03x04 - Jake & Rebekka

[bunniefuu]

♪ MTV ♪

[Travis] Tonight, we're in
Philadelphia

with Nygae and her boyfriend,
Sincere.

They've been in
a long-distance relationship

for eight months.

Alright...

[Travis] Even though they plan
to move in together,

Nygae still hasn't met anyone n
Sincere's life,

and she needs to know why.

[Nygae] He'll, like, disappear
after 10 P.M.,

and then I'll text him,

and then he won't text me until,
like, the next day.

[Travis] Sincere thinks he's on
a show

about the ballroom scene,

but we're here to find out why
he's hiding Nygae.

There's some sabotaging goin'
on.

Sabotaging?

Oh boy, this is a whole-a*s,
like, adult content site?

So, what is it?

The reason I haven't introduced
you to my family is because...

Whew...

I gotta sit back for this one.

[Travis] This is MTV's Help!
I'm in a Secret Relationship!

[upbeat music]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Ay, I'm not gon' lie ♪

♪ Every day it's lit,
I'm on fire ♪

Rahne, the amazing thing about
doin' this

is it brings us to some of
the most beautiful places

all around the country.

And it's brought us to
Philadelphia.

[Rahne] Philadelphia,
how gorgeous?

We have the Rocky steps right
here,

and I gotta say, I'm pretty
tempted to, to sprint.

But I don't want...

I don't wanna,
I don't wanna be outta breath.

I feel like we need to reserve
our energy,

because we definitely have
our work cut out for us.

Today we're here to help Nygae,

who's been in a relationship
with Sincere for eight months.

But here's the thing:

she's been hidden
their entire relationship.

[upbeat music]

[Nygae] I knew you was gonna be
doin' it like that.

You gotta do it from
behind the line.

So, the first time I saw Sincere
was at a ball in New York.

He was so cute, um,
I definitely liked his smile.

-Did I cheat?
-You cheated.

But he has a great body,
heavy on the great body.

Oh my God!

You gotta step over the line.

I live in Bronx, New York,

with my mom and
my special needs brother,

and Sincere lives in Philly.

Twice a month we will go
see each other,

whether that's me goin' to
Philly

or him comin' to New York.

Ny, you know I got this ball
comin' up.

Mind if I show you, like,
what I'm wearin'?

[Nygae] Yeah, let me see.

One of the things that me and
Sincere have in common

is that we're both in ballroom.

[upbeat music]

Ballroom was created by
the q*eer community.

They're very big on
the pageant world,

and as time has changed,

they have opened it up for
cisgender women like myself.

I am in the House of West.

I walk Women's Face
and also Female Figure.

Okay!

Sincere works for
the Haus of Alpha Omega.

Sincere is trans,
and he walks Trans Man Realness.

Alright...

When I'm with Sincere,
he's always makin' me laugh,

he's always makin' me smile.

There's really, like, never
a dull moment with us.

Oh, this feel nice, though.

After three months,
I introduced him to my family.

He has not done the same.

So, I'm thinkin' about us going
somewhere.

I bring my mom,
and you bring yours,

I think that would be cute.

And you said when?

This weekend?

I know I gotta work this
weekend,

and I know my mom work this
weekend.

-But she, but she's always busy.
-Next weekend, we'll do that.

I really do love Sincere,

and I really wanna make this
work.

I'm definitely ready to take it
up a notch

and make the move to Philly.

But, like, what is the issue?

-I'm busy, I'm...
-Right,

but if I'm important to you,
I should meet her.

I feel like if I do decide
to make this move,

I need to know why he's hiding
me.

Did I ever say, "Nygae, I'm not
takin' you to come meet my mom"?

I'm asking you when,
I'm asking you when,

and you cannot answer that.

If he doesn't stop doin' this,
I'm out.

I feel like before Nygae can
move,

we gotta get our girl some
answers.

So, she's at rehearsal right
now,

I say we go meet her,
and let's get to work.

[Rahne] Shall we knock
this one out?

-I see what you did there.
-[Rahne] Yeah!

-I see what you did there.
-[Rahne] I learn from you!

♪ She poppin', she know
she a sad b*tch ♪

-♪ She's poppin', lifestyle...♪
-Okay...

- ♪ She choppin', she know... ♪
-Is this it?

[Travis] This is it.

♪ She poppin',
she the whole package ♪

♪ Who is that girl?
Who is that b*tch? ♪

She said it's in the basement.

[Rahne] Ooh, thank you.

- ♪ I am that broad... ♪
-[Rahne] Ooh, I hear some music.

Oh, okay.
I see.

Yes.

[Nygae] Can y'all cut the music?

-Hi, how are you?
-[Rahne] How are you doin'?

-I'm Rahe, nice to meet you.
-Hi, Rahne.

-I'm Travis.
-Hi Travis, I'm Nygae.

