
AND HE WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, OKAY.
WELL, MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU OUT
WITH THAT."
AND I'M JUST--OKAY, IT'S JUST
GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT.
>> SO HE SAID, "I SENT YOU SOME
MONEY, GO PICK IT UP"?
>> HE SAID HIS ASSISTANT DID IT
BECAUSE HE WAS TOO BUSY,
WHATEVER.
>> WHO IS HIS ASSISTANT?
>> HE SAID IT'S LARRY BROWN,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> LARRY BROWN.
>> I CALLED HIM, AND I WAS JUST,
"YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR
MONEY BACK?
LA-LA-LA-LA?"
"NO, NO, I'M GOOD.
YOU KEEP IT."
I'M JUST LIKE, "OH, OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH."
[laughs]
>> THEN WHAT DID YOU DO WITH
THIS MONEY?
>> WELL, SAVED MOST OF IT.
I ENDED UP HELPING MY FAMILY,
LIKE--'CAUSE MY AUNT AND MY
GRANDMA GOT CARS--PAYMENTS--SO
MIGHT AS WELL HELP THEM WITH
THAT.
AND THEN, LIKE, WITH MORTGAGE,
MIGHT AS WELL HELP HER WITH
THAT.
SO--AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, MY
DAUGHTER'S IN DAYCARE--
>> SO YOU HELPED OUT EVERYONE.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S BASICALLY HOW IT WENT.
>> I KNOW VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO
COULD AFFORD TO JUST GIVE AWAY
$10,000.
>> YEAH.
HE WAS LIKE, "WHO YOU KNOW WOULD
SEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY?"
I WAS JUST LIKE, "HMM.
YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT,
YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT."
I WOULD LOVE TO START A FAMILY
WITH HIM AND OUR TWO DAUGHTERS,
AND, LIKE, I JUST WANT TO FIND
OUT THE TRUTH.
THAT'S WHY I HIRED DETECTIVES.
Y'ALL TWO.
[laughs]
>> I'M DYING TO SEE THIS GUY'S
PAGE AND ALL OF YOUR MESSAGES,
SO CAN WE--CAN WE JUMP ONLINE
AND CHECK IT OUT?
>> SURE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS A PERSONAL PAGE
FOR SHAD MOSS, AND THEN IN
PARENTHESES, BOW WOW.
>> YEAH.
NO.
THE ONE THAT I WAS WRITING, HE
DELETED, HE SAID.
>> SO THE PAGE THAT YOU
ORIGINALLY MESSAGED...
>> YEAH.
>> AND HE WROTE BACK ON HAS
SINCE BEEN DELETED.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
>> YOU'RE NOT CONNECTED WITH HIM
ON FACEBOOK ANYMORE?
>> NO.
>> SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION OR
CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU CAN SHOW
US?
>> LIKE--YEAH.
>> THESE ARE HIS MESSAGES TO
YOU?
>> YEAH.
[Nev reading]
>> OKAY.
I MEAN, LOOK, IF IT WEREN'T
FOR THE $10,000 THIS GUY HAS
SENT YOU, I WOULD SAY IT'S
ALMOST DEFINITELY NOT BOW WOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, ALL WE REALLY
HAVE TO GO OFF OF IS HIS PHONE
NUMBER.
>> THAT MIGHT BE ALL WE NEED.
>> LET'S GET TO IT, MAX.
GREAT TO MEET YOU.
>> YOU TOO.
SEE YOU.
>> THE FACT THAT THERE'S JUST
NOTHING TO GO OFF OF...
>> IT'S A MYSTERY.
>> IF THE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT SHE
HAD POSTED ON WAS STILL UP, WE
WOULD AT LEAST KNOW, LIKE, THAT
THERE WAS A PERSON BEHIND IT...
>> RIGHT.
>> AND WE COULD RESEARCH THAT,
BUT IT LITERALLY COULD BE
ANYBODY.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET THE GAMES
BEGIN.
ICE CREAM.
CAN I HAVE A SMALL SORBET?
>> YES.
>> WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> MAX SPEAKS PORTUGUESE.
>> * OOH WHOO WHOO OOH
* OOH WHOO WHOO OOH
>> ALL RIGHT, READY, MAX?
HERE WE GO.
THE STORY IS NUTS.
KEYONNAH PUT HER PHONE NUMBER ON
A FAN PAGE.
SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO HER AND
HAS MOSTLY CONVINCED HER THAT
IT'S BOW WOW.
>> I MEAN, SHE'S NOT TOTALLY
CONVINCED.
>> NO, NO, NO.
SHE'S JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF
SKEPTICAL, AND I THINK,
CONSIDERING THAT HE SENDS HER
THAT MUCH MONEY, THERE'S STILL
A CHANCE THIS COULD BE BOW WOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> LET'S JUST DO A QUICK SEARCH
ON BOW WOW AND SEE WHAT WE CAN
FIND OUT ABOUT HIM.
OKAY.
>> "BORN, 1987.
BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME,
BOW WOW."
>> OKAY, WAIT A SECOND.
HERE, LOOK.
"BOW WOW NOW LIVES IN ATLANTA,
GEORGIA.
