Dt Zo, part of the MTV show's current st, kept his gay porn past a secret om his roommat until this week's episo. Andy Dehnart talked to Zo and the show's producers.
Contents:
- THE REAL WORLD'S DT ZO ON HIS GAY PORN PAST
- THAT GUY FROM MTV'S REAL WORLD WHO USED TO DO GAY PORN BUT IS "TOTALLY STRAIGHT" GOT ARRTED
- REAL WORLD’S DT ZO: NO REGRETS ABOUT GAY PORN PAST
- A HISTORY OF GAY MEN IN THE FIRST CHALLENGE ELIMATN
- HOW A 'CATFISH' HELPED DT LIVE HIS TTH AS A GAY MANKEEGAN SERVED AS A MENTOR -- AND A B OF A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MATTHEW STT DONNELLYAUGT 26, 2020/9:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:698PX;WIDTH:1366PX;}BY MATTHEW STT DONNELLYAUGT 26, 2020 / 9:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW A 'CATFISH' HELPED DT LIVE HIS TTH AS A GAY MAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-08-27T01:00:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-08-27T01:00:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW STT DONNELLY","KEYWORDS":"MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CATFISH’S NEWT EPISO CHALLENGED A 24-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN TO EXAME WHETHER HIS STRONG EMOTNS FOR AN INTER CSH WERE, ED, LOVE, OR WHETHER THEY WERE SIMPLY ADMIRATN FOR SOMEONE WHO SEEMED MORE FORTABLE BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TONIGHT'S STALLMENT, NEV AND KAMIE REACHED OUT TO DT, A FLORIDIAN WHOSE TEENAGE G OUT WAS MET WH JUDGMENT AND NTEMPT OM FAY. DT SAID OVER ZOOM THAT HIS STEPFATHER WAS SO DISMAYED TO LEARN HE'S GAY, THE MAN FORCED DT TO DANGERO NVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DT’S NSEQUENT JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD WAS NOT EASY, BUT HE SAID ONE THG THAT GAVE HIS 16-YEAR-OLD SELF HOPE WAS MEETG A FELLOW TEENAGER NAMED KEEGAN ON FACEBOOK. KEEGAN, A VERMONT NATIVE WHO SEEMED EFFORTLSLY OUT AND PROUD, BEGAN TO SERVE AS A “SAFE HARBOR” FOR DT AND WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO MAKE HIM FEEL AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, ALTHOUGH NVERSATNS BEME A DAILY FIXTURE AS THE YEARS PASSED, KEEGAN HAD A WAY OF CYCLILLY BREAKG DT’S HEART. IN ONE PARTICULARLY BTAL STANCE, YEARS AFTER THEY’D FIRST CHATTED, KEEGAN VED DT TO LIVE WH HIM BOSTON. JT WHEN SEEMED AS THOUGH DT’S LOVE STORY WAS TAKG SHAPE, KEEGAN PULLED THE PLUG AND SAID HE’D FOUND SOMEONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHY DID DT KEEP GOG BACK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I LOOK AT [KEEGAN] AS MY WHOLE FOUNDATN OF G OUT,” HE SAID. “IT’S THE MOST PERSONAL RELATNSHIP I’VE EVER HAD WH ANYBODY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, FED UP WH KEEGAN’S HOT-AND-LD ROUTE, DT SAID WAS TIME TO FALLY PUT THE MYSTERY TO BED, AND SO, NEV AND KAMIE GOT GOG ON SOME PENNT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JT A FEW MUT, THE CATFISH TEAM FOUND THAT KEEGAN — WHO HAD A PAIR OF FACEBOOK PROFIL — APPEARED TO BE VOLVED WH A MAN NAMED KYLE. KYLE, WHO LIVED MASSACHETTS, WAS A RECURRG CHARACTER KEEGAN’S PHOTOS. WORSE, WHEN NEV SEARCHED KEEGAN’S PHONE NUMBER, THE RULT SAID THE VICE WAS REGISTERED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WOULDN’T BE LONG BEFORE THE GROUP ENUNTERED KYLE THEMSELV, AS — AFTER NEV TEXTED KEEGAN’S NUMBER TO ARRANGE A YEARS--THE-MAKG CHAT — KYLE SUDNLY APPEARED ON THE LIVE