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Catfish Recap Michael and Chanelle: This Ending Was Depressing

March 30, 2016 by tamaratattles 19 Comments

Catfish Nev and Michael

Michael is a 21 year-old single dad from Philly who has an online girlfriend named Chanelle.  Chanelle seems like your run of he mill catfish who refuses to video chat. Michael has been talking to her for 8 months.  His brother made him contact Catfish (at least that is the storyline) because he doesn’t think Chanelle is who she claims to be. About a month ago, Chanelle stopped talking his calls out of the blue with no warning. Michael is worried about her.

I remember once a long time ago my older sister was reading one of those self help books and there was a chapter called something like, “He is NOT dead in a ditch.”  My sister was about 16 years older than me, and we were both single and dating and would occasionally have a guy stop calling for a few hours, or days or week that would result in one of us calling the other to decide whether we should break our “let them call you” philosophy.” At various points, one of us would try to justify calling by telling the other that for all we know he is dead and a ditch and we didn’t even bother to call and find out where the funeral was!  Because, crazy is genetic.  So at some point after my sister read the self help book we had sort of an agreement that under no circumstances would we call a guy who disappeared. One day my sister called a few months after her last “boyfriend” had stopped calling and she was a bit agitated. As it turns out, the reason he had stopped calling was because he was in a very bad motorcycle accident.  He had eventually called her and she felt bad for not contacting him for awhile. Until she figured out that he didn’t call as soon as he was conscious because his girlfriend was living in the hospital room with him. I share this story because, NOTHING GOOD WILL COME FROM THIS MICHAEL.  She either got caught by her boyfriend, she is in jail, or court ordered rehab, or she is in fact dead in a ditch. If she wanted to talk to you she would call. Move on to the next.

But no one every learns any valuable lessons from my life story, so let’s see what happens when the boys track down “Chanelle.”  Chanelle looks old and possibly trans in some pictures and young and pretty in others. I think dude may be talking to Chanelle’s mother.

Catfish Nev and Max

The boys go to Philly and meet Michael and his brother Sid.  Chanelle is from North Carolina but is supposedly attending Temple which is in Philly.  Why yes I do keep typing Philly, mostly because I don’t want to spell out Philadelphia  a bunch of times. Anyway Chanelle was supposed to come back for school in September but she said she needed to stay in NC with her family. Then in December she just stop communication completely.

The boys check into the mysterious waters of the Internet. They find a match for one of the photos and it comes up as a model, Ashley Trent. When they search her phone, they find it listed to a girl named Kym.  Kym is an older woman who works at the hospital at Temple. She has a daughter named Stacey. I think he is probably talking to the mom, who is Kym.  Stacey is also much older than Micheal and she is married with kids. All the people in the catfish family are white, but the photo was of a black model. Michael is also black. So the catfish is probably an old white lady pretending to be a young black model. There is also a young pretty black female nurse named larrya, who likes all of the photos on Chanelle’s Instagram. She is a nurse at Temple. So whatever is going on, there seem to be a few people at Temple Hospital who know the deal.

The boys try to explain what they found out. And I still don’t really get the game. Really all we know is that the Instagram profile is a fake.

It’s time for Nev to stand outside and make a phone call.  Nev leaves a message. So they decide to DM Stacey and Larrya. Later that night, they get a text from Chanelle’s phone.  It says, “This is not Chanelle’s phone. I don’t want nothin to do with this mess. Don’t call or text me.”

Hmmmmm…the plot thickens. The next day the boys head over to Michael’s place. On the way over, they get a text from Larrya who wants to know what is up. The boys say they will call her in a bit. Larrya is in class and can DM but not talk on the phone. Larrya asks what is up and they tell her Chanelle hasn’t talked to her friend Michael in a month and he is worried. She says she if fine she just talked to her last night. So they try to confirm her phone number and Larry says that is NOT Chanelle’s phone number but she doesn’t feel comfortable giving her number out. The ask to meet Larrya and she agrees to meet. At a park near a large body of water. Because they always meet at a park near a large body of water.

Larrya shows up. The pictures we have seen of Larrya have been full of different hairstyles. Today she is sporting super long red hair. She’s the cute nurse (actually nursing assistant I think).  She is good friends with Chanelle. Chanelle does have feelings for Michael. Larrya is very nervous and doesn’t say much. And then she says, oh by the way, Chanelle is in the car.

Chanelle is not Chanelle but Christina. Michael is NOT happy to see “that bitch.”  Christina just goes on with her story. They met in high school and dated for two months and then broke up and went their separate ways. They both went off to college and lost touch. Michael is pissed for some reason. I mean I get the reason, but he seems to be over reacting. Michael says he has never ignored her so he doesn’t get why she went through with such an elaborate lie. She could have just called him.

Okay this is a really dumb episode. I can’t even see the angle.  Oh this is priceless. The phone was not her phone but I guess the white lady’s  phone. The one with all the kids. So when he would text late at night, the lady would text back to him. Michael is pissed that some random lady know all of the personal information that he shared with “Chanelle.” By the way if you are going to call yourself Chanel, spell it correctly! Stacey and Christina are no longer friends because of the phone thing. But what college student doesn’t have their own phone? I guess she had to use a different phone since he might have recognized the number.

Michael is pissed off and ready to dip on out of there. He calls Christina a fucking psycho.

The next day, Michael refuses to do the traditional part two of the talk with the catfish. Nev and Max go talk to her alone. I think she is going to have his baby.  Oh she had post partum depression. This is going to be Michael’s baby.  Christina wants to reach out to Michael and the boys are like, “Stop bothering the man, you psycho bitch!”

