Catfish: The TV Show (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 15 - Prophet & Trinity - full transcript
While launching his comeback, a rapper connects with someone online, and now is ready to settle down.
>> Are you nervous at all?
>> She might not show up.
>> You are a multi-platinum
hip-hop rap star.
>> She must be thinking that
he's a catfish.
>> Yeah, definitely.
>> Moment of truth.
We got a possible catfish
coming towards us.
>> Wow.
That's crazy.
You can be anybody
on the Internet.
>> I know recently a fan
watching this show commented
that we have the same pictures
that seem to follow us
everywhere we go.
Well, the truth is, we do.
In the hotels, we can't show
the art that's on the walls,
so our cameraman John takes
photos and prints them up,
and we hang them ourselves,
and then we take them with us
and we put them up
in the next room.
>> What's amazing about John's
art is that you can actually
touch the art.
>> Just be careful, 'cause
it'll fall on your head.
>> [laughs]
>> I got an email, Max,
from Ryan Anthony.
"Dear Nev and Max,
my name is Ryan."
>> Don't touch me.
Don't touch me.
>> [laughs]
"AKA R. Prophet, formerly of
the Grammy nominated rap group
Nappy Roots.
They were the best-selling
hip-hop group of 2002."
I love that album.
Well, this is awesome.
I've been a big fan of this guy.
So, "I'm currently living
in Louisville, Kentucky,
and I've gotten myself
into a situation I could use
your assistance with.
Recently I've started to get
into social media."
>> "Recently I've started to get
into social media"?
>> Well, he's been working
on the Nappy Roots.
"And in being more active
online, I came across a very
beautiful girl named Trinity."
>> * Dancing with my sugar pie
* That's how we started, baby *
* Way, way back when
>> "I saw her page and sent her
a message.
She messaged me back and we
began talking almost daily."
>> * That 40 watt light bulb
>> "As a platinum recording
artist, I have found sometimes
it can be easier to talk
to a complete stranger
and get unbiased responses."
>> He's probably surrounded
by a lot of people who just
flatter him and blow smoke.
>> "Trinity is different
than other girls I've dated.
She isn't selfish at all,
and I feel comfortable talking
to her about things I've never
talked to anyone else about.
I really think we are a great
match, and this could be
a one-of-a-kind relationship."
>> * I jump and you spin
* Again and again and again
>> "She lives also in
Louisville, Kentucky, not too
far away."
>> Not good.
>> Yeah, that's not a good sign.
"My friends and family keep
warning me she's a catfish,
because she's too good-looking."
>> But this guy could
probably get...
>> Yeah, oh, yeah.
>> Plenty of girls.
>> "Before I get any deeper
with this girl, I thought
I should holler at my boys
on Catfish and get the experts
to do some digging for me.
I really do hope to meet the
beautiful girl in the photos,
but I have my doubts."
>> This makes me feel
really good, because we've got
celebrities coming to us,
asking for our help.
>> Yeah.
>> Prophet, new to the Internet.
Welcome.
>> Which is--yeah.
He doesn't even have a Skype.
He gave us his phone number.
>> Oh, my--a phone number?
Shall we get him on the horn?
>> I think we should.
[phone line trills]
>> Is this Prophet?
>> Yo, it's Nev and Max.
>> First of all, I gotta tell
you, I'm a big fan.
I use your music to get street
cred, like, I thought I was cool
because I had your album.
>> [laughs]
>> So, I take it from your email
you're just sort of new
to the Internet.
>> You don't seem like the kind
of guy that has a hard time
meeting girls, right?
I mean--
>> Have you been married?
>> Wow.
>> Do you want to have a family?
>> Tell us about this girl
Trinity and what's been
going down the last few months.
>> * There isn't anything *
* To keep me from you
>> * I would walk
* To the ends of the Earth
>> So you feel like
you want to meet this person,
start a family, settle down,
even though you haven't
known her that long.
It sounds like you know
what you want.
>> Yeah, I feel you.
Have you questioned her at all,
or said, like, "Hey, you know,
can you video chat
or Skype with me?"
I mean, I know that's not
really your jam, but--
>> But you've heard her voice?
>> And she lives not that far
from you, so why haven't
you guys met up?
>> It sounds like you're ready
to have a real partner.
>> I want this to work out
for you, so sit tight,
and we will be there soon.
>> All right.
All right, later.
What I like about this story is
that Prophet is a multi-platinum
Grammy nominated
recording artist,
but he's also just a guy...
>> He's just a guy who's trying
to meet a girl on the Internet.
>> Who's looking for love.
Let's do it, man.
>> [laughs]
>> We're off to Louisville.
>> I hope it's not "Lou-evil."
>> both: Ugh.
*
>> * You come back
* You come back
* At the stoplight
* You're so wrong *
* I've given all I've got *
>> I love Kentucky.
>> You like Kentucky.
>> What's not to like?
>> Here's the thing
that I don't get.
You normally assume
that successful hip-hop artists
do pretty well with the ladies.
>> He admitted it.
>> Right, so, like, why would
his friends kind of say,
"There's no way this girl
is real"?
>> Right. You can't trust
anybody on the Internet.
Here we go, the studio.
There's, like, a lobby.
There's a really nice--
Oh, my God, look at this place,
it's beautiful.
>> Sweet sound of music.
>> * Now hold it down
* Let's get it poppin' *
* Like [bleep]
* Draw in the air
* Said her boyfriend the owner
* But I don't really care *
* Make her ride this [bleep]
* Like we alone at the fair
* Turn around
* Put that booty on me
* Turn around
* Put that booty on me
Yeah.
>> * Turn around
* Put that booty on me
>> Okay, hey, take me out
right there.
New single, baby.
>> That's how a prof--
>> Yeah.
>> That's how a professional
does it.
>> That's just for y'all, man.
How y'all doing, man?
>> We're good.
This building's amazing.
>> Yeah, it's a old church
they kind of renovated.
My man Slick, he, like,
the best engineer in Kentucky,
so I always and work with him.
>> Really?
>> And this is one of my music
partners, Sean 1, so...
>> Wow.
>> Yeah, Nev, come on.
>> Huh?
>> Come on, you want me to just
come up with a verse after that?
>> Yeah.
>> [laughs]
>> Yeah, that's a tough act
to follow.
>> * It's your boy Nev *
* Put that booty on me
* Don't want to do my homework *
* Want to go on Snapchat
* Wanna watch that booty twerk
* And I want to slap that
>> [laughs]
>> That was pretty good.
That was pretty good.
I think I go it.
We weren't counting.
[laughter]
>> Hey, we got a hit, baby.
>> Can we work that in?
>> We got a hit.
We got a hit, buddy.
>> [laughs]
>> We platinum, baby.
>> What are we doing?
We moving into another room?
>> Yeah, I think we gon'
step over there.
>> That room is beautiful,
with the stained glass
and everything.
>> Let's do it.
>> Yeah.
>> Booty On Me.
Yeah, that song is good, man.
>> Thank you, thank you.
>> You're, like, what I know
a lot of women dream about.
Not gonna say I'm attracted
to you, but, like...
[laughter]
A lot of the girls who come on
our show are looking at guys
just like you.
And so it's just interesting
because here you are now,
in your 30s, looking for love,
and, like, going on the
Internet, where I would think
you wouldn't, you know,
necessarily need to do that.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> So, like, how did you
end up here? Like--
>> It was just more based
on the music, you know, my team
telling me, "Hey, man,
you got to get back more with
the social networking thing.
And you know, as you find
yourself, you know, having to
reply and doing things for your
fans, you find yourself roaming.
You know, you're seeing all
these pretty girls, you're like,
"What--well, hold on for a
minute, let me see if she hit me
back," you know what I'm saying?
>> How, like, into this
relationship that you started
with Trinity have you gotten?
>> Well, I mean, first of all,
she's beautiful.
On a scale of one to ten
she's, like, a 10,000.
And she's a genuine person.
You know, it's somebody I'm able
to talk to.
She's someone that'll listen,
just somebody you can share
with, doesn't seem to be, like,
a, you know, moneygrubber,
you know, having to ask me
for anything.
You know, you--soon as you come
offstage, it might be
5,000 people or 50,000 people,
you still might feel the sense
of, "I'm still kind of
by myself," and it's hard for
anyone around you to understand
that, 'cause you know, you have
this money, you have this fame,
and sometimes it's actually
easier to talk to a stranger
where I can just kind of
vent and holler,
you know what I'm saying?
>> And do you find that
Trinity...
>> Yeah, yeah, Trinity, she--
>> Connects with you on that?
>> She's been a awesome person.
She's actually, you know,
helped me out with things.
I'm currently going through
a police brutality situation
with Kentucky state police.
It's still an ongoing case.
It's under appeal.
I got a multimillion-dollar
lawsuit, it hurt my income,
all kind of stuff.
I had two record deals.
Everybody stopped messing
with me.
Trinity, she's actually,
you know, helped me out
with some campaigns I'm trying
to start, like the GoFundMe
to help other people who've been
a victim of police brutality.
