Vault: She Set Up A Catfish Page To Breakup A Couple?!

Summary

Episode Overview

Podcast: The Bert Show
Episode Title: Vault: She Set Up A Catfish Page To Breakup A Couple?!
Date: February 3, 2026
Theme/Purpose:
This episode dives into the ethically murky and dramatic story of a listener, Linda, who confesses to creating a fake MySpace profile to catfish a friend’s girlfriend—her aim being to break up the couple so she could have a chance with the guy. The hosts discuss the plan's intricacies, debate its morality, offer comedic commentary, and even hear from another caller with a similar story.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Linda's Confession & Plan (00:03 - 03:40)

• Background: Linda, a listener, was casually dating a guy and introduced him to her friend group. He began dating another girl from the group, which made Linda realize she wanted him.
• Catfish Setup: Linda made a fake MySpace profile posing as a guy and contacted the current girlfriend, who quickly responded and engaged in flirty, even suggestive, messages.
• Quote:
  “What I’ve done is I’ve created a profile. I’ve set myself up as a guy on MySpace, and I have been communicating with the girl that the guy that I’m into is now dating. She’s totally into it.” — Linda (00:03)

2. Details of the Inappropriate Messaging (02:24 - 03:31)

• Linda shares examples of flirtation:
  “She says stuff like, ‘You look really strong. What sorts of things do you like to wrap those arms around?’ … She has a picture of her in a bikini, and she’s like, ‘Have you ever taken off someone’s bikini with only your teeth?’” — Linda (02:32)
• Hosts and Linda laugh at the cheesy, forward nature of the exchanges.

3. The Next Phase: Exposing the Girlfriend (03:40 - 06:50)

• Anonymous Tip: Linda plans to alert the boyfriend anonymously by sending him all correspondence.
• The “Diabolical” Meeting: She wants to arrange for the girlfriend to unknowingly meet her fake profile at a bar where the boyfriend is likely to be, thus catching her red-handed.
• Host Reaction:
  “Can’t you see her rubbing her hands together? Her diabolical plan is coming together.” — (03:33)

4. Hosts’ Reactions, Ethical Concerns, and Humor (05:01 - 08:29)

• The group debates whether Linda’s really any “better” than the girlfriend:
  “But how can you be right for him if you’re doing it too?” — Host (05:04)
• The hosts joke about the elaborate, movie-style plot, poking fun at the language and execution.
• The wisdom of such schemes is questioned:
  “That only happens in the movies. Yeah, these plans only work out flawlessly in the movies or on television.” — Host (08:29)

5. Logistical Concerns & the “Bro” Overload (06:50 - 09:31)

• Hosts point out flaws in Linda’s plan. She’s advised to let the girlfriend pick the meeting spot to avoid suspicion and then tip off the boyfriend.
• They hilariously critique the excessive “bro” in message drafts, creating recurring comic relief: “Bro violation on the overuse of bro.” — Host (09:47)
  “Just so you know, we’re kidding about all the bro stuff. Like, one bro would work, but 2 bros is pushing it and 3 is way unbelievable.” — Host (09:57)

6. Emotional Motivation and Risks (10:32 - 11:07)

• Linda’s motives surface:
  “I just wanna have peace in the process. Life’s short, man. We could die tomorrow.” — Linda (10:39)
• Hosts challenge her view, suggesting the couple may break up naturally or could even be strengthened by weathering this test.

7. A Listener’s Confessional Example (11:14 - 11:59)

• Another listener calls in, admitting to using similar catfishing setups to expose cheating or cause breakups.
• Quote:
  “That actually works. I mean, it is... a little bit psychotic, but I did it for my brother’s baby’s mama... then I took the messages and forwarded them.” — Caller (11:17)
• The hosts label her a “serial MySpace person” for her pattern of behavior.
• Final host reflections joke about the invention of the Internet: “The world is not a better place since the Internet… that damn Al Gore!” — Host (11:50)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Linda’s Rationale:
  “They’re not right for each other. They’re totally not. And especially if she’s doing this, you know.” — Linda (04:56)
• Host’s Ethical Pushback:
  “But how can you be right for him if you’re doing it too?” — Host (05:04)
• Scheme Satire:
  “In the movies, she would be dressed up in a costume, behind the bar, watching the whole thing happen. Reading a newspaper she slowly lowers to peer over.” — Hosts (08:34)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:03 — Linda introduces her scheme and motives
• 02:24 — Examples of the girlfriend's inappropriate messages
• 03:40 — Plans to expose the girlfriend are described
• 05:01 — Host pushes back on Linda's own moral standing
• 06:50 — Tactical brainstorm on how to set up the “sting”
• 09:47 — Hosts riff on “bro” overload in messages
• 10:39 — Linda explains her urgency: “Life’s short, man.”
• 11:14 — Caller shares a similar catfishing and breaking-up experience
• 11:50 — Hosts close with a tongue-in-cheek quip blaming the Internet

