but she's not seeing the red flags.
- I'm already picturing our wedding.
I need to [bleep] know, like, what this is.
- This is it.
- Whoa, this is a, like, one-of-a-kind home.
- You ready to have one-of-a-kind experience?
[doorbell rings]
- [gasps] Somebody's coming. Somebody's coming.
- Hello?
[dramatic musical sting]
Ooh, wow.
- I'm back. - Is she real?
- It's a hologram.
- Is this really you? You're back.
- I know. Did you miss me?
- Oh, I did miss you.
- Tell me how much. - Honestly, I really did.
- Say more about this. - Now I know where you were,
but for everyone else out there, what were you doing?
- Well, I was off the coast of Spain and Morocco
filming for "Are You The One?" and "Ex On The Beach."
- You were cheating on us? - I had a love affair.
- Just saying, yeah. - It was a short love affair.
I was working crazy hours.
- So the whole time, you've just been working?
- I did take a vacation, because I was working so much.
It was very traumatizing. - Wait, hold on a second.
You were complaining,
because you got to work at a beach resort?
- Yes. - All right, hold on a second.
Let me just--do you know what this is Kamie?
This is the world's smallest violin playing just for you.
- Am I losing my mind? - [vocalizing violin]
- I'm going back to Spain where I'm appreciated.
But I'm glad to be back.
- Well, we are glad to have you back.
- This is my show.
Let's go.
- All right, here we go.
New episode starts now.
Subject--"Please stop this from happening again."
- Oh, God, not again.
- "Hi, Nev and Kamie, my name is Rebecca.
"I wish I had written this email for myself
"a few months ago when I was catfished.
"I had my heart broken,
"and now I'm afraid I'm seeing the same thing
happening to my friend, Sham."
- ♪ Try to learn from mistakes ♪
♪ I haven't made one in months ♪
- "Sham and I both live in Palm Springs,
"and a few months ago, she met a handsome Arab man
on Instagram named Phillip."
- ♪ All this loneliness is getting so exhausting ♪
- Hey. - Hmm.
- "This guy is really hot
and says all the right things to Sham."
- ♪ Love starved ♪
♪ Knowing if I'm ready to trust you is just so hard ♪
- "She's not seeing the red flags.
"For starters, Phillip deleted his Instagram
soon after he and Sham agreed to go to Snapchat."
Uh-oh. "He also is hard to pin down.
"He has homes in London, New York,
and the United Arab Emirates."
- Homes, plural?
- "But won't tell Sham where exactly he's from."
Weird. - Maybe he's a prince.
- "He tells her he can't say where he's from
because he has to be discreet."
♪ ♪
- ♪ Sick of being taken advantage by stupid guys ♪
- "He's already stood her up once,
"and it was done in a really disrespectful way.
"But she's still totally into him.
"Now Sham just told me that Phillip revealed to her"...
"That he's a prince."
- Of course he is.
- [laughs] - I told you!
- I mean, it sounded princely.
- Yeah, he's a prince. - He's an Arab prince.
- Yeah, why not? - Of course.
So now that I know he's a prince,
it all makes sense. - Yeah!
- I mean, they are-- they do exist.
- They do.
- "Sham is doing exactly what I did.
"She's letting herself be blindsided
by some hot, rich guy who sounds perfect on paper"--
- ♪ Are you great or something new? ♪
- "But is never truly available to meet her needs.
"Can you please help her figure out if she's being catfished
or if I'm too jaded to let my friend be happy?"
- ♪ Are you feeding me affection ♪
♪ Or just a bunch of lies? ♪
- "All the best, Rebecca."
- ♪ I don't really got a clue ♪
- You know what? I appreciate Rebecca
realizing that she could just be being a hater.
- That's true. - Because
who doesn't want a prince?
They exist,
and I'm trying to find one. [laughs]
- Let's call Rebecca.
- Living that prince life. [phone line trilling]
- Hello? - [fake accent] Hello,
this is Prince Phillip.
- Oh, my God.
You sound Russian. [laughter]
- Rebecca, hi, it's Nev.
- And Kamie.
- It's us.
- We got your email,
and you have to admit,
it is an insanely ridiculous scenario.
- Wait, so how long have you and Sham been friends?
- [gasps]
- Is Sham a drag queen?
- Oh, my god, we have to go. - Wait--
- So Sham does drag, but does Sham identify as a woman?
- Okay, so Sham is trans.
both: Okay. - And do you think
Sham would be cool with you reaching out to us?
- Right.
- All right, well, we definitely want to help.
You're in Palm Springs.
- Text us the address. - Perfect.
Tell Sham help is on the way,
whether she's ready or not.
- All right, see you soon.
- Bye, Rebecca.
- Let's go then. - Let's go.
- ♪ Pulled behind a car ♪
♪ With 100 different bumper stickers on ♪
- Road trip-- should be an easy drive.
Palm Springs is only about two hours away.
- ♪ Pressure in the blood ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Can't slow down ♪
♪ I'm a time bomb ticking ♪
- All right, Sham.
- Princess Sham.
- We don't know much, because we only talked to her friend.
But, I mean, I think--pretty safe to say he's not a prince.
- You don't know.