So she kind of just jumped
in there, like, "Hey, whatever
you need, you know, whatever
knowledge or resources I got,
I'm with you, you know,
just holler at me."
>> So do you think that Trinity
could maybe be someone you could
start a future with?
>> You know, my mother and
father's been married 44 years,
so you know, I hope
to have a relationship,
something like that.
I'd like to, you know, be able
to have a family.
Trinity definitely could be
the one.
>> Sean?
>> Yeah.
>> You guys have been pretty
good friends now for a while.
>> Yeah.
>> What's your sort of take
on all this?
>> She got an effect on him.
You know, she has to, 'cause
he's hard to get to.
I'd say he loves her, he can
open up to her.
He speaks about her a lot,
smiling when he speaks.
>> [chuckles]
>> Are you afraid that maybe
he's too into her and that she
might not turn out to be--
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah?
>> Yeah.
Little too good to be true
to me.
I don't know, might be,
might be, but we gonna see.
>> Do you have pictures of her?
>> Yeah, I got a couple
pictures.
>> So here's one.
>> Yeah.
>> Wow.
>> Looking pretty good
right there.
>> Yeah.
>> She's--
>> These are nice pictures.
>> Yeah, they're modeling--
I mean, yes.
>> Is she--is that her?
>> Yeah, she working out.
>> Yeah, that's more of, like,
a regular--
>> She's still pretty
in the regular pictures.
>> Yeah.
How often do you guys text?
>> Often, you know, kind of
daily.
>> She said, "Dang, you got
a lot going on now."
You said, "My manager started
new Instagram and people have
been coming out of the woodwork
like they been looking for me."
She said, "That's good, though.
That's why it's good to start
fresh sometimes."
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> "You still busy with your
GFM?"
>> GoFundMe.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Wow, so she's, like--
>> So she really cares, yeah.
>> Yeah, she cares.
>> All right, so look, all
right, so the next step for us
is to sort of apply
our investigation skills,
so you send us an email with
everything that you've got,
the pictures, phone number,
whatever you have, Facebook
page, all that.
We'll go through it all,
and then we'll check back in
with you and let you know
what we find.
>> Man, I appreciate you,
brothers.
Bring back some good news.
>> Well, those guys are great.
You know, what's crazy is, like,
from the other side of this
story, he's the catfish.
>> He's the catfish.
She must be thinking that he's
a catfish, and she's like,
"Well, he's lying about
who he is, so, like, I told him
I was a supermodel."
If he was any other guy,
we'd be totally sure that
that was a catfish, but because
he is who he is, there's
a good chance that this is
a girl who would be into him.
>> Man, and I hate to say it,
but, like, my gut is
it's a catfish.
>> All right, Max, so here's
what we got.
>> We got two clementines.
>> [laughs]
Prophet.
>> Trinity.
>> Trinity.
And then here's us.
>> So we have no laptop today,
it's just--
>> [laughs] It's just
tangerines.
All right, let's just start.
Ready, Max?
>> Yeah. Recap, and go.
>> We've got a man who's very
serious about settling down
and looking for love.
Prophet is a multi-platinum,
Grammy nominated
recording artist, formerly
of the rap group Nappy Roots.
Prophet's in a little bit of
a slump right now as a result
of leaving the group and also
having a really rough two years
dealing with a messed up
police brutality situation.
He's trying to reconnect with
new fans, let 'em know what's
going on in his life, so he
starts reaching out to people.
He's new to social media.
He messages this girl that he
sees on his Facebook
"people you may know."
>> Trinity Harrison.
>> They start talking, he starts
to develop feelings for her.
His friends start telling him,
like, "How do you know
she's real?
You haven't met her yet."
>> Seems to good to be true.
>> And that's why we're here.
All right.
We've got her Facebook page,
her phone number, and her email.
Let's just start with her
Facebook.
>> She's a beauty.
She has 1,600 friends.
>> Which is a normal amount.
>> Yeah, that's--that's norms.
>> That's norms.
Lives in Louisville.
>> Professional skills,
modeling.
>> All right, let's look
at her profile pictures.
She just posted the other day,
"Happy Derby Day."
>> There's nothing, like,
particularly "derby"
about that picture.
Look at who's posting here.
All dudes.
>> Mostly guys.
>> It's all guys.
>> Well, there's also no
pictures of her with anybody
else.
>> Right, no one's tagged,
there are no friends.
This is guy bait.
>> Let's do...
a little image search.
>> Well, this is gonna be
the thing.
First pic.
Blam!
>> Oh, we got some hits.
>> Got some.
>> "Jasmine Sanders."
>> [gasps]
>> She's on Instagram
in a big way.
She's got almost a million
followers, which is
pretty legit.
>> There's the picture that they
stole for the Kentucky "Derbs."
>> Oh, yeah, there it is.
>> She's everywhere.
She's a supermodel.
Wait, this girl is Chris Brown's
ex-girlfriend.
So she dated Chris Brown.
>> It looks like we found
the girl in the pictures.
>> We definitely found
the real Trinity.
>> Whoever Prophet's talking to
is taking pictures off of her
Instagram.
This is, like,
basic catfish stuff.
>> It was very easy to find,
wasn't a complicated ruse.
>> Right.
>> We know, seeing that right
away, that he didn't know that.
>> He didn't know.
Let's send Jasmine, the real
girl in the pictures, a message,
because maybe she knows about
this girl Trinity.
We're gonna send her
a video message.
Hello, Jasmine, it's Nev and Max
from Catfish on MTV, and we're
making an episode right now.
We would really like to talk
to you, because your pictures
are all up in it.
Hit me back.
>> You just wanted to say,
"All up in it."
This person has been stealing
pictures of a famous model.
>> So if it's not
Trinity Harrison, who is it?
Let's search the phone number.
>> All right, who we got?
What do we got? What we got?
>> both: Oh!
>> We got a name.
>> Crystal [bleep].
>> And we got an address.
This looks pretty legit.
>> Hold on, let's look
at the address.
>> We got an address and a name.
This is a real hit.
>> Where's Crestwood
in comparison to Louisville?
>> It's, like, north--northeast
of Louisville.
Wow.
About 15, 20 minutes.
If that's where this girl lives,
she's not far.
>> Right.
>> She's close.
All right, let's go to Facebook
and do a search
for Crystal [bleep].
>> All right.
>> Oh, here we go.
>> There you go.
Bunch of "Crystal [bleep]s"
in Kentucky.
>> It's a pretty common name.
Should we keep looking
at other ones?
Let's see.
>> Kentucky University.
>> This woman's in
a relationship.
>> He could be talking
to anyone.
>> We don't know who this person
is for sure, but it's probably
someone named Crystal, and she's
not the girl in the pictures,
which is pretty major.
Prophet is such a sweet guy
and he wants to be happy.
He went to the Internet finally
and started to connect with fans
and just sort of happened upon
this beautiful, sweet, genuine
person, but he doesn't know
that that doesn't really happen.
>> But he has been talking
to someone.
That someone has been
supportive and awesome.
They might not look like
that girl, but almost no one
looks like that girl, and
she could turn out to be someone
he might be interested in.
>> Let's wait to hear back
from Jasmine, see if she knows
anything, and then go talk to
Prophet, show him what we found.
We gotta ease him into this.
>> His heart could break.
>> All right, let me check.
>> All right, you got
an instant message.
>> I got an an instant message.
That's not what it's called
anymore, Max, that was
15 years ago, but--
>> A direct message.
>> It's a response to our video.
"Hi. Feel free to give me
a call.
You can reach me on my cell."
Or on Skype.
>> All right, here we go.
[phone line trills]
Good morning.
>> Hey.
Hi.
>> [laughs]
>> We are here, making
an episode of Catfish.
We were called by a gentleman
who believes that he has been
talking to a woman who looks
a lot like you, using the name
Trinity Harrison.
Ever heard someone using
that name?
Well, what makes this
particular story extra
interesting is that the guy who
thinks he's been talking to you
is a pretty well known,
successful rapper.
>> This guy Prophet
from the Nappy Roots.
>> We're firstly curious to know
if there's some sort of
notorious person that you happen
to know about who often takes
your pictures.
>> All right, well, thank you.
>> Bye.
>> We got a lot of stuff we
gotta go over now with Prophet.
>> Yo, it's Nev.
We want to give you the update
on some information
that we found.
>> Yeah, that would be awesome.
All right, later.
Prophet's gonna be pretty
bummed.
But, like, at the same time,
he has made what sounds like
a pretty unique connection with
this person, so the question is,
do you think he'll say,
"All right, look, I want to meet
her whoever she is, because we
have something real," or do you
think he'll just be like,
"I don't have time for this,
she's been lying to me and
she's not the person I think she
is, like, I'm gonna move on"?
>> Until he meets the person
face-to-face, though,
it won't truly be real.
>> Right.
>> The Muhammad Ali Center.
This place is amazing looking.
>> [sighs] All right.
Oh.
>> What up? What up? What up?
