Catfish Recap: Oh Well, LOL!

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By Honey Gangsta | Sunday, November 18, 2012 | 4:28 pm | 30 Comments
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All on Facebook, of course, including a picture of Jamison with one of his three sisters who were all killed in a car accident.  

Nev and Max (friend and cameraman) leave Sunny to talk things over.  Max declares that Jamison’s story is full of holes, but Nev tries to stay positive, saying that there COULD be an explanation for everything.  They decide they need to look into this Jamison a little bit to find out if he’s on the up and up.  So they call a private detective and set up an elaborate plan to get into the details of Jamison’s life.  Kidding!  You know what they do?  They GOOGLE him.  It’s that hard.  Right away they find the text of an interview done with this model where he mentions his three sisters and what each of them is up to.  So his sisters are alive. 

“Remember when you believed ‘Megan’ was a veterinarian?  This is like that!”

Next they google Chelsea Handler’s production company and call pretending to be prospective employers looking for a reference on Jamison.  The woman on the phone has never heard of him and when Nev says he writes cue cards the woman says they’ve never used cue cards on Chelsea Lately.  So far these guys have spent a total of maybe five minutes and already shot down two big things in Jamison’s story.  They decide it’s time to call the man himself, so Nev dials Jamison’s number and the voice of a 12-year-old answers.  They chat and Jamison says he’s shopping in Paris.  Geez, who will write Chelsea Handler’s cue cards tonight?  After some awkward conversation Nev tells Jamison he wants to bring Sunny to meet him and wouldn’t you know it?  Jamison is going to be home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama THIS WEEKEND to see some friends.  Perfect!  

The next day Nev catches up with Sunny and some of her friends shopping.  They all seem to have a penchant for hair bleach, tanning beds and skimpy solid-colored sundresses.  Nev tells Sunny the good news and they plan to leave that very night to meet up with Jamison the next day.  Sunny goes to the dressing room to try on another solid-colored sundress and Nev asks her friends what they think of all this.  They both say it’s weird and they hope Sunny doesn’t get her heart broken.  

Nev and Max take Sunny to a restaurant and tell her what they found out from the private investigator Google. 

Sunny:  “I don’t think a medical student would lie.”

Sunny tries to find explanations for the inconsistencies.  Like maybe Jamison is so overcome with grief that he just goes along and says his sisters are alive and well.  And there are so many departments at Chelsea Lately that how could anyone really know what everyone is doing?  Especially Human Resources.  Nev finally asks her why she just believes everything this guy tells her.  Sunny isn’t sure; it’s just that she never thought to question it.  Brilliant!  Sunny is sure everything will be fine and she can’t wait to meet Jamison.  I mean, he can’t fake a billboard, can he?  Apparently Jamison had a picture of himself on a billboard.  Totally impossible to fake.  

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Late one afternoon in 2005, Honey Gangsta received an invite to join a two person blog set up by her former roommate who had recently ditched LA (California knows how to party) for the bright lights of NYC (these streets will make you feel brand new, the lights will inspire you). The purpose of the blog was to continue their nightly ritual of ripping on reality TV, which could no longer be done in person. Since Honey Gangsta was still watching 18 hours of TV a day and had nothing else to do, she agreed. 10,000 hits later, HG was inspired to submit a Bachelor recap to TVgasm - no one was reporting on Officer Mayo and his time traveling DeLorean - and the rest is history. It's been said that she writes what you're thinking. It's been said she is a genius - a Blogger Laureate of her time. It's also been said that the earth is flat and no one landed on the moon, so you just never know. With her keen observations, and colorful commentary, Honey Gangsta is beloved the world over.

30 Comments

  1. 1
    annie anniedawg25
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    I saw the movie, and it was pretty good. Nev can be a little annoying at times, but what are ya gonna do?

    I also like this TV show, I think it’s cool MTV decided to do it…….but like all reality shows on TV today, I am sure alot of it is fake, or set up by the producers which is a shame.