BOW WOW REVEALED THAT HE DOES
HAVE A CHILD.
BOW WOW REVEALED THE BABY WAS A
GIRL, AND HER NAME IS SHAI."
>> WAIT, LOOK AT THIS!
THIS IS A QUOTE FROM HIM.
"SHAI LIVES IN LOS ANGELES, AND
IT'S SO HARD.
I SKYPE WITH HER, AND I JUST
WISH THAT I COULD REACH IN THERE
AND GRAB HER LITTLE SELF, BUT
I CAN'T."
SO, HE SKYPES WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THAT SKYPE BETTER BE
WORKING.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S PRETTY UNLIKELY THAT HE
CAN'T SKYPE WITH KEYONNAH.
>> OKAY, KEYONNAH SENT US AN
EMAIL WITH KIND OF THE VITAL
INFORMATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO HERE IS BOW
WOW'S CELL PHONE NUMBER.
LET'S SEE WHO'S REGISTERED THIS
NUMBER.
>> WE GOT A M--WE GOT SOMETHING.
>> WHAT?
>> RENEE, OKAY.
IT'S NORTH CAROLINA.
>> WHAT?
>> LOUISBURG.
THAT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
>> THIS COULD BE SOMEONE SHE
KNOWS.
>> RIGHT.
NOW LET'S GO TO HER FACEBOOK.
ALL RIGHT, RENEE--OH.
>> BOOM, WE GOT--
>> RENEE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE
THAT WOULD BE PRETENDING TO BE
BOW WOW.
>> WELL, MAYBE SHE HAS A SON,
'CAUSE THE PHONE NUMBER COULD
JUST BE REGISTERED TO HER.
WELL, WE CAN SEARCH HER FRIENDS.
LOOK, MAURICE WITH A DAUGHTER.
>> MM-HMM.
>> HERE'S A GUY WHO IS THE SON
OF RENEE.
>> YES.
HE'S SELF-EMPLOYED AND LOVING
IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO, IT'S POSSIBLE THIS IS OUR
GUY.
>> THIS IS ONLY RIGHT 50% OF THE
TIME.
THIS IS JUST WHO THE PHONE
COULD'VE BEEN REGISTERED TO
BEFORE.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
>> I THINK WE NEED TO TRY AND
JUST SORT OF TRACE THE NAME OF
THIS LARRY BROWN GUY.
>> BECAUSE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
THE ASSISTANT, RIGHT?
>> LET'S LOOK HIM UP ON
FACEBOOK.
>> OH, BOY.
LARRY BROWN ON FACEBOOK?
>> THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON NAME.
GEORGIA TECH.
>> CHICAGO?
NO.
I MEAN, NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.
>> WE COULD TRY TO REACH OUT
THROUGH OUR CONNECTIONS MAYBE AT
MTV AND SEE IF ANYONE KNOWS HIM,
AND IF HE IS DATING ANYBODY OR--
>> OKAY.
[line ringing]
>> HEY, IT'S NEV AND MAX FROM
CATFISH.
SO, WE'RE SHOOTING AN EPISODE OF
THE SHOW, AND WE MET THIS GIRL
WHO HAS BEEN TALKING TO
SOMEONE...
>> both: CLAIMING TO BE BOW WOW.
>> WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU HAVE
EVER, SORT OF, DEALT WITH HIM OR
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF HE HAS AN
ASSISTANT BY ANY CHANCE THAT YOU
EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH NAMED
LARRY BROWN?
>> ANT.
>> THANKS, SANDRA.
>> GREAT.
>> both: BYE.
>> ANT.
>> NOT LARRY.
>> RIGHT.
SHE'S NEVER HEARD OF A LARRY
BROWN.
>> WELL, IF LARRY BROWN'S NOT
BOW WOW'S ASSISTANT, THEN I
THINK IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO ASSUME
THAT THE GUY SHE'S TALKING TO
ISN'T BOW WOW.
>> BUT THAT PHONE NUMBER IS
THE--IS THE ONLY HARD PIECE OF
EVIDENCE WE HAVE THAT RENEE IS
CONNECTED TO...
>> RIGHT.
>> THE $10,000 CATFISH.
>> RIGHT.
MAURICE COULD VERY WELL BE THE
GUY THAT KEYONNAH'S TALKING TO.
>> NO ONE WE SAW ON FACEBOOK
LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE THAT KIND
OF MONEY.
WHO IS SENDING $10,000 TO
KEYONNAH?
>> I DON'T KNOW!
AS UNBELIEVABLE AS THIS IS, WE
STILL CAN'T PROVE THAT IT'S NOT
BOW WOW.
>> MAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
TO SAY TO HER.
WE JUST NEED TO BE HONEST
WITH HER THAT WE DON'T REALLY
BELIEVE THAT IT'S BOW WOW, BUT
GIVE HER THE FACTS, YOU KNOW?
LET HER DECIDE.
>> KEYONNAH IS TOO SWEET...
>> NO, SHE'S--YEAH.
>> OF A GIRL TO HAVE TO PUT
UP WITH THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A SEAT.
WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND WE
FOUND A BUNCH OF STUFF, AND
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
IT ALL MEANS, AND MAYBE YOU CAN
HELP US.
SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO
THROUGH IT, IF YOU'RE READY.
>> I'M READY IF YOU ARE.
>> WE DID A BASIC SEARCH FOR THE
NAME OF HIS ASSISTANT THAT YOU
REMEMBER BEING ON THE MONEYGRAM
RECEIPT, LARRY BROWN.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T FIND
ANYTHING CONNECTING LARRY BROWN
AND BOW WOW.
WE CALLED SOMEONE THAT WE KNOW
WHO WORKS AT MTV.
WE SAID, "HEY, LOOK, DO YOU KNOW
BOW WOW'S ASSISTANT?"
SHE SAID, "YES.
HIS NAME IS ANTHONY OR ANT."
>> OKAY.
[sighs]
>> SO THEN WE KIND OF DID THE
ONLY THING WE COULD DO WITH THE
INFORMATION WE HAD, WHICH WAS
RUN THE PHONE NUMBER.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THIS IS WHAT IT CAME BACK
WITH.
RENEE...
>> WHO?
>> LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA.
>> WHAT?
IN--WHAT?
>> IN THIS AREA NEAR LOUISBURG,
WHICH IS NOT THAT FAR FROM HERE.
IT'S ONLY LIKE AN HOUR AND A
HALF.
NEVER HEARD OF THAT PERSON
BEFORE?
>> NO.
>> IT'S A PRETTY BIG
COINCIDENCE.
>> A REAL BIG COINCIDENCE.
>> WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT COULD BE
ONE OF HER SONS OR SOMEONE USING
THE PHONE THAT'S REGISTERED TO
HER TO TALK TO YOU.
>> SO WE LOOKED AT HER SONS'
PROFILES.
THIS GUY, MAURICE.
>> I DON'T KNOW A MAURICE.
[sighs]
>> THIS IS ONE POSSIBLE LEAD.
>> WE DON'T THINK IT'S THIS GUY.
THIS IS NOT HARD PROOF, BUT IT'S
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE.
>> SO THE ONLY OTHER THING TO
SHOW YOU WAS WE FOUND THIS, AND
I WANT TO READ THIS TO YOU.
"PERSONAL LIFE.
BOW WOW REVEALED THAT HE DOES
HAVE A CHILD.
THE BABY WAS A GIRL, AND HER
NAME IS SHAI.
'IT'S SO HARD.
I SKYPE WITH HER, AND I JUST
WISH THAT I COULD REACH IN THERE
AND GRAB HER LITTLE SELF.'"
>> SO, HE SKYPES.
>> BUT THAT'S CRAZY, 'CAUSE,
LIKE, EVERY TIME I TRY, LIKE,
THERE'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM.
OKAY.
[sighs]
OH, MY GOD.
>> I MEAN I-I'M WILLING TO SAY
I'M 99% SURE IT'S NOT BOW WOW.
BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO HAS
THAT KIND OF MONEY TO BE SENDING
TO YOU.
>> BUT IT WASN'T, LIKE, EVEN THE
MONEY.
IT WAS JUST THE FACT THAT,
"WELL, I REALLY LIKED YOU, LIKE,
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID."
LIKE, PEOPLE AT SCHOOL USED TO
GET SO MAD AT ME BECAUSE THAT'S
ALL I USED TO TALK ABOUT, LIKE,
"BOW WOW THIS, BOW WOW THAT.
I'M GOING TO HIS CONCERT.
WELL, LA-LA-LA."
I WANT TO CRY.
THAT'S SAD.
OH, MY GOD.
>> YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> * SO SIMPLE
* SO TRUE
* DON'T LOSE *
* YOUR FAITH
* IN LOVE
>> I JUST FEEL STUPID.
>> DON'T FORGET, THIS HAPPENED
TO ME, ALSO.
>> * OLD WORDS
* MADE NEW
>> [cries]
THIS IS BASICALLY, LIKE, A WHOLE
ENTIRE LIE.
>> THE GUY YOU'VE BEEN TALKING
TO HAS A STORY THAT DOESN'T
QUITE LINE UP WITH THIS.
AND EITHER THAT'S 'CAUSE HE'S
LYING OR BECAUSE HE'S A
DIFFERENT PERSON.
>> I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY THING,
REALLY, THAT WE CAN DO IS CALL
HIM AND SEE IF HE'LL AGREE TO
MEET.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU READY TO DO THIS?
>> I'M SCARED, BUT YEAH.
>> YOU WANT TO SIT HERE WITH US
AND CALL HIM TOGETHER?
[softly] ALL RIGHT.
[phone keys beeping]
[line ringing]
>> YOU HAVE REACHED THE VOICE
MA--
>> OKAY, WE CAN SEND HIM A TEXT.
"HEY, NEED TO SPEAK WITH YOU
REGARDING KEYONNAH."
[phone chirps]
OH, HE JUST TEXTED ME.
"WHO IS THIS?"
>> WOW.
>> YEAH.
"THIS IS...
NEV FROM THE SHOW CATFISH.
IT WOULD BE BEST TO DISCUSS OVER
THE PHONE."