Muhammad Ali Center.
Anybody who comes to Louisville,
Kentucky, gotta come here.
So y'all find out
some information for me?
>> Yeah, man, we got
some updates for sure.
>> Let's do it.
>> Let's have a seat.
>> [sighs]
>> Anxiously waiting.
>> So, naturally, the first
thing that we did was we went to
her Facebook page, but the thing
that's sort of concerning to us
is that there's no pictures
of her with anybody else.
So then we thought the fastest
way to probably kind of get
to the bottom of this would be
to do a reverse image search.
>> Right.
>> All right, so here are
the pictures, right?
>> Mm.
>> As you can see, immediately
a lot comes up, as someone
named Jasmine Sanders.
The only other real information
that you had for her
was her phone number,
which is what you used to talk
to her and text her.
>> Right, right.
>> The phone search we did
came back registered to someone
named Crystal [bleep].
And there's an address,
which is not too far.
It's, like, a little bit east.
She's close.
>> The phone is registered to...
>> Or was at some point.
>> To Crystal [bleep],
but Crystal [bleep] could be her
grandmother, could be her mom.
>> Okay.
>> But you've never heard
that name?
>> No.
>> Now, look, we don't know that
this is the person, so we went
to this Instagram account for
the real girl Jasmine Sanders.
We reached out to the real girl,
Jasmine.
I have a little clip
I'm gonna show you.
We had a whole, like,
call with her.
>> Hey, Prophet.
It's Jasmine Sanders here.
I'm really sorry
that you got catfished,
and I really feel bad.
>> * These days I ain't living *
* Like I should
* Oh, let me go
*
* Oh
>> I mean, it's a lot
to take in.
We're talking about a person,
you know, I've shared
a lot of things with, you know,
just as far as my personal life.
It's just, like, you know,
another blow.
Kind of finally, you know, felt
a little rescued, where I was
finally able to be comfortable
and, you know, really let
somebody know, you know,
things that's going on with me.
Thinking, you know,
I might have found somebody
that was real special,
you know what I'm saying?
I wasted a lot of time.
>> * Oh, let me go
>> You have been talking
to someone, right?
>> Right.
>> And you've been having
some kind of relationship
with somebody.
>> I'm still kind of in shock
that, you know, I haven't been
talking to the person I thought,
so...
I don't know.
>> Yeah, I understand.
So you have their phone number.
>> Right.
>> At the very least,
we could call her...
>> Yeah.
>> And you know, cross
our fingers that she will
meet up with us...
>> Okay.
>> And sort of go from there.
>> I'd like to know who
I've been talking to.
Let's do it.
>> Let's give her a call.
[phone line trills]
>> [female automated message]
Your call has been forwarded
to an automated voice messaging
system.
[beep]
>> Hello, Trinity.
This is Nev calling, and we are
making an episode of Catfish,
our TV show.
Wanted to ask you
a couple questions, so, yeah.
Hit me back, thanks.
The ball's sort of in her court
now.
>> Right.
>> So if she wants to meet you,
she'll reach back out to us,
and as soon as we hear back
from her, we'll let you know.
You're gonna be okay.
>> Thank you.
>> You're gonna be okay, man.
>> It's like a emotional
roller coaster.
>> This is the worst way
to knock, for everyone watching.
[knocks loudly]
If anyone knocks on my door
like that, I will not answer it.
>> [laughs]
>> Hey, everybody.
Yesterday was an interesting
day.
The truth is, Prophet's
kind of down, and then of
course, to make matters worse,
he has this whole incident
with the police.
The last thing he needs
right now is some broken heart.
>> Yeah.
>> All right, well, look,
we need to get this girl
on the line.
Message came in
early this morning.
"Hey, I got your message.
I'm willing to talk
if you'd like."
Now we get a chance to talk
to her, so let's do it.
[phone line trills]
All right, ready?
>> Hi, is this Trinity?
>> Hey, good morning.
How you doing?
This is Nev and Max
from Catfish.
>> How familiar are you
with the show that we make?
>> The reason I'm calling is
because we got an email
from Prophet, and he's looking
forward to eventually meeting
you, but couple of his friends
were a little concerned for him
and said, you know, "Hey,
you been talking to this girl,
she could be anybody."
>> Um...well, look,
the girl in the photos
that you've been using on your
Facebook page and sending to him
is a girl named Jasmine.
And Prophet now knows
that's not you.
>> We were curious, you know,
if we could, just to sort of
know your actual name.
>> Maybe just your first name.
>> Okay.
Crystal is your name then?
>> All right.
If you live in Louisville--
which it sounds like you do.
Is that right?
>> Then there's really no reason
we can't bring you guys
to meet each other.
>> Great.
We'll text you in a little bit
and see you later.
>> Thanks, Crystal.
Crystal [bleep].
>> Crystal [bleep].
>> The phone number is
registered to her name.
>> She's obviously nervous.
She didn't want to tell us
anything.
It was hard enough just to get
her name, so who knows why
she's been doing this and what
she wanted out of it, and
until we meet her face-to-face,
we really don't know why
she's been doing this.
>> Well, now we gotta call
Prophet.
[phone line trills]
>> Yo.
>> I'm with Max, and we just got
off the phone with Trinity.
She told us that her name is
Crystal.
>> Remember, Crystal [bleep],
that's the name the
phone number's registered to.
She's in Louisville.
She's close,
15, 20 minutes away.
>> She's willing to meet up
with us, she's super nervous
about it, so if you want
to go through with this,
now's your chance.
>> So why don't you head over
and meet us at our hotel?
>> All right, Prophet versus
Crystal, round one.
>> What's up? What's up?
What's up?
>> Look at those kicks.
>> I know, right?
>> Gotta keep it clean.
>> How you feeling about this?
>> Finally, you know, time
to put this to bed,
you know what I'm saying?
>> Let's do it.
>> Okay.
>> I mean, are you
kind of nervous at all?
>> It's kind of awkward.
You're saying "Crystal" now.
All this time I've been saying
"Trinity."
>> Yeah, right?
>> That's a lot of weight
to carry, to act as if you're
a person for such a long time.
>> Now we have no idea how much
of Trinity's story is true
or where it came from.
>> Yeah.
>> I mean, are you open
to seeing what Crystal's about?
>> I have gotten to understand
her mind to a certain extent.
If that wasn't all a act,
you know, she's a cool person.
>> Getting close now.
>> She might not show up.
>> Let's pull in right here.
All right, ready to do this?
>> Let's get it done.
[both groaning]
>> Okay, this looks like
the spot.
>> Really don't know what to
feel, 'cause I don't still know
what to expect.
I don't know who's about to
walk up.
I don't know, this is new
for me.
>> Maybe it's one of those
girls.
>> Yeah, and they holding hands.
Now they turned off.
>> I see someone walking over
this way.
>> We've got a possible catfish.
>> Oh, wow.
>> We've got a possible catfish
coming towards us.
You think that's her?
>> I don't know.
>> Wow.
Is that her?
>> I don't know, but--
>> Wow.
>> Oh, wait.
>> She is coming.
>> She is coming.
>> Wow.
That's crazy.
Mm-mm.
>> Crystal?
>> Hi, there.
>> Is that--am I right?
>> Yup, I'm Crystal.
>> Hi, how you doing?
>> You can be anybody
on the Internet.
>> Nev, nice to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Thanks for meeting up
with us.
>> Sure.
>> All right, Crystal,
this is Prophet.
>> I'm Crystal, the one you been
talking to online.
>> Crystal?
>> Crystal.
>> It's not Trinity,
it's not Jasmine?
>> No.
>> I'm talking to Crystal,
right?
>> This is Crystal.
>> You're Crystal.
Okay.
All the business I told you--
I told you some real personal
business.
>> Right.
>> * You steal my dreams
>> That's confidential
with Crystal.
>> But I thought I was talking
to Trinity, know what
I'm saying?
>> You thought you were talking
to who you were looking at.
>> Yes.
>> Not who you were speaking to.
>> Wow.
>> Yeah, there is no more
Trinity.
>> * No, no, no starving
* I'd stop at nothing *
* Till I am inside you
>> Who is Crystal?
>> The person that would sit
on the phone and listen
to your problems till
3:00 or 4:00 in the morning.
Crystal is the one that has been
helping you rewrite
your GoFundMe for your
police brutality case.
That's who Crystal is.
Crystal's the person that
you've been talking to.
>> Are you upset?
>> No, I'm not.
>> It seems like you're--
>> You seem upset, yeah.
>> Seems like you're kind of
angry.
>> No, I mean, this is
a total shock to talk to you.
>> I mean, how could you send
so many pictures?
I mean, I'll tell you, "Turn
your head to the right," you'll
turn your head to the right.
"Turn your head to the left
right now," you turn your head
to the left.
How was you able to turn
them pictures like that?
>> Well, I had several pictures
saved on my phone of Jasmine,
and it just so happened,
whatever you said, I had
a picture that would match that.
>> That's some good work.
You a damn magician.
>> What was the need
for the page to begin with?
