6 Celebrities who fell victim to catfishing

By Editorji News Desk
Published on | Feb 01, 2024

Danielle Fishel

The "Boy Meets World" star was actually catfished irl! At age 12, Fishel received several fan letters from an adult man pretending to be a young girl.

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Drew Barrymore

The "Jackpot" actress was tricked by a dating app match into thinking that he was a quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams.

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John Henson

In 2012, the "Wipeout" host was tricked into exchanging emails with a catfish who used stolen photos from a real cancer victim's memorial page.

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Brad and Kimberly-Williams Paisley

The country musician and his wife got targeted by the same scammer who tried to farm attention and sympathy from John Henson.

Nev Schulman

Despite hosting "Catfish: The TV Show", Schulman actually got catfished twice! The first instance was on MySpace, and the second on Twitter.

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Meri Brown

In 2015, the then-married "Sister Wives" star had a 6-month long extramarital online affair with "Sam Cooper", who turned out to be a married woman!

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