- I love that you're going to have faith,
because you've fantasized
this exact situation for yourself.
- I just don't see why it could be impossible.
It's not impossible.
- ♪ Hardtop Impala ♪
- Oh, yeah, Palm Springs.
- Is that-- - That must be them.
- [gasps] This is them.
[horn honking]
Aw, they're cute.
Hello.
- Help has arrived. - Hey!
- Welcome to my home.
- Thank you so much for coming. - Rebecca.
- Yeah, Rebecca. Nice meeting you.
- Pleasure. - Nev, Sham.
Nice to meet you. - Pleasure.
- Hi. - Hi.
- I'm Kamie. - How are you?
Nice to meet you.
You look gorgeous.
Thank you for coming.
- Thank you for having us.
- What do you think about the sort of surprise?
- She didn't have no clue until today.
- I'll be honest-- - Surprise.
- Like, honestly--
- I love you. - My anxiety from this thing
is, like, through the-- I need to know.
I'm already picturing our wedding.
Like, I'm already picturing, like, the whole fantasy.
Like, I need to [bleep] know, like, what this is.
- Right. - Yeah, I just want him
to be real so badly.
But if he's not, then we need to know.
This is, like, a crime of the heart, in my opinion.
- Okay, so Rebecca-- - Yes?
- We're going to go in and get the whole story.
- Great. - Which you already have.
- Yes. - So we'll spare you the--
- You okay with me leaving? - Yeah, go--I love you.
Thank you.
- You're welcome. - Thank you.
- Because I care, and I want this to get resolved.
- Okay, come on in.
So this is my house right here. This is all my artwork.
- I really like the owl. - I love it.
It's like pop art. That's so cool.
- Okay, so let me ask a question.
We only know what little Rebecca told us about you.
- Okay. - She described you
as a drag queen.
- I'm a drag queen in the sense that I perform,
and I did drag before I started to transition.
- But how do you identify?
- I identify as transgender female, right?
But I--but I believe that it's a misconception
that a person who's a drag queen has to be, like,
a cisgender male.
- Everyone should be able to participate.
- Exactly. - What has the dating scene
been like for you here--
- Girl. - Up until this point?
- Okay, girl, whether you're transgender female or not,
dating men these days is just, like, impossible.
It's so hard--it's like
doing math or algebra.
Then, throw in dating as a transgender female--
that has been, like,
a nightmare. - Mm-hmm.
- I don't know what else to say.
I left home at, like, 17.
I went to San Francisco,
and it was a really rude awakening
to go to San Francisco where I thought I was, like, safe
and protected, and I had just
started to express
myself and my identity,
and I actually got attacked, like, when I was 18.
So that, like-- - Wow.
- Really put me, like, back in my, like,
journey of, like, you know, wanting to be transitioned
because I just-- it made me so--
it just, like...
it just-- I didn't want to do this.
Like, I'm so sorry guys, but--
- No, it's-- - It just like--
it really made me realize, like, how dangerous,
like, the world is,
and it made me scared.
So I didn't transition until much later.
- Yeah. - Because I was just,
like, terrified.
- The world is a [bleep] up place.
- Yeah, but like-- - And people are more afraid
of really tapping into their own identities
and really understanding more about themselves.
They can't understand someone else that's so willing to be
so free, to learn more about themselves
and express themselves authentically.
- Thank you. I wish everybody
thought like that. - Yeah.
- I really do.
- So tell us about Phillip,
Prince Phillip. - [laughs]
- That is a princely name.
- Okay, wait, I just want to be totally clear.
He told me he's royalty.
I'm the one that has this fantasy
that he's a prince, okay? I started that.
- Oh. - I started that,
and I told Rebecca that,
because it's, like, my delusion, okay?
But he did say he's royalty.
- Like, he could just be related to a royal family.
- He could be a sheik. [laughs]
- Whatever it is, it looks rich, and he's hot.
- All right, so tell us about Phillip
from the first DM or whatever--
however it was that you met.
- So, basically, in my Instagram.
And he says, "Hey, beautiful,"
and I looked at his profile.
He was hot as [bleep].
But for him to have even contacted me on Instagram,
to me, was a big deal, because on my Instagram,
I am truly myself.
If you were to scroll through my Instagram,
you would see me pre-transition.
You would see-- - Right.
- What I looked like as a boy. He saw that.
So I ended up being like, "Oh, my God,
this is, like, my miracle."
So after the first message, I responded to him
and said, "Thank you, handsome,"
and then he said, "Let's take this conversation to Snapchat."
On Snapchat, as we started talking,
he just seemed, like, really sweet and genuine,
and he would call me baby, princess, and all these things
that I love to hear,
and then he sent me a picture, but it wasn't live.
- It was from a camera roll.
- I said, "Send a live one."
But every time, like, I asked or made a request, he's like,
"I'm working" or "I'm doing something" or whatever.
- And you've never heard his voice?
- No, but at the same time,
when a man is rich and powerful
and possibly royalty, it makes sense,
like, that he's nervous.
- Or that he's keeping you separate and private
from the rest of his life-- - Yeah.
- Because he's fearful that if people found out
he was dating a trans woman-- - Yeah.
- They would judge him for it.