>> The need to begin with was
my then boyfriend in January
had created a Facebook page,
and there were pictures and
stuff where it may say there
were five comments and I could
only see three, so obviously,
someone had me blocked,
so that's why I created
the fake page.
>> Oh.
So you were dating someone.
>> Uh-huh.
>> And had a feeling that they
were talking to someone
through their Facebook page...
>> Mm-hmm.
>> That you couldn't see?
>> Right.
>> Why didn't you ever
just tell Prophet?
>> There were several times
that I wanted to, but I felt
that he needed the motivation
with his case and his career,
and I felt that Trinity was
the one that would motivate him.
>> Hmm.
>> Don't you think telling him
what the situation really was
would be the most helpful
and supportive thing?
>> Well, I felt that I should
just keep it going,
just to continue to be there
to talk to him, listen to him.
>> Did you develop
romantic feelings for him?
>> I did.
Some of those conversations
at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning
were more than just helping him.
>> This is probably the most
embarrassed I probably ever
been in my life.
Everything I said to you has
been honest, you know, honest
feelings, honest thoughts,
honest intentions.
You violated my trust.
I've shared all these different
things with you, let you into my
life, let you know about things
that a lot of people even
close to me don't know about.
That's kind of what's
disappointing throughout this
whole thing, is like, you know,
I actually got involved.
I don't even know what to say
anymore.
I don't know what to tell you.
>> I mean, that's totally to be
expected.
Everything that I responded back
to you, talked to you about,
that was coming from me,
Crystal.
>> You seem to be a person that
has a lot to offer someone.
Obviously, it's not me.
Nice to meet you, Crystal.
>> Prophet now needs a little
time, 'cause this is a very new
experience for him in many ways,
just to sort of wrap his mind
around all this and figure out
how he feels.
What would be great is
to meet back up with you
after we've had a chance
to kind of figure all that out.
And then we'll have a chance to
sort of sort out his feelings.
>> That's good.
>> * I've come so close *
* To this
* There's a feeling of *
* Such a heavy rush
* There's a wildfire *
>> Good to meet you.
Thanks for...coming out.
>> Thanks for meeting.
>> You too.
>> So look, here's what I think
we should do.
Prophet's got his career on
the line he's got to jump start.
He's got to figure out what he's
doing with his life, so if we
don't find some kind of
resolution for them so that they
can move on with their lives,
we won't have done our job.
I can go talk to Crystal.
>> Okay.
>> Get her to be a little bit
more honest with her feelings
about all this,
bring 'em together,
at the very least, say good-bye.
>> Or not good-bye,
whatever it ends up being.
>> Who knows what could happen?
[phone line trills]
>> Good morning.
I thought I could come over
and we could talk,
and then at some point later on,
we can all meet up together.
>> All right.
>> Hey there, come on in.
>> Hey, how you doing?
All right, guys, come on in.
All right.
We can chat a little bit.
Thanks again for coming
yesterday.
That wasn't easy for you.
>> It wasn't.
>> You knew that yesterday
sort of spelled the end of this
romance that you were having,
and it was sort of you
breaking your own heart too.
>> Yeah, I've always thought
that, you know, he wouldn't be
pleased with the outcome.
Just because he was expecting
to see Jasmine Sanders
as Trinity.
Yeah, I mean, it's upsetting
that it came out like this,
but it's something that we're
gonna have to get through.
>> You made the profile so that
you could friend your boyfriend.
>> I actually didn't friend him.
>> Oh, just to look at his page?
>> To look at his page, and
I friended some of the friends
that he had that I didn't have
so that I could see everything
that I needed to see.
>> Once you had found out
whatever it was you wanted
to find out, it would have been
the appropriate time probably
to close the profile.
>> About that time was when Ryan
popped up in the inbox.
>> Hmm.
>> I think it was important
that he has someone to talk to
because he's had lots of issues
with his case and his career
lately, so--
>> And while I do believe
your intentions were good,
this guy that you really care
about that has opened up to you,
you kind of messed him up.
>> So I mean, all I could do
was apologize to him for what
I've done and hopefully help him
get through getting over
Trinity.
>> Now what?
>> I'd like to, you know,
continue talking and
kind of put this behind us.
Maybe we could get together.
>> Okay.
Well, why don't we call Max?
He's with Prophet now.
And let them know they should
head over so you guys can
have a conversation, and maybe
we can figure out
what the best next step is
for both of you.
>> Okay.
[phone line trills]
>> Hey, Max.
Why don't you guys come over
to the house so we can talk?
>> Okay, great.
See you soon.
>> Catfish.
>> Cat--you got catfished, man.
You obviously stayed in this
because she was giving you
something that no one else
was giving you.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> That's worth something.
>> I don't know.
>> All right.
>> Let's do it.
>> [groans]
>> This episode of Catfish:
The TV Show continues now.
>> What's up with it?
>> Crystal's in the back.
We had a good talk.
Why don't we go back there?
Hopefully, something good that
can come out of all this stuff.
All right.
>> How was your guys's talk?
>> I thought--I mean--
>> I thought it went well.
I didn't mean to be angry
yesterday.
It was basically just because
I thought there was a better way
to come about it instead of,
you know, on TV.
It was totally unexpected.
>> But admittedly, you're not
sure you would have been able
to stop this on your own.
>> True.
I'm sorry for what's gone on
since February.
>> Today is not just, like,
the magic pill where it's like
you say sorry, and everything
is forgiven, we can all move on.
Like, it--like, we could do
that, but then what good
would any of this be?
So I'm not gonna let you off
the hook so easily saying sorry.
You have work to do.
>> There is work to do.
>> I'd love to just kind of
know, like, what do you like
about Prophet?
>> Just the conversation.
We were, like, on the same
wavelength with some of
the things that we talked about.
I was in a relationship
for almost eight years,
so I was used to having someone
there with me, 24/7.
You took that place.
The daily conversations,
I felt like I could talk to him
about anything.
>> I just want to let you know,
Crystal, you not who I thought
I was talking to.
That's not cool.
But some of the conversations
we've had, you definitely
filled a void for me.
You still was there to listen,
you know, even thought of
some proactive ways to help me
kind of get through some of
the things I was going through.
>> I'm gonna continue to help
you as long as you want
that help.
You got my number, and we can
continue to talk daily, or--
>> Yeah, that's probably not
gonna happen...
>> [laughs]
>> But we can definitely,
you know, continue to
communicate on some type
of level, see what happens.
>> Why don't we head out,
say our final good-byes...
>> Sounds good.
>> And get outta here?
>> I expected way worse than us
standing here, getting along
like we are, but I'm so glad
that it went this way.
>> I forgive you.
I'm glad this thing is over.
You know, it's been
a hell of a ride.
It's all good.
Give me a hug.
You'll be okay.
>> All right, good to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> No more catfishing.
>> [laughs]
>> We'll speak to you soon.
>> All right.
>> So that was quite a week.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> I mean, you came a long way,
man.
>> Yeah.
>> What do you think about her--
what she said?
>> I think she shouldn't do that
to people, you know.
Seemed like a good person,
though.
>> So what's next for you, man?
>> Just work, man.
It's been such a long road and
challenge, I gotta get back,
bottom line.
>> * Until it's gone *
>> Catfish.
This is something else.
>> * And never come back again
[Skype alert ringing]
>> both: Yo!
>> Yo.
>> How you doing?
>> Man, doing well, man.
>> Give us an update
on the music.
>> Sometime in August, I should
be dropping a new single.
The album will follow.
>> That's good, man.
>> Yeah.
>> That's great, I'm looking
forward to hearing it.
>> And what about your
love life?
Any movement in that area?
>> Not too much.
Really just been focused
on the business.
>> Are you talking at all
to Crystal?
>> Yeah, man, she's been
pretty cool.
She's helping me out
on a couple things, man,
with the non-profit.
We don't talk, obviously,
like we used to...
[laughter]
But it's been cool, man.
>> That's great.
It's good talking to you, man.
>> All right, we'll talk soon,
dude.
Later.
>> Later, man.
[Skype alert ringing]
>> Hello.
>> both: Hey!
>> Crystal, how is everything?
>> Been well since the show.
Planning a Disney vacation
next week, and still
talk to Prophet at least
a couple times a week.
>> That's great.
>> He's trying to find us
a venue to watch
the Catfish show together.
>> That's great.
>> And are you dating anyone
now, or?
>> Nope, single.
>> But are you online,
looking for love?
>> Oh, no.
No, that profile, it hasn't
been logged back into.
>> You seem like you're
in a good place.
Everything's going okay for you.
>> Everything's going great.
>> Bye, Crystal.
>> Bye.
>> Bye.
>> There's a person out there
that's doing a lot
of destruction.
We should stop her.
>> Whoa, she's a felon.
>> If she's in jail,
how's she doing this?
>> He starts hearing banging
on the door.
I heard glass break,
and the call dropped.
>> He's sort of cheating
on his wife.
>> He is cheating.
>> There's no turning back now.