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Tone and Style

The episode blends real emotional drama (Linda’s confession and motives) with the show’s trademark humor and banter. The cast debates, jokes, and sometimes gently roasts both Linda and the scheme, creating an engaging mix of personal story and comedic take.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode captures the complexities of jealousy, friendship, and deception in the digital age, all viewed through the witty, candid lens of The Bert Show. Listeners hear both the drama and messiness of real-life relationships, and the comedic lens through which the hosts filter the chaos. The ethical divide between exposing wrongdoing and orchestrating it for personal gain is playfully but thoughtfully dissected, all while maintaining a light, entertaining flow.

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For those who missed it:
You’ll come away with a mix of jaw-dropped incredulity, laughs, and maybe a little food for thought about the age-old question: Does the end justify the (catfishing) means?

Transcript

[A]

The Bird Show.

[B]

Morning, Linda.

[A]

You're on Q100.

[C]

Good morning. About a year and a half ago, I was casually dating this guy. I just wasn't really that into it at the time. I kind of, you know, brought him into my friend group, and he seemed kind of interested in another girl in the friend group. Anyway, well, over the last year and a half, I've gotten to know him, and I really like him. What I've done is I've created a profile. I've set myself up as a guy MySpace, and I have been communicating with the girl that the guy that I'm into is now dating. She's totally into it. Things have definitely gotten a little inappropriate. Now she's pushing that. She wants to meet.

[A]

Have you even thought ahead and how you're going to present this to him?

[C]

So what I'm going to do is I'm going to create a totally anonymous email address, and I'm going to email him, and then he can go look in the email box and see all the correspondence with his girlfriend and this fake guy.

[A]

That was Friday on the show.

[D]

Now I remember, because that was when you first reminded me of her. I forgot. She created the page as a guy.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And was entrapping the girl and then using it all as.

[B]

Because the other way doesn't make any sense. Yeah, yeah. Makes total sense.

[A]

This way.

[E]

Well, this way she'll never get busted for it in her mind.

[B]

Right.

[A]

We're such simple creatures, guys. We would never think of this.

[B]

Well, we would. We would think of it. Oh, no, no. We would think of it the other way, and we would screw it. We'd end up screwing it all up.

[A]

What do you mean?

[B]

Like, we would think of it, like, if we're guys, then we would try to set up the other guy, and then we'd end up not being with the girl because she'd think we're crazy. And then the guy wouldn't be our buddy anymore because he would somehow find out about it, but she's being all crafty about it and going to the opposite sex. Brilliant.

[D]

Smart.

[B]

Check up brilliant.

[A]

Hey, Linda. Good morning.

[C]

Good morning.

[A]

All right, you're back on the voice disguiser.

[C]

Okay, good.

[A]

All right, so over the weekend, once again, going into the weekend, the master plan was to do what?

[C]

The master plan was to set up a fake email address and email him and say, hey, bro, check out what your girl's up to and give him.

[A]

Hey, bro, you got the lingo down.

[B]

What's up, bro? What's up, bro?

[D]

Hey, bro, isn't in California. It's more like bra.

[C]

I was going to give him the password and the username that I created on MySpace. So the fake guy so that he could see his girlfriend's correspondence with this guy and how she's been kind of inappropriate.

[A]

Yeah, give us some examples of that correspondence. And like you said, the inappropriateness of it.

[C]

You know, she says stuff like, you know, you look really. You look really strong. What sorts of things do you like to wrap those arms around and like really cheesy inappropriate too.

[A]

Just like very dating game.

[C]

Yeah, just like trying to think what's the sort of worst thing that she wrote that I can say on here? Like, she's like, do you like my. There's a picture of her in a bikini on hers and she's like, she like talking about. Because it's a string bikini. Talking about. Have you ever taken off someone's bikini with only your teeth?