LL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KYLE, SPOOKED, QUICKLY ABANDONED THE NVERSATN, ONLY FOR KEEGAN — THE REAL KEEGAN — TO JO MUT LATER. KEEGAN SAID KYLE HAD PREVLY LENT HIM A PHONE WHEN KEEGAN’S WAS SHUT OFF, WHICH ACUNTED FOR THE CROSSED WIR. KEEGAN ADD THAT KYLE WAS “TOO MUCH” AS A IEND AND THAT HE WAS TRYG TO CREATE SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS, THE GROUP BEGAN TO LEARN, WAS A B OF A HAB FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“[DT AND I] WERE REALLY GREAT AT HELPG EACH OTHER OUT AS EMOTNAL AND MENTAL SUPPORT,” KEEGAN SAID PRIVATELY TO KAM AND NEV. “I’VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLG TO BE THERE FOR DT…BUT WHEN I GIVE HIM A LTLE, HE TAK ALL. IT’S LIKE THAT TYPE OF PERSON…I KD OF BACKED AWAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN KAMIE AND NEV READ KEEGAN THE LETTER DT HAD WRTEN ABOUT HIM — WHICH SPELLED OUT EP, STARK FEELGS — KEEGAN’S HEART APPEARED TO BREAK, AND HE BEGAN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I DIDN’T REALIZE WHAT I HAD HELPED YOU THROUGH, WHAT YOU STILL RRIED ON YOUR BACK,” KEEGAN TOLD DT ONCE THE LATTER HAD LOGGED BACK TO THE CHAT. “I’M SORRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DT, WHO NEVER KNEW QUE WHERE TO PLACE KEEGAN HIS LIFE, ACCEPTED THE APOLOGY AND MTED TO BEG MORE DISCERNG ABOUT HIS FEELGS. BUT DO YOU THK HE’LL BE ABLE TO DO SO? AND WILL HE AND KEEGAN SALVAGE SOME SORT OF NNECTN? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, THEN TUNE TO ANOTHER CATFISH WEDNDAY AT 8/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
THE REAL WORLD'S DT ZO ON HIS GAY PORN PAST
* dustin the challenge gay *
The Real World's Dt Zo on His Gay Porn PastDt Zo, part of the MTV show's current st, kept his gay porn past a secret om his roommat until this week's episo.
" But is the part of his b that says he was "a st member on a webse that featured an uncensored look at a hoe of attractive guys livg together" that has earned the most 's language nceals the fact that Dt did gay porn: Performg as "Spencer" on FratMen ("erotic nu jackoff porn"), he masturbated and engaged oral sex two vios.
THAT GUY FROM MTV'S REAL WORLD WHO USED TO DO GAY PORN BUT IS "TOTALLY STRAIGHT" GOT ARRTED
If The Challenge was a horror movie, the gay guy would get targeted first. But are they really worthy of the stigma? * dustin the challenge gay *
Equally evable is the MTV dience's abily to fd Dt's porn surprisg part has been the rponse: In Wednday night's episo, Dt's Real World girliend exprsed her disgt and his roommat shunned, who's 24 and intifi as straight ("When I close my ey to masturbate, I thk of a girl"), is actually unembarrassed by the gay-for-pay work he did when he was 19. "Instead, they put on a remarkable monstratn of self-centeredns, tts, and homophobia hidn their ntempt over his li.
" Dt told me that Heather is "edg herself" when she says she only red about the lie, not about the ntent of the of the st's bad reactn me om Dt's prev judgment of gay people.
REAL WORLD’S DT ZO: NO REGRETS ABOUT GAY PORN PAST
" When the hoe was about to get a new roommate, he exprsed his fear over the potential that the new roommate uld be gay: "Over the years, you get a level of paranoia.
A HISTORY OF GAY MEN IN THE FIRST CHALLENGE ELIMATN
You're walkg and you see a gay person and you get nervo. "While Dt unrstands why people viewed those ments as homophobic ("Of urse, of urse.