[knocking at the door]
>> Hello?
[dog barking]
>> Someone's home.
Someone's home.
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00:41:03.
>> She might not show up.
>> You are a multi-platinum
hip-hop rap star.
>> She must be thinking that
he's a catfish.
>> Yeah, definitely.
>> Moment of truth.
We got a possible catfish
coming towards us.
>> Wow.
That's crazy.
You can be anybody
on the Internet.
>> I know recently a fan
watching this show commented
that we have the same pictures
that seem to follow us
everywhere we go.
Well, the truth is, we do.
In the hotels, we can't show
the art that's on the walls,
so our cameraman John takes
photos and prints them up,
and we hang them ourselves,
and then we take them with us
and we put them up
in the next room.
>> What's amazing about John's
art is that you can actually
touch the art.
>> Just be careful, 'cause
it'll fall on your head.
>> [laughs]
>> I got an email, Max,
from Ryan Anthony.
"Dear Nev and Max,
my name is Ryan."
>> Don't touch me.
Don't touch me.
>> [laughs]
"AKA R. Prophet, formerly of
the Grammy nominated rap group
Nappy Roots.
They were the best-selling
hip-hop group of 2002."
I love that album.
Well, this is awesome.
I've been a big fan of this guy.
So, "I'm currently living
in Louisville, Kentucky,
and I've gotten myself
into a situation I could use
your assistance with.
Recently I've started to get
into social media."
>> "Recently I've started to get
into social media"?
>> Well, he's been working
on the Nappy Roots.
"And in being more active
online, I came across a very
beautiful girl named Trinity."
>> * Dancing with my sugar pie
* That's how we started, baby *
* Way, way back when
>> "I saw her page and sent her
a message.
She messaged me back and we
began talking almost daily."
>> * That 40 watt light bulb
>> "As a platinum recording
artist, I have found sometimes
it can be easier to talk
to a complete stranger
and get unbiased responses."
>> He's probably surrounded
by a lot of people who just
flatter him and blow smoke.
>> "Trinity is different
than other girls I've dated.
She isn't selfish at all,
and I feel comfortable talking
to her about things I've never
talked to anyone else about.
I really think we are a great
match, and this could be
a one-of-a-kind relationship."
>> * I jump and you spin
* Again and again and again
>> "She lives also in
Louisville, Kentucky, not too
far away."
>> Not good.
>> Yeah, that's not a good sign.
"My friends and family keep
warning me she's a catfish,
because she's too good-looking."
>> But this guy could
probably get...
>> Yeah, oh, yeah.
>> Plenty of girls.
>> "Before I get any deeper
with this girl, I thought
I should holler at my boys
on Catfish and get the experts
to do some digging for me.
I really do hope to meet the
beautiful girl in the photos,
but I have my doubts."
>> This makes me feel
really good, because we've got
celebrities coming to us,
asking for our help.
>> Yeah.
>> Prophet, new to the Internet.
Welcome.
>> Which is--yeah.
He doesn't even have a Skype.
He gave us his phone number.
>> Oh, my--a phone number?
Shall we get him on the horn?
>> I think we should.
[phone line trills]
>> Is this Prophet?
>> Yo, it's Nev and Max.
>> First of all, I gotta tell
you, I'm a big fan.
I use your music to get street
cred, like, I thought I was cool
because I had your album.
>> [laughs]
>> So, I take it from your email
you're just sort of new
to the Internet.
>> You don't seem like the kind
of guy that has a hard time
meeting girls, right?
I mean--
>> Have you been married?
>> Wow.
>> Do you want to have a family?
>> Tell us about this girl
Trinity and what's been
going down the last few months.
>> * There isn't anything *
* To keep me from you
>> * I would walk
* To the ends of the Earth
>> So you feel like
you want to meet this person,
start a family, settle down,
even though you haven't
known her that long.
It sounds like you know
what you want.
>> Yeah, I feel you.
Have you questioned her at all,
or said, like, "Hey, you know,
can you video chat
or Skype with me?"
I mean, I know that's not
really your jam, but--
>> But you've heard her voice?
>> And she lives not that far
from you, so why haven't
you guys met up?
>> It sounds like you're ready
to have a real partner.
>> I want this to work out
for you, so sit tight,
and we will be there soon.
>> All right.
All right, later.
What I like about this story is
that Prophet is a multi-platinum
Grammy nominated
recording artist,
but he's also just a guy...
>> He's just a guy who's trying
to meet a girl on the Internet.
>> Who's looking for love.
Let's do it, man.
>> [laughs]
>> We're off to Louisville.
>> I hope it's not "Lou-evil."
>> both: Ugh.
*
>> * You come back
* You come back
* At the stoplight
* You're so wrong *
* I've given all I've got *
>> I love Kentucky.
>> You like Kentucky.
>> What's not to like?
>> Here's the thing
that I don't get.
You normally assume
that successful hip-hop artists
do pretty well with the ladies.
>> He admitted it.
>> Right, so, like, why would
his friends kind of say,
"There's no way this girl
is real"?
>> Right. You can't trust
anybody on the Internet.
Here we go, the studio.
There's, like, a lobby.
There's a really nice--
Oh, my God, look at this place,
it's beautiful.
>> Sweet sound of music.
>> * Now hold it down
* Let's get it poppin' *
* Like [bleep]
* Draw in the air
* Said her boyfriend the owner
* But I don't really care *
* Make her ride this [bleep]
* Like we alone at the fair
* Turn around
* Put that booty on me
* Turn around
* Put that booty on me
Yeah.
>> * Turn around
* Put that booty on me
>> Okay, hey, take me out
right there.
New single, baby.
>> That's how a prof--
>> Yeah.
>> That's how a professional
does it.
>> That's just for y'all, man.
How y'all doing, man?
>> We're good.
This building's amazing.
>> Yeah, it's a old church
they kind of renovated.
My man Slick, he, like,
the best engineer in Kentucky,
so I always and work with him.
>> Really?
>> And this is one of my music
partners, Sean 1, so...
>> Wow.
>> Yeah, Nev, come on.
>> Huh?
>> Come on, you want me to just
come up with a verse after that?
>> Yeah.
>> [laughs]
>> Yeah, that's a tough act
to follow.
>> * It's your boy Nev *
* Put that booty on me
* Don't want to do my homework *
* Want to go on Snapchat
* Wanna watch that booty twerk
* And I want to slap that
>> [laughs]
>> That was pretty good.
That was pretty good.
I think I go it.
We weren't counting.
[laughter]
>> Hey, we got a hit, baby.
>> Can we work that in?
>> We got a hit.
We got a hit, buddy.
>> [laughs]
>> We platinum, baby.
>> What are we doing?
We moving into another room?
>> Yeah, I think we gon'
step over there.
>> That room is beautiful,
with the stained glass
and everything.
>> Let's do it.
>> Yeah.
>> Booty On Me.
Yeah, that song is good, man.
>> Thank you, thank you.
>> You're, like, what I know
a lot of women dream about.
Not gonna say I'm attracted
to you, but, like...
[laughter]
A lot of the girls who come on
our show are looking at guys
just like you.
And so it's just interesting
because here you are now,
in your 30s, looking for love,
and, like, going on the
Internet, where I would think
you wouldn't, you know,
necessarily need to do that.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> So, like, how did you
end up here? Like--
>> It was just more based
on the music, you know, my team
telling me, "Hey, man,
you got to get back more with
the social networking thing.
And you know, as you find
yourself, you know, having to
reply and doing things for your
fans, you find yourself roaming.
You know, you're seeing all
these pretty girls, you're like,
"What--well, hold on for a
minute, let me see if she hit me
back," you know what I'm saying?
>> How, like, into this
relationship that you started
with Trinity have you gotten?
>> Well, I mean, first of all,
she's beautiful.
On a scale of one to ten
she's, like, a 10,000.
And she's a genuine person.
You know, it's somebody I'm able
to talk to.
She's someone that'll listen,
just somebody you can share
with, doesn't seem to be, like,
a, you know, moneygrubber,
you know, having to ask me
for anything.
You know, you--soon as you come
offstage, it might be
5,000 people or 50,000 people,
you still might feel the sense
of, "I'm still kind of
by myself," and it's hard for
anyone around you to understand
that, 'cause you know, you have
this money, you have this fame,
and sometimes it's actually
easier to talk to a stranger
where I can just kind of
vent and holler,
you know what I'm saying?
>> And do you find that
Trinity...
>> Yeah, yeah, Trinity, she--
>> Connects with you on that?
>> She's been a awesome person.
She's actually, you know,
helped me out with things.
I'm currently going through
a police brutality situation
with Kentucky state police.
It's still an ongoing case.
It's under appeal.
I got a multimillion-dollar
lawsuit, it hurt my income,
all kind of stuff.
I had two record deals.
Everybody stopped messing
with me.
Trinity, she's actually,
you know, helped me out
with some campaigns I'm trying
to start, like the GoFundMe
to help other people who've been
a victim of police brutality.