-How are you?
-[Rahne] Great.

-Great.
-Great job, everybody.

-[Dancers] Thank you.
-[Rahne] Truly impressive.

The quad strength.
Really impressive.

Now, I know you said you were at
rehearsal...

-Yes.
-So, can you kind of explain?

Yes, so this is our,
my house members,

House of West.

They are here 'cause we're
getting ready for a ball.

That's amazing, I walked
a little ball one time.

Oh, okay!
Where'd you walk?

I walked Femme, Aggressive Face.

[All] Ooh!

-Years ago, years ago.
-Okay!

[indistinct]

It was, it was
a wonderful experience.

Um, is there a place that
we can go and talk?

Yeah, we can go right upstairs.

-Let's go.
-Awesome.

Well, thank you so much.

-Nice to meet you.
-Lady's gonna run practice.

Y'all, I'll be back, okay?

[laidback music]

[laidback music]

[Rahne] Okay.

Let me pull up a chair.

[Nygae] Yes, pull up a chair.

-Get comfy, get cozy?
-Right.

So, we are here.

[Both] We are here.

-You called, we answered.
-[Nygae] Yes.

-Thank you.
-[Travis] You're welcome.

I mean, we know a little bit
about what's going on

-with you and Sincere.
-Yes.

[Rahne] Um, but what would
help us

is if you'd take us through
the whole thing, top to bottom.

So, let's start with how
the two of you met.

Um, me and Sincere, we met at...

Well, technically, I saw him at
a ball.

Of course, I was physically
attracted to him first,

-so...
-Right.

I wanted to know, like,
who he was.

So, we was talking for a year
online,

um, because he lives out here in
Philly,

and I live in New York.

So, for a year, you two would
just, what,

like, like each other's photos?

-[Nygae] Yeah, it was more...
-Send each other DMs?

Yeah, like, it was very, like,
just online communication,

and, you know, I'm a little
aggressive,

so I'm like, "I wanna see you
in person."

So, we found out that we was
gonna be at the same ball,

and two days before that ball,
we decided to go out on a date.

Okay, and how did that date go?

[Nygae] It was very nice.

You know, we went to
Central Park,

I'm very big on nature.

He tapped into that,
and I appreciate that.

He was very caring,
he was a gentleman.

I've never had nobody open
a door for me.

So, it was very nice to sit back
like a princess that I am.

And I'm very big on having
deep conversations,

so I had wanted to speak on
Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

We spoke about police brutality,

and I definitely appreciated how
he listened to me,

and how he just understood where
I was comin' from

on how I felt, especially havin'

a younger brother who's Black,
as well.

Mm-hm.

So, we made our relationship
official

one month after we went on
our first date.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

And how has the long distance
been?

I feel like when you love
somebody, you know,

you just try to figure it out
and make it work.

We were traveling back and
forth, you know,

twice of the month.

Sometimes I'll come to Philly,
or he'll come to New York.

Like, where do you stay when
you're in Philly?

Um, I do stay with him.

-Got it.
-Okay.

Sincere has met my mom
and my little brother.

What do they think of Sincere?

Um, my mom definitely likes
Sincere.

Um, you know, my mom is a mom,

so she be like, "Girl, you don't
know how to pick 'em.

I'm tired."

But with Sincere,

she definitely felt, like,
a different vibe,

a different energy,

and I definitely value
my mom's opinion a lot.

In my past, I've been cheated
on, and, you know,

it's been a lot of lying.

So, I didn't wanna date for
a long time.

But when I met Sincere and
I saw him

and I felt that spark again
in myself,

I was like, "Okay," like,

"maybe I'm comin' out of
that dark place now."

That's amazing.

He has a very warm spirit
to him.

I feel like he's, like, my calm
to my craziness.

Um, sometimes we need that
balance,

and I definitely feel like
Sincere's my balance.

♪ Just you all day, all night,
just you ♪

♪ All night, all night, night ♪

-He sounds amazing...
-[Nygae] Yeah.

And it sounds like you have
a wonderful relationship.

I mean, obviously, we're here
for a reason.

Right, I wanna make sure that if
I do decide to make this move,

that it's the right one.

It's definitely gonna be a lot
because, you know,

my brother and my mom
depend on me.

We just gotta make sure that
we're doin' this right.

Um, I feel like, you know,
it's kinda strange

that I haven't met the family
yet.

Do you know anything about
his family?

Um, I know he's told me
that he's close with his mom.

Um, I know that he has eight
siblings,

-and I know he has cousins.
-Whoa.

But again, has not met none of
them.

So, that's huge, that's a lotta
people for you to meet.

-So much, so many people.
-[Nygae] Okay.

Now, with you two going to ba*ls

and, you know,
having a similar friend group,

what does that look like?