>> NOW LET'S JUST SEE HOW LONG
IT TAKES HIM TO TEXT BACK.
[phone chirps]
>> OH, HERE WE GO.
>> HE SAID, "I'M VERY BUSY RIGHT
NOW FILMING THE SHOW.
SORRY."
>> SO HE'S STICKING TO THE
BOW WOW STORY.
I MEAN, WHY DON'T YOU JUST TEXT
HIM BACK LIKE, "CUT THE [bleep].
WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT BOW WOW."
>> ALL RIGHT.
"KEYONNAH IS PRETTY SURE YOU'RE
NOT BOW WOW BUT DOES WANT TO
MEET YOU."
>> WE CALLED HIM OUT.
[phone chirps]
>> WHOA.
HE SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M NOT BOW WOW.
I'M SHAD MOSS, AND I'M VERY
BUSY FILMING FOR 106 & PARK.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOW IS DEFINITELY
NOT A GOOD TIME."
>> [groans]
>> "SORRY, BUT I GOT TO GO."
AH.
>> I THINK HE'S FULL OF CRAP
RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, LET'S LEAVE THE DOOR
OPEN.
MAYBE HE'LL HAVE A CHANGE OF
HEART.
"TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK THIS
OVER.
WE ARE HERE TILL TOMORROW
MORNING, SO PLEASE MAKE A
DECISION BY THEN."
IT WOULD BE CRAZY FOR HIM NOT TO
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
YOU.
>> I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT'S
JUST BEST NOT TO HAVE ANY
EXPECTATIONS.
>> YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A HUG.
>> BYE.
>> FEEL BETTER.
>> I WILL.
>> I GOT A TEXT FROM OUR GUY.
THIS CAME IN THIS MORNING,
EARLY.
"HEY, NEV, IT'S SHAD.
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
EVERYTHING AS FAR AS MEETING
KEYONNAH.
WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW I FEEL
ABOUT HER.
I'M GOING TO BE IN ATLANTA
TONIGHT FOR A MEETING AND WOULD
LOVE TO MEET MY PRINCESS,
KEYONNAH.
I GOT TO FLY BACK OUT TOMORROW
FOR THE SHOW.
I WAS HOPING I COULD MEET HER
BEFORE I LEAVE."
>> WHAT?
>> AMAZINGLY, THE FACT THAT THIS
GUY SAYS HE'S GONNA BE IN
ATLANTA--
>> IT FITS WITH BOW WOW'S STORY.
>> IT CERTAINLY FITS THE STORY.
AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME TO EVEN
CONTINUE CONSIDERING IT...
>> IT CAN'T--IT CAN'T BE--
IT CAN'T BE BOW WOW.
>> IT COULD BE BOW WOW.
>> [laughs]
>> OKAY?
I'M NOT READY TO GO 100% THAT
IT'S NOT THIS GUY.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO OVER
TO KEYONNAH'S AND--
>> DO I HAVE TO PACK RIGHT NOW?
>> I GUESS WE SHOULD PACK,
BECAUSE WE--I MEAN, WE GOT TO
GET TO ATLANTA TONIGHT.
MEET ME DOWNSTAIRS IN THE LOBBY
IN LIKE TEN MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
GOING TO ATLANTA.
>> HEY!
>> HEY.
>> SO THIS MORNING, I GOT A TEXT
MESSAGE.
BASICALLY, IF WE WANT TO MEET
THIS GUY, WE WOULD NEED TO GO TO
ATLANTA TODAY...
>> OH.
>> IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO.
>> [laughs] YES.
>> [laughs] OKAY.
I KNOW.
>> HE'S STICKING WITH THE BOW
WOW STORY.
>> [laughs]
>> IT'S CRAZY.
>> [laughs]
>> *BUT DON'T BRING TOMORROW *
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
ATLANTA!
>> * 'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW *
* I'LL LOSE YOU *
>> A LONG JOURNEY.
>> OH, MY GOD.
IT'S LIKE TEN HOURS.
>> I'M NERVOUS, EXCITED.
I JUST HOPE AND WISH I GET ALL
MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
NO MORE LIES.
>> *I'LL LOSE YOU *
>> WELL, THERE IT IS.
ATLANTA SKYLINE.
>> * SO DON'T BRING TOMORROW *
>> I GOT, LIKE, BUTTERFLIES.
>> * 'CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW *
>> both: HEY.
>> HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIM
AGAIN?
>> YEAH, HE ACTUALLY TEXTED ME.
HE SAID, "GOOD MORNING, BABE.
I'M IN ATLANTA.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU.
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU AT MY
COUSIN'S HOUSE."
I'M VERY NERVOUS RIGHT NOW.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK HE FEELS
ABOUT YOU?
>> I ACTUALLY THINK HE CARES
ABOUT ME, BUT HE DOESN'T CARE
THAT MUCH IF HE'S LYING TO ME.
>> IT'S THIS ONE.
OKAY.
YOU WANT TO DO IT?
>> NO.
YOU CAN.
>> WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT DOING
IT WITHOUT YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S DO IT.
KEEP BREATHING, OKAY?
SO WHY DON'T YOU GUYS HANG HERE?
[knock at door]
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
>> HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
>> UH...