- In his culture, he said, basically,
it's dangerous to be even talking to me.
- Yeah. - Well, has he--
so has Phillip ever told you where he's from?
- I asked him, and he said, "I can't tell you."
He told me he's in Dubai.
He has a house in London. He has a house in New York.
He sounds like he's very wealthy.
- Okay, so you start talking on Snapchat.
How long before you felt like you guys were getting serious?
- Like, immediately. I thought that the universe
gave me this gift.
- Did you guys ever talk about meeting up?
- Yeah. Phillip was like,
"I'm in Los Angeles. Come meet me.
I'm at the Beverly Hills Hotel."
- Whoa. - So I just hightailed it
to LA. I get there.
I said, "I'm here.
I'm here." No response.
No response.
So when I got to the front desk,
I said, "I'm here for room two-whatever--Phillip's room."
She's said, "That's not Phillip's room,"
and they said that they can't
give out the name of guests.
So I was, like, in a rage.
- Yeah. - Like, I could not believe
that I drove two hours,
and then, the next day, he contacted me,
and he said, "I'm sorry, the hotel was mistaken."
- But even if they were mistaken,
was your phone mistaken when I was texting you
and you weren't texting me back?
- Thank you. - [laughs]
- He also said that he was going to make it up to me.
He promised, he promised, he promised,
and since then, he's been super sweet and super nice,
and everything has kept me completely hopeful
and completely, like, this is my dream come true.
- Okay, but what's so great about him?
Tell us more just about him and his personality,
and what you enjoy about talking to him.
- He makes me feel secure.
Like, he makes me feel like I'm going to be
taken care of,
and, to me, like, that's a big deal.
- You want somebody who's going to take care of you.
You want to be treated like a princess, a queen--
- Yeah. - As you should.
But then where are the lavish gifts?
Where is the Cartier?
- I kind of am on that wavelength.
- Where's the Tiffanys? - I'll say this--
if I show up and he's poor, I'm going to be [bleep] pissed
because--no, really.
I'm going to be [bleep] pissed.
That is playing games with my financial insecurity,
and that is not cool. - Mm-hmm.
- But, like, he just offered to buy artwork.
- Oh, he wants to buy your art?
Okay, so he said, "A friend of mine in Palm Springs
is looking for art, and I recommended you, of course,"
and you sent pictures of all your beautiful paintings.
- Okay. - So he said,
"So my friend loves the art
"and wants to spend lots of money.
"His name is Aman.
Just let me know where, and he'll meet you."
- I work at this radio station.
I have the, like, little radio show.
So I asked to meet there, because I do not want
to give my address.
- Well, that's interesting that, like,
Phillip happens to have "a friend" in Palm Springs.
- I mean-- - What if he is the friend?
- Mm. - I mean, while we're here,
I think you should definitely
try to set up that meeting.
If this Aman is real-- - Yeah.
- We can press him on what he knows about Phillip.
Can I kind of look through a little bit more--
- Yeah, you can look at anything you want.
- Wow, you guys are very cute and flirty.
- It is, and he calls me princess.
- Lots of hearts and kisses-- "Baby girl,
you're so beautiful." - He calls me baby.
- Oh, wait, here-- here's a picture of him.
- Oh, cute.
- He's hot, right? - Mm-hmm.
- Whoa. - Every picture is the same.
I know. He sent me--let me see.
Yeah, I know. I know.
I know.
- And what about his Instagram?
Can you show us that? - The thing is,
when he said go to Snapchat,
his Instagram disappeared,
and I went back to try to find it in my messages,
and it says, "User not found."
- Ah, and you don't know his last name?
- I have no clue. - Okay.
So what do you have? You have a few photos.
- Yeah. - You have his Snapchat--
and that's it. - That's all I have.
- Tomorrow morning, first thing,
we'll do whatever research we can,
see if we can find anything,
and then we can meet back up
and maybe also plan on having this guy, Aman,
meet you to see your art.
I hope that'll bring us a step closer to Phillip.
- I'm hoping he comes in on a private jet.
- All right, well, let's stay optimistic.
- Okay. - And let's just see
where this takes us. - Nev, thank you so much
for coming over. Thank you.
Kamie, you're gorgeous,
and let me thank you for coming over.
- Good night. - Bye, Nev.
- Bye. - Bye, Kamie.
- Oh, man.
- If I am talking to a prince,
and he hasn't sent roses-- something!
- He's talking a big game, but he's not playing--
- Right. - The game.
He's not actually showing up.
- Right. - I just worry
that Sham is putting
so much on the line with this guy
who she doesn't even hardly know--
- Yeah. - Is a recipe for disaster.
alm pop music]
- Hey, guys, this is how I like to return back to my job--
to my day job--
- You--don't--don't.
If you even think about taking a--
I swear for--
give me.
You don't take a woman's croissant.
- Mmm, mmm.
- I hope you throw it up.
- All right, Sham has been talking to this guy, Phillip,
who hit her up on Instagram and claims to be
some Middle Eastern royal--
- Oil king.
- With homes all over the world, who
is super into her, but because of his background and culture
is concerned if people found out he was talking to Sham--
it could be dangerous for him.
- Right. - So they speak
only on Snapchat-- - Mm-hmm.