[D]

Oh, damn.

[A]

Yeah, she not messing around.

[D]

Okay, I'm just curious, how much time did you take creating this fake guys MySpace page? Like, does it have wallpaper and music?

[C]

It's changed. Yeah, kind of. Well, it started out I was gonna keep it simple, but then I just started having fun. So I made it a little.

[D]

This is like extensive bio on song.

[C]

I made him the guy that I made.

[A]

Can't you see just her like rubbing her hands together? Cause her diabolical plan is coming together.

[D]

She's like creating his favorite sports team.

[B]

Team.

[D]

What else is he like?

[B]

Yeah, what kind of, what kind of team would he like? Would he be a baseball fan or a football fan? Yeah, and what is he gonna wrap those arms around?

[D]

Those mighty pythons.

[B]

Welcome to the gun show. Is that his quote? Because it should be.

[D]

That should be his quote, his headline.

[A]

So she certainly has bit here. She's writing stuff back. Like, have you ever like, you know, undone a bikini with your teeth? She's bought it hook, line and sinker.

[C]

Yeah, totally.

[A]

All right, so now the second part of this was how were you gonna tip him off?

[C]

How was I gonna tip the guy that I want to see off?

[A]

Yeah. As yourself or as somebody else?

[C]

No, no, no, no. I was gonna create an anonymous Gmail account and then send him an email saying, you know, hey, bro. Like, hey, so, you know, tone it like it's from another guy. Like, hey, bro, thought you might like to see what your girl's been up to.

[A]

And how long have they been going out?

[C]

Like, I guess like eight months, sort of off and on, something like that.

[A]

So it's fairly Serious?

[E]

Yeah. Because once you pass the six month.

[C]

They'Re not right for each other. They're totally not. And especially if she's doing this, you know.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

And you are. You're right for them.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

But how can you be right for him if you're doing it too?

[C]

Doing what? I wouldn't be cheating on him with some dude on my face.

[E]

Evil laugh. Evil laugh.

[A]

All right, so how did it all happen this weekend? What happened?

[C]

Okay, so here's the thing. I went to, you know, log into the account to, like, talk to her, set it up, and she had written me or, you know, written the guy that I created and said, so question mark. When are we gonna meet up? Or are you all talk?

[B]

She went question mark already? No way.

[C]

She had already. You know, she's the one. She took the step. She, like, I don't even have to do that. But the thing is, like, I gotta dig around some more because what I want to happen is I want to work it out so that I arrange to have her meet this fake guy where my guy is already hanging out. So he sees her there, you know what I mean? And is like, what the heck are you doing here? And she'll probably had to lied to him to get there anyway. And she'll be like, oh, you know, and she'll freak out and act like she's meeting one of her friends. And then when I send him the anonymous email, he'll see, you know, he'll see within the MySpace correspondence that, oh, we're gonna meet at this bar at this time.

[A]

I got a little lost right there.

[E]

I did, too.

[B]

You're gonna arrange a meeting?

[C]

It's gotten complicated. Okay? What I want to do is I want to be able to set it up on MySpace with her. We're gonna meet at this bar at this time, right? But I want it to be a bar that he hangs out at so that he will be there so he busts.

[A]

Okay, so he's going there, he'll bust.

[C]

Her there and like, maybe, you know, she'll be able to come up with an excuse as to why she'. When I send him the email with the MySpace password and all that stuff, you'll see on the MySpace that she set it up guy there.

[B]

It's not going to work.

[C]

Why?

[B]

Because it's. If it's a bar that he's even been to once before or even remotely close to his neighborhood, she's not going to want to meet the other dude there. There's no way that she's going to go to any bar that he'll even want to come to. So what you need to do is you need to make the arrangement with her to meet at whatever place that she suggests. Then, like, 12 hours before that, send the email to him. The. Yeah, send the fake. The fake dude writes to real dude. Hey, brah, I was just thinking that maybe you and I could go chill and hang here, check out these emails that I've exchanged with another bruh. And, like, so with your girl. Right. So he'll see. Or. Right with you with your girl. So then what'll happen is he'll see that she's gonna be there, and he'll show up and go, what are you doing here? And she's gonna say, I'm gonna be meeting girlfriends. But then he'll say, doll. And then he'll whip out all of the emails.