So she kind of just jumped
in there, like, "Hey, whatever
you need, you know, whatever
knowledge or resources I got,
I'm with you, you know,
just holler at me."
>> So do you think that Trinity
could maybe be someone you could
start a future with?
>> You know, my mother and
father's been married 44 years,
so you know, I hope
to have a relationship,
something like that.
I'd like to, you know, be able
to have a family.
Trinity definitely could be
the one.
>> Sean?
>> Yeah.
>> You guys have been pretty
good friends now for a while.
>> Yeah.
>> What's your sort of take
on all this?
>> She got an effect on him.
You know, she has to, 'cause
he's hard to get to.
I'd say he loves her, he can
open up to her.
He speaks about her a lot,
smiling when he speaks.
>> [chuckles]
>> Are you afraid that maybe
he's too into her and that she
might not turn out to be--
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah?
>> Yeah.
Little too good to be true
to me.
I don't know, might be,
might be, but we gonna see.
>> Do you have pictures of her?
>> Yeah, I got a couple
pictures.
>> So here's one.
>> Yeah.
>> Wow.
>> Looking pretty good
right there.
>> Yeah.
>> She's--
>> These are nice pictures.
>> Yeah, they're modeling--
I mean, yes.
>> Is she--is that her?
>> Yeah, she working out.
>> Yeah, that's more of, like,
a regular--
>> She's still pretty
in the regular pictures.
>> Yeah.
How often do you guys text?
>> Often, you know, kind of
daily.
>> She said, "Dang, you got
a lot going on now."
You said, "My manager started
new Instagram and people have
been coming out of the woodwork
like they been looking for me."
She said, "That's good, though.
That's why it's good to start
fresh sometimes."
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> "You still busy with your
GFM?"
>> GoFundMe.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Wow, so she's, like--
>> So she really cares, yeah.
>> Yeah, she cares.
>> All right, so look, all
right, so the next step for us
is to sort of apply
our investigation skills,
so you send us an email with
everything that you've got,
the pictures, phone number,
whatever you have, Facebook
page, all that.
We'll go through it all,
and then we'll check back in
with you and let you know
what we find.
>> Man, I appreciate you,
brothers.
Bring back some good news.
>> Well, those guys are great.
You know, what's crazy is, like,
from the other side of this
story, he's the catfish.
>> He's the catfish.
She must be thinking that he's
a catfish, and she's like,
"Well, he's lying about
who he is, so, like, I told him
I was a supermodel."
If he was any other guy,
we'd be totally sure that
that was a catfish, but because
he is who he is, there's
a good chance that this is
a girl who would be into him.
>> Man, and I hate to say it,
but, like, my gut is
it's a catfish.
>> All right, Max, so here's
what we got.
>> We got two clementines.
>> [laughs]
Prophet.
>> Trinity.
>> Trinity.
And then here's us.
>> So we have no laptop today,
it's just--
>> [laughs] It's just
tangerines.
All right, let's just start.
Ready, Max?
>> Yeah. Recap, and go.
>> We've got a man who's very
serious about settling down
and looking for love.
Prophet is a multi-platinum,
Grammy nominated
recording artist, formerly
of the rap group Nappy Roots.
Prophet's in a little bit of
a slump right now as a result
of leaving the group and also
having a really rough two years
dealing with a messed up
police brutality situation.
He's trying to reconnect with
new fans, let 'em know what's
going on in his life, so he
starts reaching out to people.
He's new to social media.
He messages this girl that he
sees on his Facebook
"people you may know."
>> Trinity Harrison.
>> They start talking, he starts
to develop feelings for her.
His friends start telling him,
like, "How do you know
she's real?
You haven't met her yet."
>> Seems to good to be true.
>> And that's why we're here.
All right.
We've got her Facebook page,
her phone number, and her email.
Let's just start with her
Facebook.
>> She's a beauty.
She has 1,600 friends.
>> Which is a normal amount.
>> Yeah, that's--that's norms.
>> That's norms.
Lives in Louisville.
>> Professional skills,
modeling.
>> All right, let's look
at her profile pictures.
She just posted the other day,
"Happy Derby Day."
>> There's nothing, like,
particularly "derby"
about that picture.
Look at who's posting here.
All dudes.
>> Mostly guys.
>> It's all guys.
>> Well, there's also no
pictures of her with anybody
else.
>> Right, no one's tagged,
there are no friends.
This is guy bait.
>> Let's do...
a little image search.
>> Well, this is gonna be
the thing.
First pic.
Blam!
>> Oh, we got some hits.
>> Got some.
>> "Jasmine Sanders."
>> [gasps]
>> She's on Instagram
in a big way.
She's got almost a million
followers, which is
pretty legit.
>> There's the picture that they
stole for the Kentucky "Derbs."
>> Oh, yeah, there it is.
>> She's everywhere.
She's a supermodel.
Wait, this girl is Chris Brown's
ex-girlfriend.
So she dated Chris Brown.
>> It looks like we found
the girl in the pictures.
>> We definitely found
the real Trinity.
>> Whoever Prophet's talking to
is taking pictures off of her
Instagram.
This is, like,
basic catfish stuff.
>> It was very easy to find,
wasn't a complicated ruse.
>> Right.
>> We know, seeing that right
away, that he didn't know that.
>> He didn't know.
Let's send Jasmine, the real
girl in the pictures, a message,
because maybe she knows about
this girl Trinity.
We're gonna send her
a video message.
Hello, Jasmine, it's Nev and Max
from Catfish on MTV, and we're
making an episode right now.
We would really like to talk
to you, because your pictures
are all up in it.
Hit me back.
>> You just wanted to say,
"All up in it."
This person has been stealing
pictures of a famous model.
>> So if it's not
Trinity Harrison, who is it?
Let's search the phone number.
>> All right, who we got?
What do we got? What we got?
>> both: Oh!
>> We got a name.
>> Crystal [bleep].
>> And we got an address.
This looks pretty legit.
>> Hold on, let's look
at the address.
>> We got an address and a name.
This is a real hit.
>> Where's Crestwood
in comparison to Louisville?
>> It's, like, north--northeast
of Louisville.
Wow.
About 15, 20 minutes.
If that's where this girl lives,
she's not far.
>> Right.
>> She's close.
All right, let's go to Facebook
and do a search
for Crystal [bleep].
>> All right.
>> Oh, here we go.
>> There you go.
Bunch of "Crystal [bleep]s"
in Kentucky.
>> It's a pretty common name.
Should we keep looking
at other ones?
Let's see.
>> Kentucky University.
>> This woman's in
a relationship.
>> He could be talking
to anyone.
>> We don't know who this person
is for sure, but it's probably
someone named Crystal, and she's
not the girl in the pictures,
which is pretty major.
Prophet is such a sweet guy
and he wants to be happy.
He went to the Internet finally
and started to connect with fans
and just sort of happened upon
this beautiful, sweet, genuine
person, but he doesn't know
that that doesn't really happen.
>> But he has been talking
to someone.
That someone has been
supportive and awesome.
They might not look like
that girl, but almost no one
looks like that girl, and
she could turn out to be someone
he might be interested in.
>> Let's wait to hear back
from Jasmine, see if she knows
anything, and then go talk to
Prophet, show him what we found.
We gotta ease him into this.
>> His heart could break.
>> All right, let me check.
>> All right, you got
an instant message.
>> I got an an instant message.
That's not what it's called
anymore, Max, that was
15 years ago, but--
>> A direct message.
>> It's a response to our video.
"Hi. Feel free to give me
a call.
You can reach me on my cell."
Or on Skype.
>> All right, here we go.
[phone line trills]
Good morning.
>> Hey.
Hi.
>> [laughs]
>> We are here, making
an episode of Catfish.
We were called by a gentleman
who believes that he has been
talking to a woman who looks
a lot like you, using the name
Trinity Harrison.
Ever heard someone using
that name?
Well, what makes this
particular story extra
interesting is that the guy who
thinks he's been talking to you
is a pretty well known,
successful rapper.
>> This guy Prophet
from the Nappy Roots.
>> We're firstly curious to know
if there's some sort of
notorious person that you happen
to know about who often takes
your pictures.
>> All right, well, thank you.
>> Bye.
>> We got a lot of stuff we
gotta go over now with Prophet.
>> Yo, it's Nev.
We want to give you the update
on some information
that we found.
>> Yeah, that would be awesome.
All right, later.
Prophet's gonna be pretty
bummed.
But, like, at the same time,
he has made what sounds like
a pretty unique connection with
this person, so the question is,
do you think he'll say,
"All right, look, I want to meet
her whoever she is, because we
have something real," or do you
think he'll just be like,
"I don't have time for this,
she's been lying to me and
she's not the person I think she
is, like, I'm gonna move on"?
>> Until he meets the person
face-to-face, though,
it won't truly be real.
>> Right.
>> The Muhammad Ali Center.
This place is amazing looking.
>> [sighs] All right.
Oh.
>> What up? What up? What up?
Muhammad Ali Center.
Anybody who comes to Louisville,
Kentucky, gotta come here.