HOW A 'CATFISH' HELPED DT LIVE HIS TTH AS A GAY MANKEEGAN SERVED AS A MENTOR -- AND A B OF A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MATTHEW STT DONNELLYAUGT 26, 2020/9:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:698PX;WIDTH:1366PX;}BY MATTHEW STT DONNELLYAUGT 26, 2020 / 9:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW A 'CATFISH' HELPED DT LIVE HIS TTH AS A GAY MAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-08-27T01:00:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-08-27T01:00:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW STT DONNELLY","KEYWORDS":"MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CATFISH’S NEWT EPISO CHALLENGED A 24-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN TO EXAME WHETHER HIS STRONG EMOTNS FOR AN INTER CSH WERE, ED, LOVE, OR WHETHER THEY WERE SIMPLY ADMIRATN FOR SOMEONE WHO SEEMED MORE FORTABLE BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TONIGHT'S STALLMENT, NEV AND KAMIE REACHED OUT TO DT, A FLORIDIAN WHOSE TEENAGE G OUT WAS MET WH JUDGMENT AND NTEMPT OM FAY. DT SAID OVER ZOOM THAT HIS STEPFATHER WAS SO DISMAYED TO LEARN HE'S GAY, THE MAN FORCED DT TO DANGERO NVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DT’S NSEQUENT JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD WAS NOT EASY, BUT HE SAID ONE THG THAT GAVE HIS 16-YEAR-OLD SELF HOPE WAS MEETG A FELLOW TEENAGER NAMED KEEGAN ON FACEBOOK. KEEGAN, A VERMONT NATIVE WHO SEEMED EFFORTLSLY OUT AND PROUD, BEGAN TO SERVE AS A “SAFE HARBOR” FOR DT AND WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO MAKE HIM FEEL AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, ALTHOUGH NVERSATNS BEME A DAILY FIXTURE AS THE YEARS PASSED, KEEGAN HAD A WAY OF CYCLILLY BREAKG DT’S HEART. IN ONE PARTICULARLY BTAL STANCE, YEARS AFTER THEY’D FIRST CHATTED, KEEGAN VED DT TO LIVE WH HIM BOSTON. JT WHEN SEEMED AS THOUGH DT’S LOVE STORY WAS TAKG SHAPE, KEEGAN PULLED THE PLUG AND SAID HE’D FOUND SOMEONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHY DID DT KEEP GOG BACK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I LOOK AT [KEEGAN] AS MY WHOLE FOUNDATN OF G OUT,” HE SAID. “IT’S THE MOST PERSONAL RELATNSHIP I’VE EVER HAD WH ANYBODY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, FED UP WH KEEGAN’S HOT-AND-LD ROUTE, DT SAID WAS TIME TO FALLY PUT THE MYSTERY TO BED, AND SO, NEV AND KAMIE GOT GOG ON SOME PENNT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JT A FEW MUT, THE CATFISH TEAM FOUND THAT KEEGAN — WHO HAD A PAIR OF FACEBOOK PROFIL — APPEARED TO BE VOLVED WH A MAN NAMED KYLE. KYLE, WHO LIVED MASSACHETTS, WAS A RECURRG CHARACTER KEEGAN’S PHOTOS. WORSE, WHEN NEV SEARCHED KEEGAN’S PHONE NUMBER, THE RULT SAID THE VICE WAS REGISTERED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WOULDN’T BE LONG BEFORE THE GROUP ENUNTERED KYLE THEMSELV, AS — AFTER NEV TEXTED KEEGAN’S NUMBER TO ARRANGE A YEARS--THE-MAKG CHAT — KYLE SUDNLY APPEARED ON THE LIVE LL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KYLE, SPOOKED, QUICKLY ABANDONED THE NVERSATN, ONLY FOR KEEGAN — THE REAL KEEGAN — TO JO MUT LATER. KEEGAN SAID KYLE HAD PREVLY LENT HIM A PHONE WHEN KEEGAN’S WAS SHUT OFF, WHICH ACUNTED FOR THE CROSSED WIR. KEEGAN ADD THAT KYLE WAS “TOO MUCH” AS A IEND AND THAT HE WAS TRYG TO CREATE SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS, THE GROUP BEGAN TO LEARN, WAS A B OF A HAB FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“[DT AND I] WERE REALLY GREAT AT HELPG EACH OTHER OUT AS EMOTNAL AND MENTAL SUPPORT,” KEEGAN SAID PRIVATELY TO KAM AND NEV. “I’VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLG TO BE THERE FOR DT…BUT WHEN I GIVE HIM A LTLE, HE TAK ALL. IT’S LIKE THAT TYPE OF PERSON…I KD OF BACKED AWAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN KAMIE AND NEV READ KEEGAN THE LETTER DT HAD WRTEN ABOUT HIM — WHICH SPELLED OUT EP, STARK FEELGS — KEEGAN’S HEART APPEARED TO BREAK, AND HE BEGAN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I DIDN’T REALIZE WHAT I HAD HELPED YOU THROUGH, WHAT YOU STILL RRIED ON YOUR BACK,” KEEGAN TOLD DT ONCE THE LATTER HAD LOGGED BACK TO THE CHAT. “I’M SORRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DT, WHO NEVER KNEW QUE WHERE TO PLACE KEEGAN HIS LIFE, ACCEPTED THE APOLOGY AND MTED TO BEG MORE DISCERNG ABOUT HIS FEELGS. BUT DO YOU THK HE’LL BE ABLE TO DO SO? AND WILL HE AND KEEGAN SALVAGE SOME SORT OF NNECTN? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, THEN TUNE TO ANOTHER CATFISH WEDNDAY AT 8/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
People thought I was gay; they thought I would be terted.