- Mostly just texts.
She literally only knows his first name.
- Mm-hmm. - The Instagram
that they met on is gone. - Yup.
- I mean, she basically knows nothing about this guy.
- It sounds bad when you recap it like that.
- All right, so here's a new email.
"Things I know about Phillip.
"As I told you at my house, I don't know his last name.
"He will not tell me the name of the country he's from.
"But, as I said, he said he was royalty.
"I'm not sure at this point if you'll even
"be able to find him or not, but his Snapchat handle
"is Phillip rich.
"Here are the pictures he has sent me.
Good luck, and thank you again."
All right, let's take some of these pics
and give them a little look.
All right, searching, searching.
Oh! What is this?
- Arab muscles.
- Ooh, he's on an Arab muscles Instagram page.
Oh, this is a hashtag. - Yeah.
Click the comments.
- It won't let me click anything
Here, let's go to Instagram.
- And look up "Arab muscles"?
- Well, it's a hashtag.
See? Arab muscles.
- Is that him right there?
- Oh, yes, it is. - That's him.
- Yeah, and look how easy that was--
Arab muscles. - [whispers] Damn.
- All right, well, so this guy is Arab.
- Is that his page, though?
d - I don't know. Let's see.
- Oh! Lebanese.
s Jad--
Dubai.
He's a medical student and a personal trainer--
a lot of travel shots.
I can totally see why someone would steal this guy's pics.
There's the picture.
I think that's the one that Sham had.
- Oh, yeah. - But we know Sham.
Sham is going to see this page,
and she's going to be like, "Well--"
- "It could be him."
- "It could be him.
He just doesn't want everyone to know."
- Should we message this guy? - Yes.
- All right, I said, "Hey, Jad, would love to speak
"with you about an episode of 'Catfish'
"we're filming right now. Let me know
"if you can jump on a quick video call today.
Thanks."
Okay, so now it's just a question
of seeing if there's anything
we can discover about who Sham
is actually talking to based on
the only piece of information that we have,
which is his Snapchat username, Phillip rich.
All right, let's put it on the old Snaperoo, as they say.
- They don't say that. - They do say that.
- Nobody says that.
- Phillip underscore rich. Hmm.
There's not a lot we can get off
this profile unfortunately.
- That looks like you.
That is you.
- It really does look like me a lot.
[phone buzzes]
- Oh, it's Sham.
Hello. - Hello.
- Hi, Sham.
both: Oh.
- Oh, "the friend"-- the art friend?
- Did you tell him a time to meet you?
- Okay, text us the address of this radio station,
and we'll see you there.
- Of course. Okay.
- Bye. - Bye, hon.
- This could be a serial killer
meeting her at the radio station
to murder her off the tower
and push her down off a satellite.
- Luckily for her, we're here.
Let's go. - We should bring pepper spray.
- The chances of Phillip being some international Prince
that happened to have a friend in Palm Springs
who wants to look at Sham's art feels unlikely.
- Slim to none. - I don't know who it is
and what their intentions are,
but if it is or isn't Phillip, it's someone that knows him.
So this is our best chance at getting a direct line
of communication with Phillip
and proving that he is, in fact,
even a real physical person. - Yeah.
Oh, this is it. This is the radio station
where Sham works. There's Sham right there.
Oh, she has the piece. - Oh.
I guess he's buying the owl.
- Oh, Sham really came shimmering today.
Wow, wow, wow.
You came-- - Hello.
- --stunting. - I did.
Thank you. - Hi.
- How are you, Nev? Good to see you.
- Where are you at with this conversation?
- Okay, I got the message this morning,
talked to you guys on the phone,
and now he gave me a phone number.
He just, literally, right now--
- Well, you should call from our phone.
- Okay. - And just say,
"Let me know when you're coming by
so that I can meet you outside."
[phone line trilling]
- I'm nervous because you guys have it in my head
that it's him.
- The TextNow subscriber
you are trying to reach is not available.
- Hang up on it. So hang up.
- It's definitely a text app.
- Let's leave-- let's send a text at least.
- Okay. - "Hey, Aman, this is Sham,
"Phillip's artist friend.
Please email"--
- Tell him to bring cash, too.
- "What time you plan on arriving."
Okay--sending it.
All right, so here's what I think we should do.
You should go into work.
- Okay. - We're going to hang out here.
- Mm-hmm. - We can then tell you
he's here because we'll have
seen him arrive and sort of checked him out before.
- Mm-hmm. ene he leaves,
we'll come out and be like, "Oh, hey,
we just wanted to ask you about your friend, Phillip,"
and then we'll explain why we're here,
and, hopefully, we can get a little bit
more info on Phillip.
- Okay. - Go into work,
and we'll text you
as soon as we hear back from him.
- Okay, thank you, guys. - Of course.
- And we'll be here. - Okay.
- Well, the stakeout commences.
We didn't bring any snacks.
- We must have something back there.
- I do have this crumpled-up
chocolate chip cookie from the hotel.
[suspenseful music]
So is there no point of trying to look up the number?
It's a text app.
- Yeah, right. I know.
♪ ♪
- I don't think anyone's coming.