So y'all find out
some information for me?
>> Yeah, man, we got
some updates for sure.
>> Let's do it.
>> Let's have a seat.
>> [sighs]
>> Anxiously waiting.
>> So, naturally, the first
thing that we did was we went to
her Facebook page, but the thing
that's sort of concerning to us
is that there's no pictures
of her with anybody else.
So then we thought the fastest
way to probably kind of get
to the bottom of this would be
to do a reverse image search.
>> Right.
>> All right, so here are
the pictures, right?
>> Mm.
>> As you can see, immediately
a lot comes up, as someone
named Jasmine Sanders.
The only other real information
that you had for her
was her phone number,
which is what you used to talk
to her and text her.
>> Right, right.
>> The phone search we did
came back registered to someone
named Crystal [bleep].
And there's an address,
which is not too far.
It's, like, a little bit east.
She's close.
>> The phone is registered to...
>> Or was at some point.
>> To Crystal [bleep],
but Crystal [bleep] could be her
grandmother, could be her mom.
>> Okay.
>> But you've never heard
that name?
>> No.
>> Now, look, we don't know that
this is the person, so we went
to this Instagram account for
the real girl Jasmine Sanders.
We reached out to the real girl,
Jasmine.
I have a little clip
I'm gonna show you.
We had a whole, like,
call with her.
>> Hey, Prophet.
It's Jasmine Sanders here.
I'm really sorry
that you got catfished,
and I really feel bad.
>> * These days I ain't living *
* Like I should
* Oh, let me go
*
* Oh
>> I mean, it's a lot
to take in.
We're talking about a person,
you know, I've shared
a lot of things with, you know,
just as far as my personal life.
It's just, like, you know,
another blow.
Kind of finally, you know, felt
a little rescued, where I was
finally able to be comfortable
and, you know, really let
somebody know, you know,
things that's going on with me.
Thinking, you know,
I might have found somebody
that was real special,
you know what I'm saying?
I wasted a lot of time.
>> * Oh, let me go
>> You have been talking
to someone, right?
>> Right.
>> And you've been having
some kind of relationship
with somebody.
>> I'm still kind of in shock
that, you know, I haven't been
talking to the person I thought,
so...
I don't know.
>> Yeah, I understand.
So you have their phone number.
>> Right.
>> At the very least,
we could call her...
>> Yeah.
>> And you know, cross
our fingers that she will
meet up with us...
>> Okay.
>> And sort of go from there.
>> I'd like to know who
I've been talking to.
Let's do it.
>> Let's give her a call.
[phone line trills]
>> [female automated message]
Your call has been forwarded
to an automated voice messaging
system.
[beep]
>> Hello, Trinity.
This is Nev calling, and we are
making an episode of Catfish,
our TV show.
Wanted to ask you
a couple questions, so, yeah.
Hit me back, thanks.
The ball's sort of in her court
now.
>> Right.
>> So if she wants to meet you,
she'll reach back out to us,
and as soon as we hear back
from her, we'll let you know.
You're gonna be okay.
>> Thank you.
>> You're gonna be okay, man.
>> It's like a emotional
roller coaster.
>> This is the worst way
to knock, for everyone watching.
[knocks loudly]
If anyone knocks on my door
like that, I will not answer it.
>> [laughs]
>> Hey, everybody.
Yesterday was an interesting
day.
The truth is, Prophet's
kind of down, and then of
course, to make matters worse,
he has this whole incident
with the police.
The last thing he needs
right now is some broken heart.
>> Yeah.
>> All right, well, look,
we need to get this girl
on the line.
Message came in
early this morning.
"Hey, I got your message.
I'm willing to talk
if you'd like."
Now we get a chance to talk
to her, so let's do it.
[phone line trills]
All right, ready?
>> Hi, is this Trinity?
>> Hey, good morning.
How you doing?
This is Nev and Max
from Catfish.
>> How familiar are you
with the show that we make?
>> The reason I'm calling is
because we got an email
from Prophet, and he's looking
forward to eventually meeting
you, but couple of his friends
were a little concerned for him
and said, you know, "Hey,
you been talking to this girl,
she could be anybody."
>> Um...well, look,
the girl in the photos
that you've been using on your
Facebook page and sending to him
is a girl named Jasmine.
And Prophet now knows
that's not you.
>> We were curious, you know,
if we could, just to sort of
know your actual name.
>> Maybe just your first name.
>> Okay.
Crystal is your name then?
>> All right.
If you live in Louisville--
which it sounds like you do.
Is that right?
>> Then there's really no reason
we can't bring you guys
to meet each other.
>> Great.
We'll text you in a little bit
and see you later.
>> Thanks, Crystal.
Crystal [bleep].
>> Crystal [bleep].
>> The phone number is
registered to her name.
>> She's obviously nervous.
She didn't want to tell us
anything.
It was hard enough just to get
her name, so who knows why
she's been doing this and what
she wanted out of it, and
until we meet her face-to-face,
we really don't know why
she's been doing this.
>> Well, now we gotta call
Prophet.
[phone line trills]
>> Yo.
>> I'm with Max, and we just got
off the phone with Trinity.
She told us that her name is
Crystal.
>> Remember, Crystal [bleep],
that's the name the
phone number's registered to.
She's in Louisville.
She's close,
15, 20 minutes away.
>> She's willing to meet up
with us, she's super nervous
about it, so if you want
to go through with this,
now's your chance.
>> So why don't you head over
and meet us at our hotel?
>> All right, Prophet versus
Crystal, round one.
>> What's up? What's up?
What's up?
>> Look at those kicks.
>> I know, right?
>> Gotta keep it clean.
>> How you feeling about this?
>> Finally, you know, time
to put this to bed,
you know what I'm saying?
>> Let's do it.
>> Okay.
>> I mean, are you
kind of nervous at all?
>> It's kind of awkward.
You're saying "Crystal" now.
All this time I've been saying
"Trinity."
>> Yeah, right?
>> That's a lot of weight
to carry, to act as if you're
a person for such a long time.
>> Now we have no idea how much
of Trinity's story is true
or where it came from.
>> Yeah.
>> I mean, are you open
to seeing what Crystal's about?
>> I have gotten to understand
her mind to a certain extent.
If that wasn't all a act,
you know, she's a cool person.
>> Getting close now.
>> She might not show up.
>> Let's pull in right here.
All right, ready to do this?
>> Let's get it done.
[both groaning]
>> Okay, this looks like
the spot.
>> Really don't know what to
feel, 'cause I don't still know
what to expect.
I don't know who's about to
walk up.
I don't know, this is new
for me.
>> Maybe it's one of those
girls.
>> Yeah, and they holding hands.
Now they turned off.
>> I see someone walking over
this way.
>> We've got a possible catfish.
>> Oh, wow.
>> We've got a possible catfish
coming towards us.
You think that's her?
>> I don't know.
>> Wow.
Is that her?
>> I don't know, but--
>> Wow.
>> Oh, wait.
>> She is coming.
>> She is coming.
>> Wow.
That's crazy.
Mm-mm.
>> Crystal?
>> Hi, there.
>> Is that--am I right?
>> Yup, I'm Crystal.
>> Hi, how you doing?
>> You can be anybody
on the Internet.
>> Nev, nice to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Thanks for meeting up
with us.
>> Sure.
>> All right, Crystal,
this is Prophet.
>> I'm Crystal, the one you been
talking to online.
>> Crystal?
>> Crystal.
>> It's not Trinity,
it's not Jasmine?
>> No.
>> I'm talking to Crystal,
right?
>> This is Crystal.
>> You're Crystal.
Okay.
All the business I told you--
I told you some real personal
business.
>> Right.
>> * You steal my dreams
>> That's confidential
with Crystal.
>> But I thought I was talking
to Trinity, know what
I'm saying?
>> You thought you were talking
to who you were looking at.
>> Yes.
>> Not who you were speaking to.
>> Wow.
>> Yeah, there is no more
Trinity.
>> * No, no, no starving
* I'd stop at nothing *
* Till I am inside you
>> Who is Crystal?
>> The person that would sit
on the phone and listen
to your problems till
3:00 or 4:00 in the morning.
Crystal is the one that has been
helping you rewrite
your GoFundMe for your
police brutality case.
That's who Crystal is.
Crystal's the person that
you've been talking to.
>> Are you upset?
>> No, I'm not.
>> It seems like you're--
>> You seem upset, yeah.
>> Seems like you're kind of
angry.
>> No, I mean, this is
a total shock to talk to you.
>> I mean, how could you send
so many pictures?
I mean, I'll tell you, "Turn
your head to the right," you'll
turn your head to the right.
"Turn your head to the left
right now," you turn your head
to the left.
How was you able to turn
them pictures like that?
>> Well, I had several pictures
saved on my phone of Jasmine,
and it just so happened,
whatever you said, I had
a picture that would match that.
>> That's some good work.
You a damn magician.
>> What was the need
for the page to begin with?