Normally at the ba*ls, I'll see
him and his friends,

I'll be like, "Okay,
this is a perfect time,

like, introduce me."

And he'll be like, "No,
they're about to walk."

He keeps it very, like,
separate,

'cause he feels like both of 'em
is messy,

and he doesn't want everybody in
our business.

He just wants to really in
private,

and I'm ready to be public.

[Both] Okay.

[Rahne] Are you posted on
social media?

No.

I'm just like, "But I'm posting
you."

So, you're posting him,
he's not posting you?

-Yes.
-[Rahne] Okay, gotcha.

It's ironic because you two

essentially started your
relationship on social, right?

-In a way, yeah, yeah.
-[indistinct] each other,

and likin' each other's photos.

Why not just post together,
as well?

Right.

I mean, are there any other
red flags that you've seen

in your conversations and
in his actions?

He doesn't take phone calls
around me,

he, like, he'll go in
another room.

And then I'll be like, "Why,
why do you do that?"

And he's like, "Oh,
I don't wanna be rude.

You know, I just wanna just have
a private conversation."

Who's calling?

Right, I don't know.

Also, sometimes, like,

he'll, like, disappear after


And then I'll text him,

and then he won't text me until,
like, the next day.

And he's like,
"Oh, I'm at work."

He works at the club at night.

Hold on, so, so once the clock
strikes 10 P.M...

-Yes, he disappears...
-[Travis] There's no more

-Sincere.
-There's no more Sincere.

-Sincere.
-There's no more Sincere.

And for the record, like,

what do you think could be
going on?

So, like, for instance, like,

when he disappears after


my mind is, like, givin',
"Oh, you're cheating."

Like, that's the first thing.
And he be like, "It's not that!"

You know, and I'm like, "Well,
what is it?"

So, you'll, you'll ask him,
"Are you cheating on me?"

Yeah, he's like,
"I'm not cheating on you."

He was like, "I, I promise,
like,

I'm really just working at
the club.

It's busy, like, I can't be on
my phone like that."

But I be goin' to the club,

and I be seein' the bouncers be
on their phones.

So...

Is there anything else?

Uh, well, maybe he doesn't want
me to know something

about what he actually be doing
at work.

He's probably living
a double life.

You know?
It's something.

Like, it's something you don't
want me to know about.

Maybe not somebody,

-but something.
-Something.

Yeah.

Now, obviously we are here to
help you,

and that involves diggin' into
your life.

-Yes.
-Digging into Sincere's life,

so it would be helpful to us if
you could

give us a couple names.

So, I definitely think you
should talk to

one of my best friends,
his name is Tyree.

Um, we're very close,
he definitely knows of Sincere.

-Okay.
-And then Lady's downstairs,

and you guys can talk to her
now.

She's definitely somebody that I
value a lot, um,

she's like my second mom.

However, though, she don't know
about me and Sincere,

so this is gonna be
a little surprise for her.

Okay, she doesn't know?

Yes, um, she's very protective
over me.

So, you know, I have to ease her
in, sometimes,

into my life
and what's going on.

Okay.

So, should, should we go
downstairs

-and talk to her right now?
-Yeah, of course.

-Alright, lead the way.
-[Nygae] Let's go.

[upbeat music]

Yes, damn!

[upbeat music]

Thank you, you guys take
a break.

-You guys did good.
-Bye!

Thank you!

This my second mama right here,
Lady.

-Hello.
-I'm Travis.

-Hello, Travis, how are you?
-How you doin'?

I'm Rahne.

-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, too.

Well, um, I'm not sure about
what Nygae here has told you

about why we're here.

We are actually working on
a show about relationships.

-Okay.
-She has been in a relationship

with someone named Sincere,

and your lovely daughter here
has reached out to us

because she feels like she has
been hidden.

Hasn't met any friends,
hasn't met any family,

and has not been posted on
social media.

Hm.

[dramatic music]

Does that take you by surprise?

It, it does, because we have
a certain type of relationship.

So, yeah, it takes me by
surprise.

But I know Sincere.

I don't have any issues with
Sincere,

but now we talkin' about
my daughter.

It seems like there, there's
a little bit of hesitancy.

[Both] Um...

My daughter, she, her focus has
been off,

and I think it might have to do
with the distraction...

-Okay.
-Of this new relationship.

And when you say her focus has
been off,

what does that look like?

So, she's missed several
practices,

she missed a major ball,

and so the distraction, for me,
makes me worry.

[tense music]

I don't think he's
a distraction.

But she has to continue what she
wants to do in

her ballroom career;

she has a goal.

And in order for
us to get to that goal,

there can't be no distraction.

Well, I only missed
a few practices because

I had to, you know,
help my brother.

It was nothin' to do with
Sincere.

If it's her brother, that's,
that's fine.

But I'm seein' somethin'
different.

[Travis] What do you mean by
that?

