Nev Schulman 'Catfish' Show Star To Pen Book On Online Dating
Catfish star Nev Schulman has decided to take his MTV hit show and turn it into a book.
Titled In Real Life, the book is set to be a how-to for people who want to start dating online. MTV released an announcement on the book which stated, "If you're considering getting involved with a stranger of Facebook or elsewhere on the web, you may want to consider putting things on hold until next fall."
Schulman also took to his Twitter account to confirm the news. He wrote, "I can honestly say I never imagined I would be an author. DREAM BIG."
Schulman gained popularity after he made a documentary telling his story of how he fell in love with a girl he met online named "Megan." Then when he met her she really turned out to be a woman named "Amanda" who lied about who she was. Schulman's documentary was then turned into a weekly TV show called Catfish that helps people discover if their online love is really who they say they are.
Schulman spoke with Metro World News in an article published on Nov. 18 about the massive response he got after releasing his documentary that launched his show.
"...The amount of emails that Nev and everyone who made the movie started getting about the exact same experience from people who had a 'catfish' situation or was in one. The outpouring of people who identified with these situations was overwhelming, and that's really what gave birth to the show."
In Real Life is scheduled to be released during the fall of 2014.