- Phillip also said he was at the Beverly Hills Hotel,
and he probably wasn't.
So--but--oh, [bleep], someone's pulling in.
- Where?
- Oh, [bleep]. Get down, get down.
Did he see us?
Oh, okay, maybe they just work here.
They came in hot, though. - Yeah, Jesus.
That scared the [bleep] out of me.
[sighs]
[message whoops]
- What was that? Wait.
- Wait.
h... Ugh. - - What?.
- "I'm sorry, I won't be able to make it.
"I got caught up in a meetin-
maybe another time."
- Well, I'm not surprised.
- All right, well, let's just go talk to her
and see if we can figure out our next move.
- Hi, guys. - Should we be quiet?
Are we on the air? - I'll come out.
I should probably come out. - You guys are not on.
- No, it's not live. - Okay.
- It's, like, prerecorded.
Welcome to this amazing radio station.
What happened? - Well, he wrote back.
He said, "I'm sorry, I won't be able to make it.
"I got caught up in a meeting--
maybe another time."
- What the [bleep]?
I'm [bleep]--to be honest-- sorry,
like, I'm kind of pissed.
Like, so I don't mean to go so crazy.
I'm sorry.
- All right, why don't we find a place where we can sit down?
We can show you everything we found,
and we'll figure out what to do from here.
- Okay.
- All right.
[sighs]
- All right, so let's walk you through
kind of what we were able to find.
So using the photos that you sent,
we went to a website, which does,
like, facial recognition.
So it turns "Phillip" popped up on a couple hits,
and it took us to this.
This is a collection of photos that are posted on Instagram
with the hashtag "Arab muscles."
We went to that hashtag on Instagram,
and we found the photo,
and it brought us to this.
- Okay.
- An Instagram for someone named Jad, who's Lebanese--
- Wait a minute, wait a minute. Whoa.
- We don't think this is Phillip.
We think this is some guy named Jad who is an entirely
different person than Phillip.
Whoever you're talking to took photos of this very handsome,
worldly bodybuilder, med student
and made a fake Instagram and sent you some pictures,
but it's not him.
- So you got catfished.
- Okay.
- We DM'd him.
We haven't heard back from him yet.
But, for me, it seems pretty obvious that
he is not who you're talking to.
- Just [bleep] call him on this Snapchat, right now,
from this--my phone.
Call the [bleep] Snap, like, right now.
- Do you think he'll answer?
- [Bleep] this. - All right.
- On video? - Yes.
- On video? - Whatever.
[circus music playing]
- Oh.
- Hello?
- Let's just [bleep] call him
on this Snapchat right now. [Bleep] this.
- All right.
[circus music playing]
- Oh.
- Hello?
It's not working.
- That is [bleep].
- Well-- - Like, my head
is going to, like--
- So--okay, here we are now, not that much closer
to the truth than we were, except that we know Phillip
lied about the pictures.
- Okay. - Which then kind of
brings into question, well,
what else might he have lied about?
None of it could be true.
- Okay, well, in that case, I need to respond to him,
and I don't want to respond the way I would respond,
because I'm scared of saying something wrong,
because I don't want to screw it up.
I don't want to be that bit-- - Right.
- Okay, okay, can we--
- Wait, so what do you want to say?
Oh, you're going to help. Okay, great.
- Before you send it, please, though,
can I see it before you send it?
- Yeah, of course, of course. - Okay.
- Okay, this is what I started off with--
"Listen, I don't know what kind of game you're playing,
but I took the time out of my day"--
- No, no, that's too crazy. - "To meet your 'friend'
"with this artwork, and he,
just like you, stood me up."
- But don't you think that first part is too strong?
- No. - No.
- He's messing with you.
He lied about his pictures.
He lied about being at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
You drove your ass all the way out there.
- Okay, but can you put yourself in my position?
- I think you're being-- - Like, this--
- Too soft on him!
- Do you want me to say, "Listen--heart emoji"?
- Okay, but, really, just put yourself in my position.
To me, this is like that, like, lottery ticket
that was $2 billion. - I know, but--
- And one little thing could ruin it.
I don't want to-- - But you shouldn't
be afraid to be yourself and express yourself
to someone that you're supposed
to be in a relationship with.
- You're right. - "So at this point"--
- "My feelings are hurt.
Are you ready to tell me what's really going on?"
- I don't want to say that I'm not still--
one part of me is still, like, really feeling
like the private jet is waiting at the Palm Springs airport.
- I think you need to
let that go. - ♪ Let it go ♪
- I'm not going to let that go. I'm sorry.
I'm really not. - That's not happening.
He's not a prince.
- I would hate for us to be wrong.
I just want-- - I'm comfortable being wrong.
Please, universe, prove me wrong.
[phone dings] - You got a message.
You got a message. He's typing, he's typing.
- No way, no way, no way. - "What game?
"I'm sorry, baby girl, I didn't know he wouldn't be there.
I still want to meet."
I think you should say, "I already know
you're not the guy in the pictures."
- W-w-w-w-w-w-wait. Before you send--
- She's not going to send it.
- "If you're worried about the fact that you're
"not the guy in the pictures, don't worry.
I already know, and I just want you to be honest with me."
- Okay.
