I once Catfished a friend before I knew what Catfishing was

Then karma taught me a hard lesson by being the victim of a Catfish

Shamontiel L. Vaughn
We Need to Talk
Published in
7 min readJun 29, 2022
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels

MTV’s “Catfish” is now in its eighth season, and I’m still puzzled by how people keep falling into these traps — especially considering I was once a “Catfish” myself. I don’t embarrass easily, but this was not one of my finest moments.

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Shamontiel L. Vaughn
We Need to Talk

When I'm not writing about news, politics and relationships on "We Need to Talk" or cracking jokes on "Tickled," find me on Substack. Visit Shamontiel.com