A STAR from MTV has tearfully discontinue her immense world amusement aft six years.
The TV presenter revealed the news successful a agelong affectional connection connected her Instagram page.
Kamie Crawford, 31, is champion known arsenic the co-host of Catfish: The TV Show.
She archetypal fronted the fashionable MTV format successful 2018 erstwhile she was 1 of the impermanent presenters pursuing the departure of Max Joseph.
The TV prima was aboriginal selected to articulation Nev Schulman full-time arsenic his replacement for the eighth edition.
However, Kamie took to her illustration grid with an effort to denote her departure from the long-running series.
Two graphic squares were posted to her 862K followers, which read: "After six years of surviving my implicit imagination moving connected Catfish - 1 of the astir iconic shows successful television history, it is with a dense bosom and overmuch information that I person decided to determination connected to my next adventure.
"When I got an email successful 2018 from an implicit alien astatine Catfish's accumulation section asking if I wanted to impermanent co-host 2 episodes of 1 of my favourite shows of each time, I ne'er would've imagined the life, love, memories and worldwide enactment that it would've awarded me.
"I americium truthful grateful for each azygous infinitesimal spent travelling the country, gathering truthful galore of you and helping radical find emotion - whether that beryllium from a spouse oregon uncovering caller ways to emotion themselves a small spot more.
"My ma has ever taught maine that, 'People whitethorn not ever retrieve what you said, but they'll ever retrieve however you made them feel."
Although Kamie is bittersweet to permission the deed amusement behind, she thanked her fans arsenic she revealed she wants to embark connected a caller challenge.
The presenter admitted that though the alteration successful her beingness is "hard," she present has antithetic goals and ambitions that she wants to purpose for successful her life.
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She continued: "The outpouring of emotion that I person from a regular ground from Catfish fans astir the satellite lets maine cognize that I person done what I've ever intended connected doing, which is to permission each country a small spot brighter, warmer and safer than I entered.
"Thank you for wrapping your arms astir maine and accepting maine with welcoming arms.
"Change is hard but your acceptance and emotion made it truthful overmuch easier to capable immoderate already beauteous large shoes.
"I americium arrogant of the enactment we've done and the interaction I've near and I americium everlastingly grateful to Nev, Critical Content and MTV for this erstwhile successful a beingness accidental and changeable astatine a imagination I've been moving towards since I was 19 years old."
Catfish's astir shocking moments
Spencer & Katy
In play five, a antheral named Spencer believed that helium was successful a narration with American Idol judge, Katy Perry. After talking to a pistillate online for six years, helium adjacent brought an engagement ringing for her. In the end, helium was talking to a miss named Harriet who lived successful the UK. However, Spencer did not judge the prevarication erstwhile the hosts brought Harriet implicit to the states. Instead helium thought it was an elaborate gag that arsenic enactment connected by Katy Perry, and helium adjacent continued to connection Harriet aft the show.
Antwane & Tony
Back successful bid three, Antwane reached retired to Nev and Max for assistance aft embarking connected a three-year online relationship. He enlisted the assistance of his relative Carmen and unneurotic the caller quartet went connected a travel to look for the existent idiosyncratic down the identity. In a shocking twist, Carmen outed herself arsenic the catfisher. She wanted to get revenge for a body-shaming incidental years earlier wherever helium called her "a abdominous ass Katie Price".
Artis and Jess
Nev and Max met a feline called Artis who was progressive successful a romanticist narration with a miss called Jess, oregon truthful helium thought. He was already progressive successful a romanticist narration with idiosyncratic other who helium had children with. However, helium inactive carried connected talking to idiosyncratic who claimed she was a exemplary and helium reached retired to Catfish for answers. It turned retired Jess was successful information a antheral called Justin. But Justin thought of himself arsenic an online crusader arsenic helium taught unknowing men a acquisition connected cheating by catfishing them successful return.
Kristina & Faith
It was a analyzable concern with Kristina erstwhile she wrote to Catfish. She was talking to a pistillate online called Faith, contempt her engagement to different pistillate called Sami. The brace met successful a chat country and Faith ne'er disclosed either her surname oregon appeared connected video chat. In a immense twist, it turned retired that Faith was really Sami successful disguise, Kristina's spouse each along.
Kamie added: "I person truthful galore caller dreams present and though I'm penning this with tears successful my eyes (y'all cognize I'm a h2o motion astatine the extremity of the day).
"I americium excited for what's to travel and I'm adjacent much honoured that I get to instrumentality you each with me.
"Thank you a cardinal gazillion times Catfish - I LOVE YOU!!!! BOCK, BOCK, BYE FOR NOW!!!!"
Aside from Catfish, Kamie is known arsenic the big of the deed Paramount+ show, 'Are You The One?'
She has besides hosted Ex On The Beach, arsenic good arsenic her ain podcast called Relationsh*t.