Okay, so, ballroom is very
political.

When Nygae walks into
a ballroom,

everything shuts down,
all lights is on Nygae.

And to have a cisgender woman

receive that type of attention
is big.

Nygae doesn't have the statuses
that Sincere has,

Sincere is legendary status.

What does legendary status mean?

Legendary status come from
walkin' consecutively

and winning five to ten years
straight.

-Oof, okay.
-[Lady] Nygae is on the way

to a legendary status.

Nygae has won multiple
categories for cash,

more than Sincere.

But missin' practices,
missin' a major ball.

Which would affect her status.

Absolutely, it would affect
her status.

I mean, Alpha Omega can never
beat the House of West

on the ballroom floor,

and Sincere may be tryin' to
sabotage that

so he can uplift himself in
ballroom.

Sabotaging?

I think that there's some
sabotaging goin' on.

Like, if he's the distraction,
he knows he's the distraction

and he's gonna take her off
her game?

Absolutely, and that's what's
been happening.

[Rahne] Coming up.

I seen somethin' in his trunk
that, you know,

it kinda didn't sit right
with me.

It's crossing over into
the 10 P.M. of it all.

What is this?
Like, you bamboozle me?

What is this?
Like, you bamboozle me?

You got people,
you know what I'm sayin',

meetin' up with me?

[dramatic music]

[Rahne] We're in Philadelphia
to help Nygae

get to the bottom of why
her boyfriend Sincere

is hiding her.

Her house mother, Lady,
just laid a crazy theory on us.

I think that there's some
sabotaging goin' on.

Sabotaging?

Absolutely, and that's what's
been happening.

[Rahne] And how you feelin'
about bein' in all this,

about the sabotage of it all?

I don't feel that way.

I don't feel that that's what
he's tryin' to do,

but, you know, from somebody
looking in,

that's maybe her perspective,

and I definitely respect
her opinion.

I actually value her opinion,
as well.

I mean, there's a reason why you
weren't upfront with her

-about your relationship, right?
-Yeah.

That's right.

-There is a lot of love here.
-[Lady] Yes.

And a lot of, uh,
care and protection.

-Absolutely, yeah.
-And it's about her happiness.

Where she was before in
her last relationship,

we're, we're tryin' to prevent
that from happening.

Thank you so much, Lady,
it was great to meet you.

-No problem.
-Thank you so much

-for havin' us.
-Thank you for your time.

-So nice to meet you.
-It was good meeting you.

-You're very welcome.
-Thank you, thank you.

-And, uh, we will be in touch.
-Nice to meet you.

-Thank you guys so much.
-We got her.

-Alright, take care of my baby.
-We got you.

[bass-heavy music]

[Rahne] Well...

What I will say is that

I respect the directness of
ballroom,

because neither Lady nor Nygae
are playin' any games here.

If it turns out that Sincere is
dating Nygae to sabotage,

-it kind of makes sense.
-[Rahne] It does.

She's missing events,
she's not going to practice.

It's like the competition of
it all.

-Yeah.
-Right?

Like, you have opposing houses,
maybe there's beef there,

and this is a way to kinda take
out the competition.

Now, the theories, right?

She specifically said,

"I feel like Sincere's living
a double life."

What the hell is goin' on
past 10 P.M.?

What is the double life?

[Rahne] And then, is he
cheating?

So, no contact after 10 P.M.
when you're away,

when we're together,
you're taking the phone

and leaving the room to talk to
someone.

Who is that somebody?

I wanna dig into
the social media

-of it all.
-Alright, about that time.

So...

-[Rahne] Alright.
-[Travis] Here we go.

[Both] Oh.

[Rahne] There's Sincere,
handsome.

[Travis] There's Sincere.

[Rahne] Okay, I get it!

-So, look, she's posting...
-Yeah.

Photos of her and Sincere,
and if you click that,

that takes us to Sincere.

[Rahne] Let's see what
we have here.

Ooh, look at that.
Okay.

[Travis] Heart emojis?

Now, Nygae said that, you know,

she's not anywhere on his
social media,

-that's clear, and it's all...
-Well, I mean, look.

-It's all very...
-[Rahne] It's thirst trap.

Thirst trap, "I'm single".

-Wait, go back real quick?
-Okay.

[Rahne] Thirst trappin'?

Looks like there's another,
there's another page.

-I'mma see if I can pull it up.
-I'mma go there.

This is a whole-a*s, like,
adult content site?

Oh, wait a minute.

You have to subscribe.

We definitely need to
dig into this.

Here's the thing,

does she know that he's posting
this stuff?

I doubt it, she didn't mention
anything like that.

It was ballroom and working.

[Travis] Is this what he's doin'
after 10 P.M.?

♪ Yeah, we all got secrets,
sorry you couldn't keep it ♪

[Travis] Yesterday, we uncovered

that Sincere is posting
explicit content,

but we still have a lot of
ground to cover.