[A]

Sorry.

[B]

He'll whip out all of the emails that you had that he and you had exchanged with you.

[A]

Please stop.

[E]

That's.

[D]

Even though it's more diabolical.

[A]

And why are you helping her?

[B]

Yeah, I'm not. I'm just saying her way wouldn't work.

[C]

I just hope that's good. That's really good. I just. I don't know. 12 hours is, like, a lot of turnaround time and would have. He does something stupid, like confronts her on it. I, like, want him to see her there. You know what I mean? That might work.

[E]

Well, you're not gonna be able to control every thing.

[A]

That only happens in the movies. Yeah, these plans only work out flawlessly in the movies or on television.

[D]

In the movies, she would be dressed up in a costume behind the bartending and watching the whole thing happen.

[B]

Reading a newspaper that she slowly lowers to peer over.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

See what is happening.

[A]

Hey, Tina, you're on Q100.

[C]

Hey, guys. How are you?

[A]

All right, thank you.

[C]

My question is, if she's trying to do this anonymously, what's he gonna think when he gets this email from a personal. His personal email from someone knowing him and his girlfriend? He's gonna know that you know it's somebody he knows.

[A]

Well, yeah, but it doesn't necessarily have to be her. It could be anybody in his group.

[C]

Could be. But that all that sounds to me is like someone trying to set somebody up.

[A]

And it's obviously coming from a guy because he said, abrah.

[D]

Abrah.

[A]

I think.

[B]

I don't think she cares that it's. That it's like, it doesn't matter that he knows that somebody set him up. Like, I think her Thought is he'll be appreciative of that. And he never has to know it's her. That makes sense.

[C]

Yeah. And I could even do it, like, to avoid that. I could just be like. I could, you know, be like, hey, bro, you know, I don't like to get into your stuff, but another bro of mine was telling me me about this girl that he met, and when I went to her MySpace profile, it.

[D]

Was your girl bro violation on the overuse of bro.

[B]

Yeah. Just so you know, we're kidding about all the bro stuff. Like, I mean, like, one bro would.

[D]

Work, but 2 Bros is pushing it and 3 is way unbelievable.

[B]

Suffering from over bro.

[A]

Get a nasty case of over bro. When is the next step supposed to go down?

[C]

I was gonna do it this week. I wasn't sure, you know, but I guess I could make it happen a little faster. Now I'm gonna do it the way you said. I don't know. I just. I don't want it to. She has to show up, you know, otherwise, because once, once fake guy doesn't show up, the girl's not gonna show up again. Once fake guy stands her up.

[A]

If you say they're. If you say they're not right for each other, aren't they gonna break up anyway and you can be there for them?

[F]

Yeah, but this is gonna.

[C]

I just wanna have peace in the process. Life's short, man. We could die tomorrow.

[E]

Now, does it speed it up or. What if he doesn't respond? What if they work it out and then it makes them stronger?

[C]

Well, then it wasn't meant to be, but I think. I don't think they would work it out.

[B]

Anybody else wanna take it?

[E]

I can't.

[A]

Anyone? What?

[E]

That's all yours, my friend.

[B]

Set it free.

[A]

Will you call us after the next step here and let us know how it went?

[C]

I will. I will.

[A]

All right, we'll talk to you soon. Bye. Bye. Good morning, Q100.

[F]

Good morning.

[C]

I just wanted to let you guys.

[F]

Know that that actually works. I mean, it is. Sounds kind of a little bit psychotic, but I use it on my brother's baby's mama. What I did was tell her that meet me at this bar, you know.

[C]

We'Re gonna meet up.

[F]

And I had my brother standing right.

[C]

There waiting on her.

[F]

And then I've also done it to one of my friends, ex girlfriends, you know, I had her send me pictures and stuff. Then I took the messages and forwarded to him.

[C]

Devious.

[F]

I know, I know, I know.

[C]

So you're a serial thought it was hilarious.

[A]

You're.

[B]

You're.

[E]

You do this. You're like a serial MySpace person that.

[F]

Sets people up and has them caught.

[A]

Damn. Wow. I'm telling you, the Internet is. The world is not a better place since the Internet got damn alor. That damn alor.

[E]

That's all alor's fault.

[A]

The bird show.