>> The need to begin with was
my then boyfriend in January
had created a Facebook page,
and there were pictures and
stuff where it may say there
were five comments and I could
only see three, so obviously,
someone had me blocked,
so that's why I created
the fake page.
>> Oh.
So you were dating someone.
>> Uh-huh.
>> And had a feeling that they
were talking to someone
through their Facebook page...
>> Mm-hmm.
>> That you couldn't see?
>> Right.
>> Why didn't you ever
just tell Prophet?
>> There were several times
that I wanted to, but I felt
that he needed the motivation
with his case and his career,
and I felt that Trinity was
the one that would motivate him.
>> Hmm.
>> Don't you think telling him
what the situation really was
would be the most helpful
and supportive thing?
>> Well, I felt that I should
just keep it going,
just to continue to be there
to talk to him, listen to him.
>> Did you develop
romantic feelings for him?
>> I did.
Some of those conversations
at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning
were more than just helping him.
>> This is probably the most
embarrassed I probably ever
been in my life.
Everything I said to you has
been honest, you know, honest
feelings, honest thoughts,
honest intentions.
You violated my trust.
I've shared all these different
things with you, let you into my
life, let you know about things
that a lot of people even
close to me don't know about.
That's kind of what's
disappointing throughout this
whole thing, is like, you know,
I actually got involved.
I don't even know what to say
anymore.
I don't know what to tell you.
>> I mean, that's totally to be
expected.
Everything that I responded back
to you, talked to you about,
that was coming from me,
Crystal.
>> You seem to be a person that
has a lot to offer someone.
Obviously, it's not me.
Nice to meet you, Crystal.
>> Prophet now needs a little
time, 'cause this is a very new
experience for him in many ways,
just to sort of wrap his mind
around all this and figure out
how he feels.
What would be great is
to meet back up with you
after we've had a chance
to kind of figure all that out.
And then we'll have a chance to
sort of sort out his feelings.
>> That's good.
>> * I've come so close *
* To this
* There's a feeling of *
* Such a heavy rush
* There's a wildfire *
>> Good to meet you.
Thanks for...coming out.
>> Thanks for meeting.
>> You too.
>> So look, here's what I think
we should do.
Prophet's got his career on
the line he's got to jump start.
He's got to figure out what he's
doing with his life, so if we
don't find some kind of
resolution for them so that they
can move on with their lives,
we won't have done our job.
I can go talk to Crystal.
>> Okay.
>> Get her to be a little bit
more honest with her feelings
about all this,
bring 'em together,
at the very least, say good-bye.
>> Or not good-bye,
whatever it ends up being.
>> Who knows what could happen?
[phone line trills]
>> Good morning.
I thought I could come over
and we could talk,
and then at some point later on,
we can all meet up together.
>> All right.
>> Hey there, come on in.
>> Hey, how you doing?
All right, guys, come on in.
All right.
We can chat a little bit.
Thanks again for coming
yesterday.
That wasn't easy for you.
>> It wasn't.
>> You knew that yesterday
sort of spelled the end of this
romance that you were having,
and it was sort of you
breaking your own heart too.
>> Yeah, I've always thought
that, you know, he wouldn't be
pleased with the outcome.
Just because he was expecting
to see Jasmine Sanders
as Trinity.
Yeah, I mean, it's upsetting
that it came out like this,
but it's something that we're
gonna have to get through.
>> You made the profile so that
you could friend your boyfriend.
>> I actually didn't friend him.
>> Oh, just to look at his page?
>> To look at his page, and
I friended some of the friends
that he had that I didn't have
so that I could see everything
that I needed to see.
>> Once you had found out
whatever it was you wanted
to find out, it would have been
the appropriate time probably
to close the profile.
>> About that time was when Ryan
popped up in the inbox.
>> Hmm.
>> I think it was important
that he has someone to talk to
because he's had lots of issues
with his case and his career
lately, so--
>> And while I do believe
your intentions were good,
this guy that you really care
about that has opened up to you,
you kind of messed him up.
>> So I mean, all I could do
was apologize to him for what
I've done and hopefully help him
get through getting over
Trinity.
>> Now what?
>> I'd like to, you know,
continue talking and
kind of put this behind us.
Maybe we could get together.
>> Okay.
Well, why don't we call Max?
He's with Prophet now.
And let them know they should
head over so you guys can
have a conversation, and maybe
we can figure out
what the best next step is
for both of you.
>> Okay.
[phone line trills]
>> Hey, Max.
Why don't you guys come over
to the house so we can talk?
>> Okay, great.
See you soon.
>> Catfish.
>> Cat--you got catfished, man.
You obviously stayed in this
because she was giving you
something that no one else
was giving you.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> That's worth something.
>> I don't know.
>> All right.
>> Let's do it.
>> [groans]
>> This episode of Catfish:
The TV Show continues now.
>> What's up with it?
>> Crystal's in the back.
We had a good talk.
Why don't we go back there?
Hopefully, something good that
can come out of all this stuff.
All right.
>> How was your guys's talk?
>> I thought--I mean--
>> I thought it went well.
I didn't mean to be angry
yesterday.
It was basically just because
I thought there was a better way
to come about it instead of,
you know, on TV.
It was totally unexpected.
>> But admittedly, you're not
sure you would have been able
to stop this on your own.
>> True.
I'm sorry for what's gone on
since February.
>> Today is not just, like,
the magic pill where it's like
you say sorry, and everything
is forgiven, we can all move on.
Like, it--like, we could do
that, but then what good
would any of this be?
So I'm not gonna let you off
the hook so easily saying sorry.
You have work to do.
>> There is work to do.
>> I'd love to just kind of
know, like, what do you like
about Prophet?
>> Just the conversation.
We were, like, on the same
wavelength with some of
the things that we talked about.
I was in a relationship
for almost eight years,
so I was used to having someone
there with me, 24/7.
You took that place.
The daily conversations,
I felt like I could talk to him
about anything.
>> I just want to let you know,
Crystal, you not who I thought
I was talking to.
That's not cool.
But some of the conversations
we've had, you definitely
filled a void for me.
You still was there to listen,
you know, even thought of
some proactive ways to help me
kind of get through some of
the things I was going through.
>> I'm gonna continue to help
you as long as you want
that help.
You got my number, and we can
continue to talk daily, or--
>> Yeah, that's probably not
gonna happen...
>> [laughs]
>> But we can definitely,
you know, continue to
communicate on some type
of level, see what happens.
>> Why don't we head out,
say our final good-byes...
>> Sounds good.
>> And get outta here?
>> I expected way worse than us
standing here, getting along
like we are, but I'm so glad
that it went this way.
>> I forgive you.
I'm glad this thing is over.
You know, it's been
a hell of a ride.
It's all good.
Give me a hug.
You'll be okay.
>> All right, good to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> No more catfishing.
>> [laughs]
>> We'll speak to you soon.
>> All right.
>> So that was quite a week.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> I mean, you came a long way,
man.
>> Yeah.
>> What do you think about her--
what she said?
>> I think she shouldn't do that
to people, you know.
Seemed like a good person,
though.
>> So what's next for you, man?
>> Just work, man.
It's been such a long road and
challenge, I gotta get back,
bottom line.
>> * Until it's gone *
>> Catfish.
This is something else.
>> * And never come back again
[Skype alert ringing]
>> both: Yo!
>> Yo.
>> How you doing?
>> Man, doing well, man.
>> Give us an update
on the music.
>> Sometime in August, I should
be dropping a new single.
The album will follow.
>> That's good, man.
>> Yeah.
>> That's great, I'm looking
forward to hearing it.
>> And what about your
love life?
Any movement in that area?
>> Not too much.
Really just been focused
on the business.
>> Are you talking at all
to Crystal?
>> Yeah, man, she's been
pretty cool.
She's helping me out
on a couple things, man,
with the non-profit.
We don't talk, obviously,
like we used to...
[laughter]
But it's been cool, man.
>> That's great.
It's good talking to you, man.
>> All right, we'll talk soon,
dude.
Later.
>> Later, man.
[Skype alert ringing]
>> Hello.
>> both: Hey!
>> Crystal, how is everything?
>> Been well since the show.
Planning a Disney vacation
next week, and still
talk to Prophet at least
a couple times a week.
>> That's great.
>> He's trying to find us
a venue to watch
the Catfish show together.
>> That's great.
>> And are you dating anyone
now, or?
>> Nope, single.
>> But are you online,
looking for love?
>> Oh, no.
No, that profile, it hasn't
been logged back into.
>> You seem like you're
in a good place.
Everything's going okay for you.
>> Everything's going great.
>> Bye, Crystal.
>> Bye.
>> Bye.
>> There's a person out there
that's doing a lot
of destruction.
We should stop her.
>> Whoa, she's a felon.
>> If she's in jail,
how's she doing this?
>> He starts hearing banging
on the door.
I heard glass break,
and the call dropped.
>> He's sort of cheating
on his wife.
>> He is cheating.
>> There's no turning back now.
[knocking at the door]
>> Hello?
[dog barking]
>> Someone's home.
Someone's home.
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