Catfish The TV Show: Season 7’s Taylor Had The Craziest Catfish Storyline

MTV’s Catfish: The TV Show has been a popular weekly watch since it first debuted back in 2012. Nev and his range of co-hosts have been catching masquerading online lovers for eight seasons now.  Sometimes, however, viewers wonder what happens to their favorite protagonists after the show ends. Back in season 7 on episode 22, America met Taylor, who was in an online relationship with a “man” named Christian. Things quickly went south and it turned out Taylor’s new lover never existed and it was all a huge joke designed to get Taylor on TV.

Taylor’s story started out how many usually do. Christian, who said he went to high school with her, became her significant other for eight whole months without her ever seeing him. All it took was a little slide into the DM’s, spilling some facts about her life so she didn’t think he was a stranger or fake, and some sweet talk to make her fall for him. As viewers felt her pain, they were quickly struck in the back as the episode came to an end.

In the episode, Taylor couldn’t remember Christian’s face from school, but everything he was saying checked out…or so Taylor said. Then things started to get sketchy. Not only was Christian’s only form of social media Facebook, but he also would never got on any sort of video chat with her, both of which were red flags to the cast of Catfish. Nev Schulman and his co-host at the time, Tallulah Willis, came to the rescue and scoped out the situation. They found that Christian’s phone number was actually tied to a girl named Jerrika, who just happened to be Taylor’s best friend in Atlanta. The three flew to The Peach State and were confronted by Hailey and Austin, two of Taylor’s high school friends. Jerrika was nowhere to be found and told the show she was no longer going along with Taylor’s plan. Apparently, Taylor made the entire catfish story up just to get on the show and get her name out there.

Taylor moved to Los Angeles from Ohio after high school and wanted to start a new life. Nev and Tallulah noticed her Instagram was moving more towards a more influencer look and realized Taylor wanted to have a great social media presence since she lived in the big city now. She thought going on the show would be a great way to gain some free exposure and up her followers.

Today, you can find Taylor on Instagram, but she has no posts or anything alluding to the fact that she was on Catfish: The TV Show. What’s more, she has less than 10,000 followers, so it seems her plan to become a big influencer didn’t quite work out. It’s also unclear what she does for a living in Los Angeles and whether or not she’s still pursuing her social influencer goals.

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