It's nerve-racking. Come on.
- Oh, now he's typing. - No way, no way, no way.
- He said, "I have a home in San Diego.
"I can fly there tonight.
Can we meet there tomorrow?"
- [Bleep] yes. [Bleep] the [bleep] yes.
- Since when does he have a home in San Diego?
- [Bleep] the [bleep] yes. Who cares, girl?
We're going. No, are you kidding me?
- How far is San Diego? - Are you kidding me?
Not far. We're in Palm Springs.
It's like an hour.
- Oh, he sent an address.
- No way!
- So let's respond. - Okay, okay.
- "What time?"
- Perfect--first.
- And then I think it is important
that he know that we're here with you
and that we will be coming with you.
- Oh, my God. That's going to scare him.
- "And, by the way, I'll be bringing my friends
from 'Catfish' with me."
- That could scare him away.
- It's important to us that we're transparent, too.
We don't want to just, like--
- Ambush. - Okay.
Okay, fine, okay.
- "They are here to help us."
- That's a lot.
I doubt he's even going to respond now.
- Well, that's his choice.
I mean, I want closure at this point, to be real.
- Yeah. - He's typing.
- Oh, [bleep].
He said, "Okay, I know I need to make this up to you."
- Send him, like, a kisses. - No, no, no.
- Uh, kisses? - Yeah.
- Girl, bye.
- He's not--first of all, I know it's exciting.
- He deserves no love.
- But he's also arranged to meet up with you
and hasn't followed through.
Don't give this guy any more of your affection
until he shows you who he is and that he's legit.
- Okay.
- I said, "Okay, look, I'll be there,
but please don't leave me disappointed."
- Well, are we waiting for him first to respond with a time?
- He might not. - He has to.
- I'll say, "Look, I'll make it very clear also--
We'll drive down in the morning."
- Whether you respond or not.
I'm a crazy bitch. I'll knock on the door.
- All right. Well, look--look.
Good news, we got somewhere, okay?
He gave us an address.
So let's plan on speaking in the morning,
and we'll all drive down together.
- Okay. - And, hopefully, tomorrow
will be the day.
All right, another road trip.
Okay.
Oh, there she is.
- Good morning.
- You're in the front.
Queens ride in the front. - Yeah, you sit in the front.
Okay, let's go.
- ♪ You can't fool me now ♪
♪ 'Cause I know we"--
- What do you guys think is going to happen?
Like, you guys have more experience than me.
- It's hard to tell.
I know that they have a lot of explaining to do,
whoever they are.
["False Innocence" by Altitude Music & Izzy Warner]
- ♪ Everyone's looking at you, baby ♪
♪ ♪
- So this is the street?
- Looks like this is where I'ma turn at.
- So you're gonna--whoa.
This is very nice.
- Yeah, these are very nice homes.
All right, so--
- This is a long driveway.
- This is it. Here we go.
- Wow, this is, like, mid-century.
Like, this is a, like, one-of-a-kind home.
- Well,
are you ready to have a one-of-a-kind experience?
- I mean, I guess, Nev.
I don't know what's going to happen.
- We got to go for it.
- What's the plan now?
- I guess we just knock.
- All right, well, here goes nothing.
[doorbell rings]
- [gasps] Somebody's coming. Somebody's coming.
- Where? - Through the front door.
- Just now. - What?
Hello?
- [gasps] Somebody's coming. Somebody's coming.
- Where?
- Hey. - Hey, how's it going?
- How you doing? - Good, good.
- Nev.
- Nice to meet you. - We're looking for Phillip.
- He's around the back, actually.
- Oh. - So if you guys want
to go around the back,
he's that way. - Okay.
- Cool.
- Okay, thanks. - Thanks.
- We're just going to go-- okay.
- You know what? I can just--I can check it out.
- We're getting further and further into the [bleep].
- I'm, like, so anxious.
- A little creeped out.
- Phillip!
What [bleep].
[suspenseful music]
- I need to stay as close to the exit as possible.
- [whispers] Jesus Christ. This is, like, so stressful.
- Sham. - Okay,
I'ma stay with you, girl. This is weird.
- Look what you got us into.
- My heart is, like, going to jump out my chest.
Like, where is he?
- Well, you always wanted a prince.
Well, here I am.
[dramatic music]
It's me, your old friend Mike.
- But wait, so you're--
- I'm Phillip.
I did the whole thing-- of course I did.
- Are you drunk? - What?
I told you I was going to get you back, girl.
I told you.
- Oh, girl, you got to be [bleep]--
no way. - You don't remember?
Oh really? You stole my boyfriend
in Mexico. I told you.
I said, "Don't take my boyfriend,"
and you took him anyway.
You're evil, and you're a slut.
I told you I'd get you back, girl.
- Who is this guy?
- And you can't just throw away a friend that's been
with you for 20 years, Sham.
It's not fair. - This guy's nuts.
- Sorry. - Wait, wait, hold on a second.
When were you guys friends?
- Like, we haven't spoken in two years--
literally, two years.
I blocked this idiot on everything.
- [sighs] - Every single thing,
he's blocked. - I met you when you were 18.
When you were a child
and people were trying to take advantage of you in Hollywood.