We heard back from Nygae's
friend Tyree;

he wants to meet.

He's at the fish market and sad
he could meet there.

We're curious what he has to
say.

[Rahne] So, did you find out
anything on the content?

-Uh, lotta porn.
-Oh, okay.

-A lotta...
-Same for me, too.

A lot of adult content.

So, I think this is somethin'

that he does to make a lotta
money,

but essentially, does Nygae
know about this?

Brings me back to the 10 P.M.
cutoff of it all, right?

-What if after 10 P.M...?
-That's...

You know, Sincere is like,
"Gotta make this money.

Gotta do my thing."

Also, is he creating content
with other people?

Ooh, did you see anything like
that?

I didn't, but I gotta be
honest...

I mean, there's only so much you
can kinda click on

and, and, and look at.

I feel like we got thrown
a curveball, right?

Because this all started with
ballroom.

All of a sudden, we go online,
we click a link,

and now we're transported to
this world of explicit videos.

-Two very different worlds...
-[Rahne] Yeah.

And now they've intersected into
one.

-[Rahne] Collided.
-[Travis] I mean, look,

we got Tyree.

I say we go meet him right now.

[Rahne] Alright, let's do it.

Alright.

♪ Hey, hey, here we go ♪

There's the fish market.

Yep.

[Travis] Princess parking.

♪ I been woke since '88 ♪

♪ Put in arrest to get
the green ♪

[Rahne] Alright, wow.
Look at this.

Love it.

Why, why are they so small
compared to these ones?

Excuse me, are you Tyree?

[Tyree] Yes, I am.
How are you?

-Amazing.
-Hey, Travis.

-How are you, Travis?
-Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you, too.
-How you doin', I'm Rahne.

-Nice to meet you.
-[Tyree] Nice to meet you, too.

-[Rahne] Gettin' some crabs?
-Yes, yes, yes, the restaurant

is runnin' low, so I have to
grab some more, so...

Awesome, well, we appreciate you
makin' some time for us.

Just to give you some context,

Rahne and I host a show
about relationships.

-[Tyree] Okay.
-And Nygae has asked us

to come to Philly and try to get
her some answers...

-[Tyree] Okay.
-As to why she's being hidden

by her boyfriend, Sincere.

Can you tell us a little bit
just about how you know Nygae?

Uh, we met two years ago and
just clicked,

we've been inseparable ever
since, you know?

Did you two meet in
the ballroom scene, as well?

[Tyree] Yes.

-Yes, yes, yes.
-[Travis] Gotcha.

Through a mutual friend.

I'm sure that Nygae has confided
in you

in terms of her love life
and her heartaches.

-[Tyree] [chuckling] Yes.
-Disappointments.

And I'm curious if she's
confided in you about Sincere.

I've known Sincere, too,
for a while.

Uh, he's pretty cool.

Do you approve of Sincere dating
Nygae?

Oh, boy.

Alright, what's really going on?
The truth is about to come out.

I mean, I approve as long as he
just, you know,

he keeps it real with her.

You know, and he,
and he doesn't hurt her,

-every, everything'll be fine.
-Sure.

[Travis] Let me ask you this.

Rahne and I, we noticed that
Sincere's been creating, uh...

Adult content, let's put it that
way.

-Yeah.
-We were surprised,

because Nygae didn't tell us any
of that.

Would that be what you're
talking about?

Um...
Hm.

I think he needs to open up.
Um, like, um, uh...

Okay, so, I'm not for sure about
this...

But just from my observations,
you know,

like, me and him both bein' in
the ballroom scene, as well,

seen somethin' in his trunk
that you know,

it kinda didn't sit
right with me.

So, like, when you say you saw
something in his trunk,

what does that mean?

Okay, so...

I seen some, like, you know,
some essential massage oils.

-[Travis] Some massage oils?
-[Tyree] Yeah, massage oils.

Um, you know, I overheard
a couple of conversations.

What was, what was
the conversation?

Pretty much endorsin' how good,
like,

how good he is with his hands.

[tense music]

[Rahne] So, was this someone
else who had

received services, do you think,

and was basically givin'
a good review?

I wanna just, I wanna say yes,

but I don't have enough
evidence.

And so, what are you putting
together?

I feel like he's doing erotic,
sexual, like, massages

on the side.

So, people are,

are paying him
to perform erotic massages?

[Tyree] So, this is
my assumption

just based off of, like I said,
what I saw,

and then also conversation that
was overheard.

[Travis] So, when you see these
things,

I mean, do you ask Sincere,
like,

"Yo, what's the deal with this?"

Um, it's an assumption for me,

so I don't wanna just, like,
just come in like,

"Yo, like, why are you doin'
this?"

And he may not be doin' that,
and then I look stupid.