    Moments that made me LOL:

    Jameson shopping in Paris, but he’s “gonna be in Tuscaloosa this weekend visiting friends” WHO DOES THAT?
    Jameson sounding like a 13 year old boy…how could Sunny be so dumb?
    Sunny not bothering to google him before “Why would someone lie?” Becuase ITS THE INTERNET!

    I do like this show, and have added it to my DVR rotation!

  2. 2
    Miss Molly
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    This is like watching a show where someone purchases a pair of X-ray glasses from an ad in the back of a comic book and then finds out they can’t see any bones when they wear them.

  3. 3
    lovesthehobbitses
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 6:02 pm

    my favorite part was when Nev asked “Where do you normally stay when you’re in New York? I used to live on the Upper West Side.” and the reply was “Oh, I stay in Manhattan.” …. haha loser.

  4. 4
    begonia skies
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 6:26 pm

    as a nurse, it makes me really ashamed that sunny is going into this profession. her instincts suckkk. however, i will confess that about 7 years ago i was “catfished”. i was 21 and got into an online relationship with someone who didn’t live near me so we couldn’t meet. when we finally talked on the phone i thought “his” voice sounded a bit feminine but i didn’t want to embarrass them and push it. when i kept asking to talk via webcam (skype didn’t exist back then, or if it did it wasn’t well known) they kept having excuses. like “oh my webcam doesn’t work” blah blah blah. finally i pushed it to the point that she came clean admitting she pretended to be a man. when i freaked the fuck out and demanded an explanation she gave some bullshit excuse that i can’t even remember now because it was so lame and i have never spoken to him/her since. needless to say you feel very stupid after something like that and when catfish the movie came out i was pumped that i wasn’t the only one who was so stupid. but at least i didn’t have to travel to see them to find out the truth. it never ceases to amaze me the level of crazy people can reach.

  5. 5
    billyjeansss
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    Sunny is perhaps the biggest idiot alive. Exhibit A: For somebody who is a nursing student, she should know better than to believe that anyone can take anesthesiology classes online.You absolutely cannot be responsible for putting someone under and bringing them back to consciousness via ONLINE classes. Exhibit B: I also agree with anniedawg25…Jamieson/Chelsea sounds like a 13 year old boy going through puberty…for Sunny not to pick up on that is just mind numblingly stupid. Sunny is clearly not the brightest bulb. Exhibit C: Who doesn’t take the time to google things nowadays? Perhaps they don’t have google in bumfuck Arkansas where she’s from because that’s the only reason I can think of for her not to have done the slightest bit of digging.

  6. 6
    Lola Says
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    I never saw the final twist coming….! ( that the real RJ is gay) poor, sweet sunny.
    That argument with her sister was so insightful… Possession is 9/10 of the law, and summer had a legit 3 day head start……

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    Whatever
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    I love this show. About 16 years ago when I was a young teen I pretended to be ‘Leonardo DiCaprio’s neighbor’ in a Leo fan chat room for a few weeks; people completely bought it. Gullibility is as old as time but Sunny really took it to new heights. I ‘Catfished’ because I was young, bored and the Internet was “new” so I kinda get it but Chelsea seems to have some real issues on top of typical teen ones.

  8. 8
    JudgyWudgy
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 4:51 am

    OMG, I can’t believe this show is being recapped and we have Honey Gangsta back. The problem is, after this episode I don’t know if I can watch anymore. Everything I’m feeling has pretty much been covered, but I will say this: either this show is fake on some level or I hope to God I’m never in an emergency medical situation in which I have to go to the hospital where Sunny works. Sure, years ago when the internet wasn’t what it is today we all pretended to be someone else in a Buffy: The Vampire Slayer chat room for a night (….ahem) but to be the EITHER person, doing the deceiving or receiving the deception, for an extended period of time suggests issues on both sides. I have friends who have gotten MARRIED through relationships started on the internet, but like HG said, I find it hard to believe that a person is out of touch enough to form a \long-term\ relationship based on highly suspicious phone calls, stories and pictures; not meeting or Skyping. Like I said, in THIS technological day and age – years ago it would have been a little more understandable (begonia skies). I watched this alone when it aired and then came out of the shower yesterday to find my husband enthralled with the rerun of it. I commented on the oh well, LOL factor and how annoying it is – like Hoarders. If we’re supposed to believe the subject matter, then the subject matter is seriously disturbed individuals and it isn’t just \fixed\.