I was there, and I helped you the whole time,
and we were friends for 20 years,
and then we get into a fight.
- You are a piece of [bleep], literally.
- I'm having a hard time understanding.
So you had a boyfriend--
- In Mexico.
- And you guys went on a trip to Mexico.
- No, the [bleep]-- That guy was not
your boyfriend, and you guys were not,
like, in some kind of relationship.
You [bleep] his [bleep] once,
and then he looked at me like a hungry wolf and came,
and he slept with me. I didn't even sleep with him.
I don't even know--
- And you guys were good friends?
- We were. - Oh, totally!
- We were for a long time,
and he's such a [bleep] mess is the problem.
What a [bleep].
You better get security or I'm going to kill this idiot.
- If you need a break or if you need to take a--
- I might. I'm sorry.
♪ ♪
- Hi. - What was your name?
- My name is Mike. Hi, nice to meet you.
- Mike, hello.
- Kamie. - Hi, gorgeous.
- Nice to meet you. - Hi.
- Well, what inspired your decision
to create this Instagram profile, reach out?
- I kept on trying and trying.
Like, I tried a blonde surfer guy, and she wouldn't answer,
and then, I tried different-- and I thought, "Well,
I know what she really likes."
- What was what she really likes?
- Like, an Arab prince type. - Oh, I see.
- So that's why I--
- And what was the whole thing yesterday,
with this "friend"
who was going to buy her art?
That wasn't--there was no truth to that, right?
- No. - Right, Okay.
- No. I want to teach her a lesson.
I am not the only one that will tell you, of her friends,
that she does this sort of thing
all the time with different men constantly.
Just don't take my man.
That's all. - But was he your man?
- Well, ish.
- How did things go from friends
to not talking for two years?
- She left with my boyfriend, or whatever.
I called her, and I screamed at her
and told her that she was evil, et cetera, and so on,
and she was a slut,
and she got mad,
and then she blocked me.
- I'm going to go see how she's doing.
Hey, girl. Are you okay?
- No, I'm, like, so embarrassed.
I'm, like, so embarrassed.
He's a sick [bleep].
Like, he's an asshole.
We were good friends. It's true--we were.
We were genuinely good friends for a long, long time.
- And then--
- But the guy was not his [bleep] boyfriend.
The guy was not his boyfriend.
Oh, God. I don't wanna hear
his [bleep], honestly.
- I wanted to teach her a little lesson.
Did I want it to go this far?
Absolutely not.
- I'm so angry and so, like, embarrassed.
Like, I just don't know what to say.
- You need to let him know
that he actually hurt your feelings,
and this is not [bleep] cute.
This is not funny.
- Okay.
I love how you're smiling. Like, it has a big smile.
- Well, what am I supposed to do?
- "Wee, I'm so funny."
- What? - Like, you're not that funny,
first of all. - Okay.
Are we done?
- What?
You're going to beat me up on camera?
What, girl?
- I'm beating you up on camera--
- What did I do? - When you, for two months,
did what you did to me,
and then was like, "Ha ha, it's a joke"
- Well-- - And I'm beating you up?
You're the victim, here.
- No, I'm not a victim at all.
- Okay. This is, like, sick.
Like, I feel like it's, like, twisted.
I'm ready to get the [bleep] out.
- So let's say goodbye for today--
- Thank you. - And plan on, maybe,
meeting back up tomorrow. Thank you for at least
meeting up with us and helping
get the truth out.
- My pleasure, Nev! - Pleasure.
- Oh, God.
Okay.
At least, I don't have to wonder anymore, so...
- Yeah...
- But it's [bleep] immature. - Right.
- You know what I mean? It's, like, a three-year-old.
That's why, literally, we stopped being friends.
Like, I can't babysit people.
- Right. - We all have that one friend.
- I guess he never will, but he should really grow up.
- Okay, here we go. - We're off to see the wizard.
- If that's what you want to call him.
- [laughs]
[dramatic music]
Ready to see your bestie?
- I'm ready. - Let's do it.
- Let's go.
♪ ♪
[doorbell rings]
- Hi. both: Hello.
- Hi, Sham.
Nice to see you. - You, too.
- Hi, gorgeous. - Hello.
- Oh, God. - [laughs]
- Hi, baby.
- You lead the way. - Okay,
let's go like this, then.
- Like, are you ever going to tell us whose house it is?
- It's my cousin's, Sham.
I can't lie anymore.
- Look how fun this is.
- I love this house. - It's so cute.
- I'm hopeful that, today, we can talk a little bit more,
just to make sure everyone's in the same place.
- Go for it. - Yeah.
- Okay. So, like, I don't know.
I mean, like, your prank--
I really, really feel like that was mean.
You know, like, I am, like, wanting this in my life.
I'm looking for it. I've been searching for it.
So for you to, like, be like, "Oh, I'm gonna
prey on that"-- it's just you put me
through this roller coaster of emotions.
You know what? It's mean.
- I'm terrible. I feel so bad.
I'm sorry.
I don't want to hurt your feelings,
or, you know, hurt you.
That's not my point. - Okay.
- So your argument is you've known each other a long time.
- Yes. - Ups and downs.