All the pieces aren't there yet,

and I don't wanna get Nygae
upset by...

So, so you haven't told Nygae
about this?

No.

I gave you guys a piece of
my mind,

-I was like, "Nah."
-We appreciate it.

-I was like, "Nah."
-We appreciate it.

Awesome, we'll let you go to
the restaurant.

-Alright, no problem.
-Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you,
thank you for your time.

-You have a great day.
-[Tyree] You, too.

[bass-heavy music]

Not good.

Not good at all.

I mean, we have
the online content,

but according to Tyree,
we're talking about real life.

Yeah, it's crossing over into
the 10 P.M. of it all.

Like, is this
the operating hours?

I think the only person that can
provide any clarity,

and quite frankly needs to
defend himself, is Sincere.

[Travis] I think we call
Sincere.

-Alright.
-Here...

-Here we go.
-Goes nothing.

[Sincere] Hello?

Hey, is this Sincere?

This is Travis, uh, I'm here
with Rahne,

and we're actually working on
the show

that you and Nygae are
a part of.

Yeah, how, how are you?

So, Rahne and I are actually
out right now

filming, uh, some things for
the show,

and we were wondering if you had
any time

to maybe sit with the two of us,

and we could ask you some
questions?

I mean, we can make any time
work, right?

We just really wanna ask you
some things.

Yeah, that, that's fine.
Why don't you do this?

Uh, maybe send us the address,
uh, of where it's best to meet,

and we will just catch you
before work.

Awesome.

-Great.
-Uh, we really appreciate it.

And yeah, we look forward to,
uh,

sittin' down and talkin'
with you.

Alright, have a good day.

[Sincere] You, too.

And what type of work?

Yeah, where you workin' at
tonight?

Where you goin'?

Is it the massage parlor?

[dramatic music]

♪ Oh, the truth will set free ♪

[Rahne] We're on our way to
confront Sincere

with what we've learned.

Hopefully he'll agree to sit
down with Nygae

and finally tell her
the real reason

he's been hiding her.

He dropped the pin,
we got the addy.

[dramatic music]

[Travis] Is that Sincere right
there?

[dramatic music]

-Sincere?
-Yeah, yeah.

-How you doin'?
-[Travis] Good, Travis.

-Travis?
-[Travis] Nice to meet you.

How you doin'?
I'm Rahne.

How you doin', Rahne?
Rahne, nice to meet y'all.

We appreciate you takin'
the time

and squeezin' us in.

No problem, Nygae told me
you guys

would be speakin' to me,
some questions about ballroom.

-[Rahne] Yeah!
-Somethin' like that.

Well, um, Sincere, I mean,

the reason why we are here
in Philly

is to make a show...

-Okay.
-[Travis] With you and Nygae.

-Right.
-Um, the truth is

is that it's not just about you
two in ballroom.

It's because of your
relationship.

Nygae has asked Rahne and I to
come here

to help her get some answers

because she feels like you've
been hiding her.

She hasn't met friends,
she's never met family,

and we've been tasked to figure
out why.

This is, like, I don't, y'all
springin' this on me, like,

I, like, I'm thinkin' this is
somethin' else,

and I'm walkin' into somethin',
like, completely...

Like, I'm blindsided.

-[Rahne] Yeah.
-You know what I'm sayin'?

I always told Nygae, like,

she's gonna meet my mama when
the time is right.

Like, I don't even know why
she's doin' all this.

I don't know why she called
y'all, like...

I don't...

I think a lot of it has to do
with

she has a very big decision
on the horizon, right?

-And...
-Okay.

[Rahne] She has her mom that
she takes care of,

her brother that she takes
care of,

and she loves you.

But she just feels like there's
no clarity, she's concerned.

That doesn't feel good.

We don't wanna, we don't wanna
screw up your relationship

-in any way.
-[Rahne] Mm-hm.

But I think the least you
could do

is be honest with
your girlfriend

and give her the answers that
she deserves.

Pffff... Nygae, man

Are you willing to sit down
and tell her the truth?

[tense music]

I'll, I'll see if she down
to have a conversation.

Yo.
Yo, what's, like, what is this?

Like, you bamboozle me
and you got people,

you know what I'm sayin',
meetin' up with me.

It's one thing,
you tell me it's one thing,

it's not, it's somethin' else.

I wouldn't even say that.

Alright, so, like, they,

they want us to have
a conversation today.

[Sincere] I guess I'll see you
tomorrow.

Alright, bye.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I think I've lost my mind ♪

[Travis] Sincere and Nygae
have agreed to

sit down face to face

so Sincere can finally come
clean.

Nygae's on her way from
New York to Philly

to finally get
the answers she deserves.

♪ My mind, sanity is
hard to find ♪

♪ I'm already... ♪

-Hey, what's goin' on?
-Good morning.