>> [laughs]
>> UM...
WELL...
>> OH!
>> WE CAME HERE OBVIOUSLY TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO KEYONNAH.
>> OH, MY...GOD!
>> WELL, HOW YOU DOING,
KEYONNAH?
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> MY NAME DEE.
>> OH.
LIKE, I ALREADY--OH.
>> YOU GO BY DEE?
>> YEAH.
MY STAGE NAME IS DEE PIMPING.
>> OKAY.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> I'M 23.
I NEVER LIED ABOUT MY TRUE
FEELINGS FOR YOU.
I JUST LIED ABOUT THE PERSON AND
FOR THAT ATTENTION.
THAT WAS IT.
LIKE, THE MUSIC, I'M ME, I'M
REAL, I'M THIS PERSON.
LIKE, I CARE ABOUT YOU.
>> I'M NOT--OH.
>> I JUST WISH WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD FROM THE SITUATION.
>> I'M NOT GAY, SO, LIKE, THIS
COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD.
>> I'M KINDA EMBARRASSED AT THE
SAME TIME BECAUSE NOW, LIKE--
>> YOU'RE EMBARRASSED?
I'M EMBARRASSED.
>> I KNEW YOU WASN'T GONNA
ACCEPT THE FACT THAT I WAS A
FEMALE.
I KNEW YOU WASN'T GONNA ACCEPT
THAT.
EVEN IF WE CAN'T SHARE LIKE A--
YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF
RELATIONSHIP, I STILL WANT TO BE
THAT FRIEND TO HELP YOU.
I STILL WANT TO BE THAT PERSON
TO BE THERE FOR YOU LIKE I BEEN
DOING, SENDING YOU EVERYTHING,
TAKING CARE OF YOU AND YOUR
DAUGHTER, SUPPORTING YOUR CAREER
AND ALL.
LIKE, I WANT TO BE THAT PERSON
TO HELP YOU WITH EVERYTHING.
>> [cries]
>> WERE YOU EXPECTING THIS TO GO
ANY BETTER?
>> YEAH, I WAS HOPING, LIKE,
THAT WE COULD'VE MOVED FORWARD
FROM IT.
>> LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
LIKE, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GO
THROUGH ALL THIS.
LIKE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
DATING, BUT YOU COULD'VE BEEN--
TOLD ME.
LIKE, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST
UPSET--LIKE, YOU GOT ME LOOKING
STUPID.
>> SO DID YOU START THE FAN
PAGE?
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THEN THAT GOT CLOSED, OR
YOU CLOSED IT?
>> YEAH, I CLOSED IT.
ONCE I GOT CLOSE TO KEYONNAH,
I JUST CLOSED IT.
>> SO YOU KIND OF CREATED THE
PROFILE AS A TRAP, IN A WAY, TO
MEET GIRLS?
>> YEAH, TO MEET GIRLS.
TO MEET A LOT OF GIRLS, 'CAUSE I
KNOW BOW WOW, HE GETS THAT
ATTENTION, LIKE, ALL THE GIRLS
LOVE HIM.
>> BUT THOSE ARE STRAIGHT GIRLS
THAT LIKE BOW WOW.
>> YEAH, I MEAN FOR ME, I LIKE A
CHALLENGE.
I'M THE TYPE--I LIKE A
CHALLENGE.
I LIKE STRAIGHT GIRLS TO SEE
WHAT I CAN DO.
EVENTUALLY, I WAS GONNA TELL
'EM.
I DIDN'T SAY--NOT NOW.
>> YOU DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS
GONNA GO WRONG WHEN YOU MET THEM
IN PERSON AND THEY SAW YOU WERE
A GIRL?
THEY'D--THEY'D JUST IMMEDIATELY,
LIKE, JUMP IN BED WITH YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF THE DOOR
THERE, I-I THOUGHT YOU WERE A
GUY.
>> WELL, I APPEAR LIKE--TO MOST
GIRLS, A LOT OF GIRLS TO
APPEAR--APPEAR TO BE A GUY.
>> AND--AND THE MONEY?
>> YEAH, THE MONEY.
>> I MEAN, LIKE, IT'S A LOT OF
MONEY.
>> YEAH, I WOULDN'T JUST SEND
RANDOM CHICKS THAT AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAD SOME TYPE OF
CONNECTION, SOME TYPE OF
FEELINGS FOR HER, TO SEND HER
MONEY LIKE THAT.
>> AND YOU ARE A MUSICIAN?
>> MM-HMM.
>> THAT'S YOUR FULL-TIME JOB?
>> I DO SHOWS AND EVERYTHING IN
HERE--HERE IN ATLANTA, LIKE,
THEY HAVE OPEN MIC, SO I DO
SHOWS HERE FOR, LIKE, $1,000,
$300, $500.
>> SO, WAIT, WHO WAS I ON THE
PHONE WITH?
>> IT WAS MY COUSIN.
>> OH, SO SHE WASN'T EVEN
TALKING TO YOU?
>> YEAH.
YEAH, I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING
RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST HOPE WE
CAN MOVE PAST IT, YOU KNOW?
>> I CAN'T EVEN CUSS YOU OUT
RIGHT NOW.
HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW, LIKE,
I MIGHT JUST STOP TALKING TO
YOU.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT
TO DO?
>> YEAH, HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT
NOW, YEAH.
>> I MEAN, I COULD GIVE YOU SOME
TIME.
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE TIME YOU
NEED.
LIKE, I'M NOT RUSHING YOU OR
NOTHING.
I'LL BE HERE.
>> LET'S GO SIT DOWN FOR A
MINUTE.
>> * I'VE BEEN SEARCHING *
* DARK ROOMS
* I'VE BEEN SEARCHING *
*IN THE DARK *
* BUT ALL I LEARNED FROM LOVE
* IS IT ALWAYS
*BREAKS YOUR HEART *
* OH-OH, OH-OH
* OH-OH, OH-OH
* OH-OH, OH-OH
* PLEASE DON'T GO *
>> WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
SORT OF RAN THROUGH YOUR HEAD
WHEN SHE WALKED OUT THE DOOR?
>> LIKE, I WAS JUST SCREAMING,
"NO," IN MY HEAD.
LIKE, "NO, NO, NO, NO, NO."
>> DID YOU EVER THINK IT COULD
BE A GIRL?
>> NO.
>> HAVE YOU HAD TO GET OVER
STRAIGHT GIRLS WHO WEREN'T
INTERESTED IN YOU BEFORE?
>> NOT REALLY.
>> YOU WERE ALWAYS--WERE ABLE TO
CONVERT THEM.
>> MM-HMM.
>> HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> I MEAN--[laughs]
I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU ON
CAMERA, BUT--[laughs]
IT'S POSSIBLE, TRUST ME.
>> WHAT--
>> I PUT MY HAT ON.
I PUT MY SUNGLASSES ON, PUT ON
SOME LITTLE DESIGNER CLOTHES
AND, LIKE, THEY THINK I'M A
FULL-BLOWN GUY.
>> AND, LIKE, SHE DIDN'T--JUST
TO MAKE HERSELF FEEL GOOD,
HERSELF HAPPY.
LIKE, THAT'S WHAT JUST, LIKE,
PISSES ME OFF MORE.
>> A LOT OF CHICKS, THEY DON'T
KNOW I'M A GIRL.
LIKE, RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LOT OF
CHICKS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW--THEY
PROBABLY GONNA SEE THE SHOW AND
BE LIKE, "WOW."
BUT LIKE, I MEAN--IT HAPPENED,
YOU KNOW?
>> OH, MY GOD.
YOU JUST PASS AS A GUY AND THEN
WHILE THEY'RE HOOKING UP AND,
LIKE, FEELING YOU UP, LIKE, THEY
FEEL THAT SOMETHING'S MISSING.
>> WELL, NO.
>> AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
>> NO, NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S WHY I SAID I DON'T
WANT--I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU
ON CAMERA.
>> SO YOU--YOU PUT A DILDO
THERE?
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
IT'S--IT'S LIKE A REAL LAMBSKIN
DILDO.
IT'S LIKE HUMAN SKIN, BUT IT'S
LAMB.
AND LIKE IT FEELS REAL, LIKE, I
FOOLED A LOT OF CHICKS LIKE
THAT.
>> WHO KNOWS IF THAT WAS REALLY
HER MONEY?
OR IF SH--I MEAN SHE'S EVEN
REALLY A MUSICIAN?
SHE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD AT LYING
FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS...
>> YEAH.
>> SO, FOR ALL WE KNOW, SHE
COULD BE LYING NOW.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA
BE LIKE, "OH, NO, I DON'T WANT
NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU."
LIKE, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT TO
HAPPEN.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT FROM
HER PERSPECTIVE.
SHE'S NOT GONNA SEE IT THAT WAY,
AND SHE--SHE SHOULDN'T.
>> I-I THINK I'LL JUST GIVE HER
SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
HOPEFULLY, SHE'LL MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISION.
>> I'M GONNA GO BACK DOWN.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MAN.
>> HEY, MAN.
>> HEY.
HOW YOU DOING?
>> I FEEL LIKE CRAP.
>> YEAH.
>> WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>> I JUST NEED SOME TIME RIGHT
NOW.
>> YEAH, I-I DON'T BLAME YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK
RIGHT NOW.
LIKE, I JUST FEEL LIKE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF--I FEEL BETRAYED THE
MOST.
LIKE, I HAD A FEELING THAT IT
WASN'T BOW, BUT I HAD A FEELING
IT WAS A GUY.
>> YEAH.
>> * THERE'S NOTHING *
* TO PUT BACK
* OH, OH, OH
* THEN IT'S TIME *
>> I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT
WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM.
DEE'S STORY IS THAT SHE'S A
RAPPER, MAKES THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS A WEEK.
IT'S--HAS TO BE BELIEVABLE
BECAUSE WHERE ELSE DID SHE...
>> RIGHT.
>> 10 GRAND TO SEND TO KEYONNAH?
>> I MEAN, IF SHE'S PERFORMING
THAT MUCH, THERE WOULD
DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING ABOUT
HER ONLINE.
WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK.
DEE PIMPIN'.
