Robert Brian Clark, who appeared on a memorable episode of Season 2 of Catfish, has tragically died, MTV News confirms this week. He was just 33 years old. Clark, who went by “Brian” on Catfish , was reportedly killed in a motorcycle accident in his native Jefferson County, Alabama. Local news reports described a tragic, harrowing scene. It’s not clear exactly how, but Brian was thrown from his motorcycle after he “became airborne while crossing a set of railroad tracks.” He was then hit by a car after landing on the highway. When the motorcycle came landed after being airborne, it landed on its side and Clark was ejected from the bike before being struck. The crash happened at 5 p.m. local time, and Clark was pronounced dead on the scene less than a half an hour afterward, at 5:20 p.m. Simply awful. According to reports, Brian passed away in December, but it appears that MTV only learned about, and mourned, his death this week. In 2013, Brian appeared on Catfish with Jesse Bettinger, a pretty blonde who was worried that Brian was not who he appeared to be. You can see a photo of the couple above. He’d been portraying himself as a Southern gentleman, but Jesse, unsure of who she was dealing with online, enlisted the Catfish crew. As she told Nev Schulman , she had been stood up by Brian once before, after driving hundreds of miles to meet up with him no less. Brian later revealed that he missed their rendezvous because he was arrested for possessing a sawed-off shotgun that very same day. Nevertheless, the online relationship continued, and when Brian and Jesse eventually met on Catfish , well, he was who he said he was. That’s right, he was telling the truth all along. A catch-up special later revealed to fans that they did not end up together, though they continued dating one another after the episode. It’s not clear why they broke up, but Brian, a former U.S. Marine, had struggled with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for years. Jesse, now the mother of a two-year-old son, posted a tribute to Brian on Facebook, along with the caption, “I’ll never forget our good times.” “Your struggle is finally over,” she said. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Died in 2017: In Memoriam Sadly, Catfish Season 2 star Ashley Sawyer died within the last year as well (Mike Fortunato, the man she met on MTV, is also deceased). Wednesday night’s episode of Catfish contained a short tribute to Brian Clark, with the network sharing its condolences and memories.
We’d seen Michael Brown on the last day of his life before. It’s been three years since Americans became familiar with the surveillance footage showing the 18-year-old pushing a convenience-store worker and snatching a pack of cigarillos minutes before encountering police officer Darren Wilson that fateful August day in Missouri. The Ferguson Police Department released… Read more »
Broccoli, the vegetable, is usually very polarizing: You either love it or hate it. “Broccoli,” the song by D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty, however, is pretty universally beloved. Almost one full year after its initial release, the song has gone four times platinum, racked up over 300 million streams on Spotify, and earned both D.R.A.M. and… Read more »
Back in December, the feud between Amber Portwood and Farrah Abraham came to a head when Amber’s fiance, Matt Baier, attacked Farrah’s dad during a Teen Mom: OG reunion special. The consensus among fans is that Matt was way out of line, but it seems the Abrahams shouldn’t hold their breath awaiting an apology. As you may have heard, Baier is publishing a memoir , because who wouldn’t want to read about the inspirational saga of a forty-something Teen Mom obsessive weaseling his way onto the show he loves? The book has received a lot of attention due to the baffling decision to feature a nude Baier on the cover, but we now know that what’s inside the tell-all is almost as cringe-worthy. Excerpts from Baier’s book keep popping up online, and while we assume the “leaks” are choreographed PR stunts, we’re not so sure why the book’s publishers think posting large chunks of the book online is a good idea. From what we’ve read, the horrendously-titled You Have No F–king Idea is a lot like Baier himself – by turns boring and revolting, and stuck on the idea that a tendency to over-share can serve as a substitute for a personality. The latest leaks help illuminate Matt’s beef with Farrah Abraham, aka the most confusing reality show feud of all time. Farrah is openly and objectively a bad person, so we should be on board with anyone who calls her out on her bullsh-t, but Matt is just as much of a shameless opportunist, and his trash talk mostly amounts to slut-shaming and petty name-calling: “Everybody who comes into contact with Farrah seems to have ‘victimized’ her,” her writes at one point, before blaming Teen Mom producers for the fact that he and Farrah’s boyfriend, Simon Saran, aren’t besties: “An MTV producer told Amber and I to [insult Saran],” Baier writes before adding: “He loves to hide behind his computer and talk sh-t about what a tough guy he is.” On the topic of Farrah, Matt has this to say: “Is she interesting to watch? No. She’s not some unique, polarizing figure with passionate opinions. She’s just mean.” He’s not wrong. But then, as he always does, Matt takes it too far: “Farrah is going to be a sad, wretched excuse for a former television celebrity … Her family is going to turn their backs on her.” “They’re desperate for attention and fame … Think about the future Abrahams.” Matt then takes a break from conjuring up a sad future for Farrah to claim that she’s had too much work done for him to “find her attractive” and imply that she’s lying about being raped by James Deen . Matt, you went and made us side with Farrah Abraham. And we’ll never forgive you for it. View Slideshow: Farrah Abraham: A Ridiculous, Sometimes X-Rated Life in GIFs
Shots Fired, TV’s most direct response to Black Lives Matter this spring, begins by flipping your expectations. In small-town North Carolina, a shell-shocked black cop (Tristan Wilds) stands a few feet away from the unarmed white suspect he’s just gunned down. Premiering tonight (March 22) on Fox, Shots Fired is an ambitious attempt to fuse… Read more »
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