I guess that is it for her. She did NOT say that the kid was his.  I still think that is the only thing that makes sense.

They download the 411 to Michael one last time, and the show abruptly ends. There is no follow up video from either of them. They have a text conclusion that says Michael is being more careful who he trusts online and Christina has started a blog about postpartum depression.

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Filed Under: Catfish, Entertainment News Tagged With: 2016, Catfish, Dejay, Entertainment, Entertainment News, Jalin and Ja'la, Jaylin and Ja'la, Jeanetter and Derick, Josiah, Leuh & Justin, Malik, Max, Michael and Chanelle, MTV, Nev, Season 5

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  1. Spilledperfume says

    March 31, 2016 at 1:19 am

    Sounds like a crap episode. I caught up with Catfish a few nights ago but I’m not sure if you’ve recapped all of the episodes since I’ve only read a few of your Catfish entries. There was a mother/daughter episode where I felt bad for the mother for being catfished by a woman. Then there was an episode where they played clips of some of their strangest cases. The strangest was a woman who catfished her gay male cousin because he called her fat! The freakiest part was when the cousin used her Tony voice – now that was freaky.

    Reply
    • tamaratattles says

      March 31, 2016 at 2:03 am

      Please don’t spoil other episodes of Catfish in comments. People watch the shows in all different orders.

      Reply
      • Spilledperfume says

        March 31, 2016 at 2:19 am

        Sorry about that. They were all old episodes so I didn’t think I would be spoiling anything. I didn’t even know if you had recapped some of them because I don’t know how old they were.

        Reply
      • Spilledperfume says

        March 31, 2016 at 2:20 am

        Maybe you could delete my note so I don’t ruin it for anyone?

        Reply
      • Lilly says

        May 30, 2016 at 10:20 pm

        You should probably stay off discussion boards…

        Reply
      • Xakwon says

        August 21, 2016 at 10:04 am

        Is that not the same thing you’re doing? Is this not a discussion board?

        Reply
        • tamaratattles says

          August 21, 2016 at 10:51 am

          Nope, this is my website. Try googling message boards about Catfish or something.

          Reply
    • KA Stylez says

      April 4, 2016 at 12:29 pm

      OMG, I saw the Catfish episode with the cousins. SMH That was horrible!!! She was so wrong for doing him like that. He called you fat, so what…you are fat and she does favor Kelly Price, which is ok because KP is a beautiful lady.

      Reply
  2. Demeter says

    March 31, 2016 at 7:46 am

    Thank you for recapping Catfish. It’s as if I have someone else standing with me, pointing and saying, “Do you believe this?”
    I watch it and I’m always astounded that people can be this trusting and share so much with someone they don’t know. I’m even more amazed that they say they’ve been keeping up the relationship for years and it’s just starting to occur to them that their dear one might be fake.

    Reply
    • tamaratattles says

      March 31, 2016 at 12:13 pm

      Thank YOU Demeter! I am a bit obsessed with this show even now that I’m wise to all the house staging and the fact that the catfish is often the one calling in, and all the production stuff behind the scenes. It’s fun even knowing all that. Is this one an man? An ex? The same gender best friend? A teenager? Someone’s mother? Is everyone in on it except Nev and Max? Even with all of the production, it has me guessing for the entire hour. And I love recapping where I can make my crazy guesses along the way.

      From a pure blogger’s perspective, a lot of people read my Catfish recaps. It draws a new, younger crowd. Which I love, even though they mostly tell me I can’t spell or conjugate a verb to save my life, or are pissed at me for making fun of all the names. OH THE NAMES. I was disappointed by the traditional names this week. I got a lot of flack for making fun of the name LeUH. But mocking the crazy names is my favorite part!

      Reply
  3. Cat says

    March 31, 2016 at 10:31 am

    You were right. That was a depressing ending.

    Reply
  4. jen says

    March 31, 2016 at 10:47 am

    I haven’t watched in a while but I love your recaps. Funny TT.

    Reply
  5. blondesense says

    March 31, 2016 at 4:42 pm

    Thank you for the recap. I was certain part of the episode had been cut off – the beginning was weird too. It always annoys me that Nev and Max don’t even pretend to not know how to pronounce the STUPID names – which is a dead giveaway. Perhaps one with parents dumb enough to call you Leuh makes you genetically predisposed to be catfished. They never got down to why she held onto feeling for this guy – I like the baby theory. It would explain why the episode was weirdly chopped up – to protect the kid’s identity?

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    • tamaratattles says

      March 31, 2016 at 7:38 pm

      YES! That drives me batty about the names. I forgot to may fun of Larrya which they pronounced La RAY ah as if that was just as normal as Mary or Bob.

      Reply
  6. Destiny says

    April 4, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Michael is so fine ❤️

    Reply
    • Alicia Thomas says

      February 9, 2021 at 12:35 pm

      I’m sayinnnnnnn!

      Reply
  7. Lynne says

    February 9, 2018 at 11:27 am

    I’ve recently started letting my DVR record all catfish episodes, not just the new ones, so I can relive the greatness. At the end of every episode, I jump on my phone and come here, because I LIVE for your recaps. Just wanted to thank you for your service and keeping it real! ??

    Reply
    • tamaratattles says

      February 9, 2018 at 12:17 pm

      Thanks Lynne! I try to keep up with the recaps as much as possible, much to the chagrin of my primary audience here. THEY JUST DON’T GET THE FUN! lol. It’s such a bad fake show it is great.

      Reply
  8. Lexi B says

    July 17, 2018 at 10:11 pm

    OMG TT you crack me up so bad I tinkle a lil. Where do you come up with this stuff!? Your blog is the highlight of my week. Keep up the good work girl.

    Reply

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