- Yes. - For whatever reason,
whatever went down
a couple of years ago, you didn't think you would
stop being friends over it.
- Right. - "So here is
"an insane way of trying
to get you back in my life."
- So we could become friends maybe, or you can hate me?
No, you hate me. - I'll tell you.
Honestly, like, if you would have just done this and then
been like, the next day, like, found a way
to get in touch with me, it wouldn't have been
like you put me through this
like, just, like,
roller coaster.
You know, just think a little.
When you do stuff like that, just so you know,
it really affects people. - I'm so sorry.
The thing is that, you know, I don't have many friends
that are as good as you, Sham,
and you know, I really--
I don't think I'll be getting married any time soon.
So you know, it just would be so nice if we could fix this.
I'm sorry it came down to this, Sham.
- I feel like the reason that you did what you did
is because I blocked you. - Well, duh.
It's--who cares about the guy?
I just felt like I meant nothing to you,
and it hurt so bad.
You're such a star, and you're so much fun.
I care about you. - Honestly, Mike, I do--
I do care about you. I really do.
Like, when I was going through,
you know, wanting to transition,
how many nights did you hold
my hand on the phone? - Oh, God.
- You showed me how to get insurance.
You showed me how to get to a gender therapist.
You held my hand. I'll never forget that.
You know, I'll never forget that,
and for--and for me, I have to apologize.
I was a cold-hearted bitch to just, like,
block you after, like, 20 years of being friends.
- Thanks, honey. - Like, that's super,
super mean.
It's good to see you, I have to admit.
- Oh, thanks. - I wanted--I almost wanted
to say it, but the situation,
like, you put me in made me
just, like--so, like, I don't know.
I mean, just truth be told,
the friendship is really, honestly,
genuinely more important. - Thank you so much,
and I am so sorry.
- I think what Sham is learning from this experience
is that she's very quick to shut it down.
- Yes. - And I think this is
a good opportunity to learn a new way
of dealing with these types of issues,
which is to work through it.
- Yeah.
- I don't know how to even describe it,
but it's a beautiful thing to be able to witness
two friends come together.
- Bless you, guys. - Well, as much as I wish
we could keep this going, I know Sham has to get back
to Palm Springs for work.
- We got to get you back to drag queen bingo.
- Okay, yes. - Yeah.
- [laughs] - Oh, you gotta go.
- I have to work tonight. - Okay.
All right.
- Well, let's get Sham-- - Okay.
- Back to the desert. - Let's go.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Bye, honey. - [laughing]
- Thank you. - I love you, Mike.
- Good luck at work. - Okay.
- ♪ Let's take the ride ♪
♪ It's the simple things that get you ♪
- Bye, Mike. - [laughing] Bye, Mike.
- Never going to change.
- All right. So what's next?
Are you going to see him soon and hang out?
- I will call him.
I just don't want to, like, completely go back
to the way things were. - You have to establish
the type of friendship you want to have with him.
- Yeah, that's right. I never did assert boundaries
with him, like anything else, like, whatever.
I would just, like, turn a blind eye.
- Right, well, I think you're going to be much
better off, having learned how to establish
boundaries for yourself, and I think
you're going to find someone. - I hope so.
Nobody's going to kill my dream.
- ♪ We'll be all right, if we just believe ♪
[Zoom ding]
- Hey! - Hey, Sham!
- Hi!
- Tell us what's going on.
Are you and Mike talking? Are you friends?
- After I left you guys, Mike came to Palm Springs
and we actually went out to eat.
- Oh. - And we just started talking
again like old times.
- Aw... - That's great.
- I mean, really, I'll be honest with you guys.
There was, like, a piece of my life
that was missing without Mike.
Having him in my life-- he is like my family,
and I'm really glad to have him back.
- Yeah. - That's beautiful.
- Thank you. - So are you dating?
- My art is my real boyfriend.
My art never cheats on me.
My art doesn't talk back to me.
It doesn't lie to me.
It doesn't, you know-- it's a great relationship.
- We are so glad we got to be a part of your life, also.
- Well, thank you. I love you guys!
- See you, doll. - Bye!
- See you later.
[Zoom ding] - Hey, Mike!
- Hey, how are my two favorite television stars?
Whoo. - We miss you.
- We just spoke to Sham and got a little update.
What's been going on with you?
- Well, right after we finished with you guys,
I called her up and I said, "I'm coming to Palm Springs!"
So we went out and partied and stuff.
I mean, we get along famously.
- Well, we're very happy
that you guys are back, friends again,
because Sham seems much happier, I have to say.
- Yeah, well, it's because of you two that we are friends,
and I really appreciate what you've done for us.
- We've got you.
But I hope you don't plan on ever doing anything
like this again. - No, I promise.
I am ashamed.
- Ah. - But we're friends again.
[laughter]
- All right, bye. - All right, I love you guys.
Bye!
- "My name is Jaquan and I just got out
"of a long-term relationship.
"I've been talking to this girl, Chantel,
and she's amazing."
Have you talked about meeting up?
- All the time. - I feel like you could be
talking to your ex-girlfriend.
What? Ah-ah-ah-ah!
Look at this!
There's somebody coming. - Oh, another car here.
- Uh-uh. This a ambush.