Yesterday we reported on MTV’s Catfish creator Nev Schulman’s new relationship advice show on Facebook with his wife of just one month, Laura Perlongo. These two have been together a total of two years and are still in the honeymoon period. I wondered what this over the top very demonstrative couple could actually teach people about relationships other than how to make yours look perfect by using social media. In a new interview with Page Six, Nev and Laura really dish the dirt on their relationship. Normally I wouldn’t report on these people two days in a row but I was pretty surprised by the stuff they revealed. They admitted that they “hooked up with another couple” and said they want to remove the stigma around that however they don’t classify themselves as in an open relationship. Nev also revealed that he broke up with Laura early on, just five weeks after they met. She said she responded to that by ghosting him and claimed that it worked and she recommends it. I guess these two are just as messed up as everyone else and they’ll tell you all about it. Here’s part of their interview with Page Six:

“We were dating for five weeks, just over a month, and I sort of freaked out,” Schulman, 32, told Page Six on the phone Wednesday while discussing their new ATTN: show titled “We Need to Talk.” “We were getting serious fast and I wasn’t sure if I was ready for that so I kind of said some things that were a little … I sabotaged it … I kind of broke up with her.”

A self-described “big fan” of “ghosting,” Perlongo said she disappeared on a pre-planned trip to Europe for two months, which left the “Catfish” host regretting his decision.

“If you want to be in my life, you can’t be trifling,” added Perlongo on the same call, laughing. “I think ghosting works. It’s worked in my life, so I’m a big fan. Some people think it’s not nice, but I think sometimes love isn’t nice.”

On “We Need to Talk,” which streams on Facebook, Schulman and Perlongo will answer audience questions about relationships and dating in the digital world.

Using their own experiences to navigate each episode, the couple will delve into a variety of tough to discuss topics, including open relationships and the stigma surrounding them, as they revealed they have hooked up with another couple.

“It wasn’t a big thing and it doesn’t define our relationship,” Perlongo explained, “but even after that now you’re labeled as those people who hooked up with another couple. I understand the fear of the stigma, but I think on the other hand because it’s commonplace to have these questions.”

She continued, “We want more people to come out and say, ‘We’ve done this’ or, ‘We want to try it’ because that kind of takes the stigma away … there shouldn’t be a stigma.”

Schulman acknowledged that there can be risks if a relationship isn’t strong enough.

“It’s a fun idea … But if your relationship isn’t great or if, for some reason, you feel like you need to sort of open your relationship to improve your relationship, it won’t work,” he advised. “It only adds problems. Just be careful with it.”

Navigating the world of dating apps can provide its own set of complications — people becoming “disposable” because of the endless options available — but both Schulman and Perlongo remain optimistic.

“You go to war a little bit on the apps, it’s true, but if I can give any piece of advice to anyone it’s that give second chances … once in a while,” she told Page Six. “I think a lot of people because of the disposability … we tend to cut people off too quickly. Stick around a little longer.”

[From Page Six]

They gave some decent advice at the end but the takeaway for me was that these people are shameless and perfect for each other. I’m sure they’re dysfunctional as hell but they’re on the same page with that. As for “reducing the stigma” around having threesomes and foursomes, I agree with not judging people for their preferences about monogamy but it’s difficult for me. I believe monogamy is a choice you make. If both partners want to bring in other people and it’s not one forcing the other that’s ok, but I doubt it’s that clear cut in practice. I’ve heard the argument that monogamy falls on a spectrum that’s similar to gender attraction but I have a hard time with that, likely because I’m firmly on one side of that spectrum, but also because I think its disrespectful to LGBTQ people. Anyway I think that bringing in other people is an asinine idea but I’m old and set in my ways.

As for breaking up early on when one side gets gun shy – isn’t that something you should discuss? Like if you really like the person be vulnerable, ask to talk and make adjustments. Breaking up and/or ghosting them sounds like you don’t give a sh-t. That’s a power play not a communication tactic. Does it seem like Nev and Laura are creating a job so that they learn better communication skills? Because counseling would be easier.