Good, you guys can come in.

[Rahne] I'll let you
lead the way.

-Okay, sure.
-[Rahne] Good to see you.

-[Travis] Good to see you.
-[Sincere] Got you.

You guys can have a seat
right here.

[Rahne] Alright.

♪ I think I've lost my mind ♪

Alright, so, have you
talked to Nygae at all?

Um, not since we had
the conversation yesterday.

Okay.

Well, I'm sure she's headed
our way.

So, Travis and I were...
[phone dinging]

Oh.

This might be here.
Okay, she's five minutes away.

Okay, so, she's close.

Um, I think I should probably go
out and meet her.

Cool.

-That's cool.
-Kinda set the tone here.

-I'll be right back.
-Alright.

[tense music]

[Travis] What's goin' through
your head right now?

Uh, my thoughts are, like,
a mile a minute.

it's just like, I don't
know how she gonna react,

I don't know what her, her vibe
or her energy about to be.

-Hi.
-[Rahne] Hello.

-How are you?
-[Rahne] How you doin'?

-How you feelin'?
-Can I give you a hug?

Yes.

Uh, good to see you.
How was the trip?

It was good.
Tiring, but I'm here.

Alright, well, how you feelin'?

[Nygae] I'm good, I'm okay.

[Rahne] So, today's the big day.

-Yes.
-Um, we're hopin' that

you get the truth.

I just want you to come in
with an open mind,

um, ready to listen,
and he's ready to talk.

-[Nygae] Okay.
-So, let's do it.

Let's go.

[tense music]

Alright.

[Nygae] Hey.

Hey.

-How you doin'?
-You can have a seat.

-Right here?
-Yeah.

[tense music]

[Travis] You know,
this conversation is

eight months in the making,

and, uh, you know, hopefully
this can be productive.

So, the first person that we
actually talked to was Lady.

-Okay.
-[Travis] Um, her house mother.

We know that since you two
started dating,

she's missed some rehearsals,
she's missed some events,

and Lady seems to think that,
you know,

her focus isn't on ballroom,
it's been on you.

She did seem to think that if
you were hiding Nygae

for a reason,

it would be because you are
essentially trying to

sabotage her ballroom career.

[tense music]

Uh, Nygae knows I support
her and her ballroom career.

Um, this, I'm legendary,

I wanna see her get
her legendary status,

so not the case whatsoever.

Um, I don't know why Lady
would think that.

Okay.

Now, the next person we talked
to was, uh, your friend Tyree.

Tyree saw something that gave
him concern.

He said that one time,
after a ball,

he saw that there were
massage oils

in the trunk of Sincere's car.

He also overheard Sincere
talking to someone,

and that person was
complimenting massage skills

that he had.

So, these things put together
made Tyree think

that Sincere's hiding you

because he is giving
adult massages

to make extra money.

Are you?

No, no.

Like, when he was helpin' me
move them boxes

after the ball,

my house father, he gets a lot
of stuff,

[indistinct] and stuff.

So, I was helpin' him transport
the oils.

About the phone call he heard,
that was the trainer.

I was about to get
my massage therapy license,

but I decided against it.

I never gave nobody no massage.

-Like...
-So, why would he say that?

That's your folks!

There, there was a poll,
Sincere,

that you put up online saying,

"Who would want me to come over
and massage them?"

Oh.

You've never gone and massaged
anyone from...?

No, no, no.

I wanna talk about
the social media of it all.

I think it's less about
the posts

and more about what you're
posting.

We found additional links
in your profile

that when you click them...

They're behind a paywall,
and there's adult content.

[tense music]

Why did you not tell
your girlfriend about this?

[tense music]

[tense music]

Um...

I didn't tell her 'cause...

I didn't wanna see that look
on her face

that she got right now.

[tense music]

[Nygae] This is a lot to
take in right now.

Like, I'm, like, truly, like,
"Whoa."

I can see if I was, like,
out here doin', like,

collabs with people.

It doesn't matter, though,
as I said,

you're still doing it.

[Travis] So, is that why you've
been hiding Nygae

from your friends and family?

[tense music]

It's not because any of
the things that they said.

[tense music]

So, what is it?

Uh...

[tense music]

The reason I haven't introduced
you to my family is because...

Whew...

The reason I haven't introduced
you to my family is because...

[tense music]

I haven't been completely honest
what I've been doin' for work.

I'm a correctional officer.

What?

I'm a, I'm a CO.
I'm a correctional officer.

[somber music]

I mean, you can't get in contact
with me after ten o'clock,

I'll be at work, can't have
my phone.

Whew.

I gotta sit back for this one.

[tense music]

I been doin' this for five years
now.

[Nygae] This is heavy.

'Cause you know how I feel about
this, like,

my cousin bein' mistreated,
police brutality...

