Was just sent this in a group chat with this caption:
"Don't know if ye have heard this but its Johnny Bs ex from the catfish"
Enjoy!
I’ve read every word of both threads and literally just registered to comment because this VM changes a lot of my initial thoughts on the whole saga.
First off, without going into boring detail, some of my job involves in-depth research on shady stuff. I also occasionally speak with journos and one that I’m close to says it very well; if you think you’ve found a story, keep digging, and if you think you’ve gotten to the end, dig again.
With that insight into how I think about these kind of things in mind, allow me to give you my theory on one little part of the puzzle.
The VM from the ex starts out talking about how JB dropped her out of nowhere and with very little explanation. It’s also noted that he’s recently been on a three-day bender and didn’t come home. That sounds to me that he’s out with the same group, most likely a bunch of lads, and it’s not inconceivable to me that some of those lads are GAA players.
My current theory is that someone, or multiple folks on that bender brought up the catfish that had been doing the rounds and JB spotted an opportunity for a good story. Now I’m conscious that he’s not an investigative journalist but I imagine he’s smart enough to see that this could turn into an incredible story if he plays it right. Remember, he didn’t follow some random person he met on a night out “for work”, as he told his then GF. He followed someone that we now know doesn’t exist so he couldn’t have met her in real life.
So now some other things start to make sense. He finds out about the catfish that’s doing the rounds in the GAA community, he has to finish with his GF because otherwise he’s the cheating a$$hole and not the broken-hearted newly single guy that was duped, he gives it enough time before he initiates contact and then we know how it goes from there.
Some other little points that seem a bit clearer for me:
1. the lack of regard for his own safety going to that house; he knew Nikki would be the one opening the door so nothing to worry about.
2. the other Johnny protesting that he knew all along, getting fed up about being in Ryan’s with no sign of this mythical woman showing yet dropping his friend at the house without a backwards glance. I know some a$$holes, men and women, and even they wouldn’t leave until their pal was in the door. What if no one was there (given the history)? How was his pal going to make it home? I don’t know a single person that wouldn’t wait the 10 seconds to make sure someone opened the door before driving off.
3. So many things didn’t add up for me, and still don’t, but I felt that the podcasts were too scripted to really be this poor dope who got tricked by a beautiful woman. Sure, it happens. But that VM has pretty much convinced me that JB got wind of a good story and decided to chase it.