THERE'S BASICALLY NOTHING OF
THIS GIRL.
THERE'S NO MENTION OF HER
PERFORMING.
THERE'S NO LINKS TO ANY MUSIC.
>> BUT SHE'S GETTING THAT MONEY
FROM SOMEWHERE.
SHE OWES IT TO KEYONNAH TO
REALLY TELL HER WHO SHE IS.
[knock at door]
>> HEY.
>> both: HEY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> WE DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE
FULL STORY YET.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN FINDING
OUT?
>> YEAH.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TALK TO
HER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THEN WE SHOULD GO OVER
THERE.
>> YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
>> I'M NERVOUS FOR WHAT'S SHE
GONNA SAY TODAY.
>> HARD TO IMAGINE SHE COULD
SHOCK US ANY MORE THAN SHE DID
YESTERDAY.
>> FAMOUS LAST WORDS.
>> AND NOW, MORE
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW.
STICK AROUND.
>> WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S
TRUE AND WHAT'S NOT.
>> SHE LET PEOPLE THINK SHE'S A
GUY.
I JUST LIKE WANT TO SEE, LIKE,
IS SHE GONNA STOP WHAT SHE'S
DOING.
>> IF SHE REALLY WANT THAT
FRIENDSHIP WITH ME, THEN THAT'S
THE FIRST STEP.
>> 'SUP?
>> HEY.
>> 'SUP, GUYS?
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE Y'ALL.
>> HEY.
>> HELLO, KEYONNAH.
Y'ALL COME ON IN.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS FRED.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
HOW YOU DOING?
>> SO YOUR NAME IS FRED?
>> YEAH, IT'S FRED.
>> NO ONE CALLS YOU LARRY?
>> NO, NO.
>> THAT WAS JUST A FAKE NAME
THAT HE GAVE YOU.
>> FRED, YEAH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND YOU GUYS ARE COUSINS?
>> YEP.
>> GOT IT.
WELL, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE A
SEAT AND KIND OF...
>> SHOOT, YEAH.
SIT DOWN.
>> CHAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> YEAH.
>> I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN--IN
FRED HERE.
>> YEAH, ME TOO.
YOU ACTUALLY TALKED TO ME ON THE
PHONE LIKE IT WAS NOTHING, LIKE
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
IT, AND I THINK THAT'S REAL
MESSED UP.
HOW COULD YOU EVEN GO ALONG WITH
HER?
>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOOK OUT
FOR MY COUSIN.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
>> DID YOU DEVELOP ANY FEELINGS
FOR KEYONNAH WHILE YOU WERE
TALKING TO HER ALL THIS TIME?
>> I'M--NO, I DIDN'T.
I WAS--I WAS JUST THE MAN ON THE
LINE, THAT'S ALL.
>> SO SHE WAS THE BOW, AND YOU
WAS THE WOW, AND Y'ALL JUST PUT
IT TOGETHER?
>> I'M--I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING
I DID TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HURT YOU.
I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FACE.
SO, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
>> I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS TO
KNOW, SINCE YESTERDAY, IF YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING OR
ANYTHING.
>> I WANT TO JUST COME CLEAN
WITH HER ABOUT EVERYTHING AND
JUST ACTUALLY GET TO LET HER
KNOW WHO I AM AS A PERSON.
WHEN I MET KEYONNAH, SHE SHOWED
ME EVERYTHING, LIKE, FEELINGS.
SHE SHOWED ME, LIKE, LOVE.
I NEVER KNEW THAT PEOPLE CAN
EXIST LIKE THAT.
ONCE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED
TALKING MORE, THE CHEMISTRY GOT
EVEN STRONGER BY THE DAY.
>> HOW DID YOU THINK THAT THIS
WAS GONNA TURN OUT?
>> WITH KEYONNAH?
>> YEAH.
>> I SENT HER A LOT OF MONEY!
>> BUT YOU THOUGHT I WAS JUST
GONNA, LIKE, UP--"OH, MY GOD,
THIS PERSON IS SENDING ME MONEY,
SO I'M JUST GONNA DATE THEM AND
TALK TO THEM REGARDLESS."
I RATHER HAD SEEN YOU THAN SEEN
THE MONEY.
>> SO WHERE DID THE--THE $10,000
COME FROM?
>> IT CAME FROM THE MUSIC.
I GET THE MONEY FROM THE SHOWS.
>> WE LOOKED YOU UP, AND WE
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, NONE OF
YOUR SONGS OR PERFORMANCES.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY MUSIC
OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT NOBODY
STEALING MY STUFF.
>> BUT YOU STEALING SOMEBODY
ELSE'S LIFE, BASICALLY.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU MAKE MONEY
PERFORMING.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT $10,000?
>> I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT ME.
I WAS BORROWING IT FROM FRIENDS,
MY COUSIN, LIKE, CHICKS.
>> SO YOU WERE--YOU WERE ASKING
FRIENDS FOR MONEY...
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THEY WERE GIVING IT TO
YOU?
>> HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOUR
FRIENDS GIVE YOU AT ONCE?
>> DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH I ASK
FOR, LIKE--
>> THOUSANDS, OR LIKE--
>> YEAH, BETWEEN $500 AND
$1,000, LIKE, THEY DON'T
REALLY NEVER SAY NO,
'CAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW
I'MA GIVE IT BACK, SO--
>> DO YOU EVER PAY PEOPLE BACK?
>> NO.
THEY SUPPORTIVE OF MY CAREER.
>> BUT YOU'RE NOT USING IT FOR
YOUR CAREER BECAUSE YOU WERE
SAVING IT UP, AND THEN YOU GAVE
IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU'RE REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF PEOPLE.
>> NO, I'M NOT.
I'M NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
ANYONE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
ME.
THEY HELPING ME OUT.
THEY KNOW ONCE I GET WHERE I
NEED TO BE, I'M GONNA BLESS ALL
MY FAMILY.
>> YOU SHOULD'VE JUST BEEN
HONEST WITH ME.
YOU CAME TO ME PRETENDING TO
BE BOW WOW, SOMEBODY THAT I HAD
A CRUSH ON SINCE I WAS LITTLE.
THAT'S WHAT REELED ME IN, LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, I LOVE HIM.
OH, MY GOD, HE WROTE ME."
AND THEN IT JUST GOT MY HEAD
SPINNING.
YOU'RE A PRETENDER.
LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ARE.
>> I'M NOT THAT PERSON.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT.
I'M JUST A REGULAR, NORMAL
PERSON THAT'S TRYING TO DO
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO
SURVIVE.
BUT NOW THAT'S WHY I'M COMING
CLEAN TO YOU, LETTING YOU KNOW,
LIKE, THE REAL DEE.
IT'S ME AS A PERSON.
IT'S DEE, NOT THE PERSON THAT
PRETENDED TO BE BOW WOW.
>> IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED FOR
WHO YOU ARE, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO
SHOW PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE.
>> NOW I SEE, YEAH.
>> SO ARE YOU GONNA, LIKE,
CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU DO?
>> I'M DONE WITH THE BOW WOW,
WITH THE FAKE PROFILING, YEAH.
I'M PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH ALL
THAT.
I JUST HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
AND PASS THE SITUATION, JUST TRY
TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP SOME
TYPE OF REAL FRIENDSHIP.
>> I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME
IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT RUSHING INTO
BEING IN A FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU
RIGHT AWAY.
>> YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I WANT IT TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME
AS IT NEED TO.
>> I CAN GIVE YOU A HANDSHAKE.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU NO HUG RIGHT
NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU GOOD.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD--
>> I WAS--
>> WE SHOULD GET OUT OF HERE.
>> * HOW ARE YOU?
* HOW ARE YOU?
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR, YOU
KNOW, HELPING ME MEET KEYONNAH,
THIS AMAZING YOUNG LADY.
LIKE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> SHE IS PRETTY GREAT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH, SHE IS.
HAVE A GOOD ONE, KEYONNAH.
>> * HOW ARE YOU?
>> * ISN'T IT THE HARDEST *
* QUESTION TO ANSWER TO
* WHEN THE ONLY THING YOU WANT
* TO DO IS CRY?
>> LIKE, IT'S ONE THING FOR
SOMEBODY TO SAY, "OOH, I'MA
CHANGE," BUT I GOT TO SEE YOUR
ACTIONS, TOO.
>> * HOW ARE YOU?
[computer chirps]
>> both: HEY!
>> HI.
>> SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
HOW IS EVERYTHING?
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> ANY GUYS ON THE HORIZON?
>> NO, NOT YET.
[laughs]
>> WHAT ARE YOU SORT OF HOPING
FOR NOW?
WHAT'S--WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE?
>> LIKE, GO BACK TO SCHOOL, GET
MY PLACE TOGETHER, AND JUST
LIVING LIFE WITH MY DAUGHTER.
>> both: HEY!
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> WHAT'S UP?
HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING?
>> IT'S BEEN GOING GOOD,
ACTUALLY, MAN.
I GOT--I GOT A JOB.
YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THINGS
IN A BETTER SITUATION NOW, SO I
WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST
TRY TO HELP INSTEAD OF HURTING
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW?
>> THAT'S GREAT.
DO YOU MISS KEYONNAH?
>> YEAH, I MISS HER A LOT, MAN.
LIKE, YEAH.
I MEAN, I'M JUST HOPING THAT
SHE'LL COME BA--SHE'LL COME
BACK.
>> GLAD TO HEAR THINGS SEEM TO
BE GOING WELL, SO KEEP UP THE
GOOD WORK.
>> HEY, MAN, GOOD SEEING Y'ALL.
>> SEE YOU.
>> TAKE CARE.
>> BYE, DEE.
>> LATER, DEE.
>> "I MET THIS GIRL NAMED
CAROLINE--SHE'S SUPPOSEDLY
IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING TREATED
FOR COLON CANCER."
>> I LOVE WHO SHE IS, BUT IT'S
SCARY AT TIMES.
SHE LEFT A NOTE ON MY JEEP.
IT SAID, "I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
YOU TOMORROW.
BOO-BEAR."
>> YOU HAVE A STALKER.
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I'VE
BEEN TALKING TO.
I THINK THIS IS IT.
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