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    rebecca Pressley
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 5:24 am

    I watched the episode with sunny. How could she talk on the phone with Jamison/Chelsea and not know that she wasnt talking to a man??? I thought Jamison was gonna be a 12 year old boy, LOL! I also think that Sunny was kind of turned on by Chelsea. NO WAY would I want to be friends with someone who lied to me.

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    hot cawfee
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 7:43 am

    SIgh…and LOL—this is brilliant!!!!! Catching people in the act–I am surprised tho that people are so easily duped.
    Sunny may be enrolled in some nursing classes–not necessarily a full time nursing student– Sister Cawfee (and Mama Cawfee) are nurses and when my sis was in college–she had no free time for this nonsense!!! No worries Begoniaskies–me thinks Sunny is learning to be some sort of medical billing specialist or doctors office mananger–not saying you are a dope to work in those professions but you aren’t parked in an Organic Chem class and making flip cards to learn the bones of the human body.

    So Sunny’s main concern about Chelsea was —is Chealsea or is she not a lesbian????? How many times did she ask????

  11. 11
    AshSmash AshSmash
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 8:19 am

    I follow someone on Twitter who knows Sunny. They go to the same school in Arkansas and said that everyone hates her. Apparently she is a real bitch. and crazy in real life. I can kind of see it.

  12. 12
    labowner
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 9:18 am

    Or may be unlike a lot of you, Sunny is not a jaded cynical person.

  13. 13
    dana
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 10:13 am

    im sorry, Sunni is a dimwit! ive had a few internet romances in my past and even tho none of them turned out to be fake wierdos, if i found out they were i must be just a TAD pissed off after knowing someone played with my emotions for 8 months. Doesnt Sunni even feel remotely like a moron for not believeing anything Nev told her about his suspicions beforehand? and who doesnt google people these days??? i google my friends all the time just out of boredom at work! Either way i will keep watching this show and glad its being recapped =)

  14. 14
    rebecca Pressley
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 10:14 am

    something else that was weird…..when Sunny and Chelsea were talking in the kitchen and Sunny said something like “Well, we have come this far….”. HUH?? You came this far on LIES dumb ass! another disturbing thing was that Summer is 18 years old and looks 49!

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    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 10:41 am

    Honey G, way to rip this show a new one in the funniest way possible. I did not watch but will read your caps me thinks.

    I find it interesting to read about. But, not worth putting it in my rotation of shows. My initial thought about this show is that MTV is trying to deconstruct the internet/Facebook culture to all the desensitized teens/twenty somethings that are growing up on this crap and show them to “not believe everything thing they read” which is a lesson I’ve already learned in life.

    IMO I do think kids are becoming OK with emoticons and are generally underwhelmed b/c nothing is actually happening to them IRL I could be jaded like @labowner says but, I think these kids just live in a totally different world than the one I grew up in (Pre-interwebz).

    Liked to read your take Honey G, thanks for the great ‘cap!

  16. 16
    JudgyWudgy
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Uh, if the options I’m faced with are jaded and cynical or a foolishly entering into a complete charade of a relationship with a highly disturbed teenage girl, I think I’ll let my cynical flag fly high.

  17. 17
    hot cawfee
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Good point Gypsy– waaaaay back in my single days the “new thing” was personal ads. The newspapers had sections of them that you could peruse and write a letter, send a note and photo to someone’s ad. Of course people lied about what they looked like , jobs etc–same thing different media.