And then, like, now to know
you've been lyin',

like, that even goes crazy.

About your work?

[tense music]

I didn't tell you because of
the conversation that we had,

and I just didn't want you
to, like...

Like, not give me a chance.

Just look at me for what I do
for work.

Right, but you know how I feel
about this.

Like, Breonna Taylor,
my cousin....

So, Sincere, you've been doing
this for a few years

before you even met Nygae?

[Sincere] Mm-hm.

So, when you met her and you two
had a conversation,

like, what went through your
head?

You were just like,
"I'm gonna...

I'm just not gonna tell her what
I do"?

At that point, I didn't think it
was the right time to tell her

after havin' that conversation.

[Rahne] Nygae, do you feel
comfortable

telling what happened with
your cousin,

so we can have an understanding
of, of why

you're bumpin' up against
Sincere's profession?

Um, my cousin was incarcerated.

He did a petty crime, and, um,
he was put in a holding cell,

and, uh, correctional officer
had beat him.

Um, we felt like it was because
of the color of his skin,

and now because of everything
else that's been goin' on,

the things that we've seen on
TV.

Um, you know,
the police brutality.

It's just, like,
an uneasy feeling.

No matter what it is, who it is.

Yeah, I mean...

We all saw, you know,
the video of George Floyd,

we saw and heard about what
happened to Breonna Taylor.

And it's a good thing to
acknowledge

how systems fail certain groups.

I understand what your family
went through,

and what we as Black people go
through.

But just 'cause I work gray

or whatever color the uniform
is,

don't mean I'm the same as
the other people in uniform.

I just want you to really look
at me, like,

the person you know I am
and not what I do.

I would say a good thing about
it is

I do sometimes get to reach
people,

and I, I could change somebody's
life in that job.

But you were never gonna tell
me, though?

I was, eventually.

What's eventually?

Eventually.

I feel like I've given you
so many opportunities

to always, like, just keep it
real with me,

even if it was bad stuff.

Like, I just feel like this is
a slap in the face right now.

[tense music]

Sincere, so is this why she
hasn't been allowed

to meet your family?

Yeah, [indistinct].

Because they know...

-[Sincere] Yeah, yeah.
-What you do?

And they take pride in it,

so it's somethin' that they like
to talk about and bring up.

Um, and I didn't want
the conversation sparked.

Does your family know about
Nygae?

Yeah, they know I have
a girlfriend.

I mentioned it.

Okay.

Nygae, you think that you can
get past him

being a correctional officer?

I don't know if I can get past
that just yet,

but I think for me,
it's the lying.

Especially with that piece of
information,

I felt like that's something you
could have definitely

had a conversation with me
about.

I feel like right now,
like, I can't trust him.

[tense music]

I just wanna say I apologize to
you.

I'm hopin' that once you process
everything, you will...

You'll be able to have
a conversation with me,

and we can get back to where we
were.

What does that mean for
the potential move?

[tense music]

I definitely think that I should
like, just pause on the moving.

Not saying, like,
I don't consider it,

but just put it on pause.

Because this is really a lot to
take in,

a lot to process right now,
so...

[somber music]

well, I think that we have done
our jobs here.

And we wish you both nothing but
the best.

[Nygae] Thank you.

[Nygae] Thank you.

Sincere, thank you so much for
being willing to sit down...

-No problem.
-[Travis] And be honest.

I'm just glad it's over now.

[Rahne] Now, Nygae, we know that
you traveled here.

-Yes.
-Um, would you like to stay?

What do you wanna do?

I definitely think I need to
stay

so we can have a conversation,

and we just gotta take it from
there.

Alright, well, I think that
wraps it up for us.

-Yeah.
-[Rahne] Um...

-Thank you.
-[indistinct], Nygae.

Thank you, appreciate you.

Thank you.

-It was so nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, too.

-Thank you.
-♪ And I shoulda ♪

♪ Seen this comin' ♪

[emotional music]

I mean, I guess that's a pretty
decent ending.

I don't know if it's
a happy ending just yet,

because I feel like they
definitely have

some tough conversations ahead.

-He still lied.
-Yep.

The relationship started off
on a lie,

and her trust is broken.

What it takes to gain
that trust back, time will tell,

and, you know, they have a lot
of work to do

to figure out what the future
looks like together.

-I'm rootin' for them.
-[Travis] Yeah.

-Hopefully they can work it out.
-[Travis] Yeah.

Alright

♪ I've been left to hide ♪

♪ Ah, ah ♪

♪ I've been left to hide ♪

[Rahne] Next time...

She says, "Oh, well, my friends
are in their single phase

and it wouldn't make sense to
bring a boyfriend along."

They broke up actually
five times I know of.

Five?

I'm sorry, what?

I'm not gonna lie,
I was on dating apps.

I don't think
I can do this anymore.

-I'm sorry.
-Babe...