  18. 18
    XxinnocentexX
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    Let me preface any comments on here by stating I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY THIS IS BEING RECAPPED AND IT’S HONEY GANGSTA!!! <3 We just got cable back after five years and none of the shows we have been able to keep up with on DVD and watch on cable now or new shows I've started watching have been recapped. :(
    I met my hubby online. It was a predecessor to Facebook and Myspace called Realpics.net (it's ridiculous and tweeny bopper now, don't bother going on it! lol) But on that site, you HAD to follow certain guidelines for your default picture to "prove" that it was really you (hand-write your user name on lined paper is all I remember). Anyway, in October, my hubby (in Minnesota, then back home to Virginia) and I (in Florida) were both having comment convos with some girl in Arkansas or something (MAYBE SUNNY!?!) at the same time and started including each other in conversation..then started our own. We web-cammed FROM the beginning. In November, we were "dating". In February, he bought a plane ticket to visit me for the weekend (I brought a friend to the airport). In March, I moved to Virginia to be with him. In April, we got engaged. In May, we were married. It was on-line and a whirlwind, but nearly 8 years later, we're still going strong! So when I saw this show promo, I felt like I HAD to watch it.
    I really like the show..but as fluff. I'm not invested enough to wonder or care about the truthfulness of the show in general. HOWEVER, in Sunny's defense (even though I still kinda laughed and thought she deserved everything because no adult should be that naive), weren't they "dating" for 8 months or something? Sunny may have gone through some tough times, or revealed personal information she doesn't want going out to the general public. I do believe she should've been absolutely livid to find out it was all a lie, but flipping all your emotions that quickly is pretty tough. There must've been a really personal attachment that Sunny was hesitant to let go of. And I can kinda see where Nev was going with the whole "it proves your a good friend" to Chelsea. Chelsea stated that she HAD been there for people. Which, even if she was faking it, to know HOW to be supportive and make people care about you is a big step to being able to actually make that part of your true personality.
    Just my 2 cents in a novel format. :p

  19. 19
    annie annie
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    I love hearing everyone’s online stories :)

    Back in the day, I had actually met a guy on MySpace (EEK) who lived a few states away. After over a year of “being friends” on Myspace, we decided to meet up in Vegas! THANK GOD everything turned out fine and he was totally legit, but it was definatley an experience. We visited each other a few times after that, and after a few months just stopped talking.
    That’s my only online experience, and it turned out OK, whew!!

  20. 20
    Pillania Pillania
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    Oh my great lord. I had not heard of this show but could not stop cracking up through the entire 6 pages due to both Honey Gangsta’s recap skillzzz and the general stupidity of all involved in the making of this show. People like Sunny/Chelsea both amuse and terrify me because in between my hysterics, I realize surely they are some sort of sign the end is nigh. Frankly it’s a very confusing way to feel.

    When it seemed like Chelsea/Jameson/whatever was going to be a 12 y/o boy, all I could think of was the Seinfeld episode where Elaine gets into a weird phone relationship with a video store employee whose video suggestions she always rents. When they finally meet, he’s a 16 year old boy and his mom chases her away.

  21. 21
    smango
    Posted November 20, 2012 at 5:13 am

    SO SO SO SO GLAD THIS SHOW IS BEING RECAPPED!!!! I feel it was produced for the sole purpose of snarky recappers to hone their skills. Brilliant job!!!

    I watched this episode with my mouth hanging open. Seriously, Sunny… online anesthesiology classes?? Honey. What a simpleton she must be… On the other hand, how lovely for her that she isn’t jaded by reality. Who doesn’t google people? As you pointed out, Nev and ExtraCameraMan debunked Jamison/Chelsea’s lies within five minutes. I wanted to smack her when she kept making excuses for his inane lies.

    I have to say, though, my favorite part was when Nev called Jamison: “Hey, where are you?” Uncomfortable pause. “Paris.” BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA “But coincidentally, I’m flying to Tuscaloosa tomorrow.” How in the hell did she not know that voice didn’t belong to the face she saw?? My husband guessed it was a 12 year old boy. I guessed it was a very manly woman. I win!!!

    Again, great recap – I look forward to many, many more!

  22. 22
    Honeybee
    Posted November 20, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Yeah!!! I am so happy to see this show is being recapped.

    Oh, Sunny…what a dim bulb you turned out to be. It was pretty evident before they started digging, that her Romeo was a fairy tale. He’s a model who is also an online student in anesthesiology. Really, which University of Phoenix offers medical degrees? Is it the same program Dr. Nick Riviera went to?

    When Nev called I was sure it was a kid, I never expected it to be a girl. But maybe I’m too cynical, but I would not be so quick to forgive. This is a person who openly deceived you. I guess I am really wondering if the relationship she had with \Jamison\ was more than just talking/texting. They were saying \I love you\ and talking about marriage. I am wondering if there were dirty texts/sexting. She asked if Chelsea was a lesbian (and more than once). So I keep thinking it went beyond just talking about music.

  23. 23
    rebecca pressley
    Posted November 20, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    I thought the very same thing!

  24. 24
    TurtleGirl93 TurtleGirl93
    Posted November 27, 2012 at 11:37 am

    I found this show completely by accident and am so, so excited to see it being recapped! Like everyone else, I don’t see how Sunny could have spoken to \Jamison\ and not thought it was a 12 YO boy on the other end of the line. I think(hope) Sunny had doubts by the time they arrived at the house, after Nev pointed out the things that didn’t add up. Anesthesiology online???
    I remember a guy friend of mine years ago was living with a woman who claimed to be a pathologist. Naturally he met her online in the early days of chatrooms, etc. I happened to work for a pathologist so I asked him where his girlfriend went to medical school. He in turn asked her and lo and behold it turned out that basically everything she had ever told him was a lie.
    They got married a couple of years ago.
    I still shake my head over that one.

    Can’t wait for the next episode! I even picked up the documentary from the library last night. I love a good reality TV disaster!

  25. 25
    TurtleGirl93 TurtleGirl93
    Posted November 27, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    I’m pretty sure that Nev said her name was Sunny Cross when he was reading her email out loud. I checked the state board registry and she is not licensed as a nurse in Arkansas, at least under that name.
    Just thought I’d share that.

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    rebecca pressley
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 4:32 am

    I think she said she was a student. She is gonna have a hard time assessing patients if she cant even tell that someones voice on the phone is not the voice of a grown man.

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    jp
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 9:07 am

    what 19 year old is a veterinarian? bogus obviously!

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    TurtleGirl93 TurtleGirl93
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    @JP, are you talking about “Megan” from the Catfish movie? I assumed they meant Vet Tech. Some people honestly don’t understand the difference. My cousin worked as a vet tech while she was in college…depending on where you are (I guess) and how the job description is written, it can be an unlicensed position.

    @Rebecca Pressly, yeah, but I think they said she was 21 at the time of the roadtrip, and we saw the follow up Skype from a year later. For some reason I thought she was a senior when they took off to Oklahoma, so if we’re a year out, she should at least have a temporary license. In Arkansas, nursing school graduates are granted a temp license at graduation and have a certain length of time to pass the state certification test. Amongst my many professions, I was a healthcare recruiter years ago…licensing was the bane of my existence. Either she hasn’t graduated or she dropped from the program. ??? Or maybe she married the new boyfriend and has a different last name? I could go on and on with crazy theories… :)

  29. 29
    rebecca pressley
    Posted November 28, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    I am a trach/vent nurse in PICU

  30. 30
    badgerfreak
    Posted December 12, 2012 at 10:35 am

    I saw the original movie a while ago and was so confused if it was real or not. I want it to be real, because I think it’s so ridiculous and awkward and uncomfortable. I saw in my Entertainment Weekly that this was on the Must List so I thought I’d check it out. It’s everything I want it to be. Sadly, I’m behind on episodes and MTV decides to be a bunch of ass monkeys and take episodes down for weeks at a time until they re-release them.
    I’m surprised that Chelsea even agreed to let them come and meet her. They must have some shred of dignity to admit to what they’re doing if they’re willing to actually finally meet. I will say this for Sunny, the actual RJ King was pretty smokin.
    I also loved the fight between the two sisters before she left. How stupid is Summer gonna feel now that they were fighting over an 18 year old girl from Tuscaloosa! Awesome. This and the Challenge are my so-bad-I-can’t-not-watch shows.

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