02x10 - King & Valerie

[bunniefuu]

No!

♪ Yeah, I've been hidin'
in plain sight this whole time ♪

[Travis] You've met the love
of your life.

I looked in her eyes,
and I just saw my other half.

[Rahne] But they're hiding
a massive secret...

You.

Have you ever met anyone
in his family?

No.

He blocked me from
his social media.

I need to meet someone in
your life.

[Rahne] I'm Rahne Jones.

[Travis] And I'm Travis Mills.

[Rahne] We help desperate people
who are being kept secret

find out why.

Why are you hiding me?

I need answers, or this is it.

[Travis] Will relationships
survive...

How could you do this to me?

I had to call these people
to help me!

[Travis] ...when faced with
the truth?

[Lisa] Oh, hell no.

I can't do this.
I can't.

[Rahne] Just one second.
Hey, hey, hey...

Get the [bleep] outta my house!

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

[Travis] Tonight, we're in
West Palm Beach, Florida

with King, a DJ,
and his girlfriend, Valerie,

a makeup artist.

They're madly in love,

but King feels like
he's being hidden,

and he wants to know why.

On top of that,

I don't even know
where she lives.

Wait, what?!

[Travis] Valerie thinks King's
on a DJ competition show.

But we're here to get King
the answers he deserves.

There was a leash around
her neck,

and she was being drugged
around.

I see Valerie's car.

It looks like she's sleeping
in there.

What if she never even
broke up with her boyfriend?

The real reason that
I've been hiding you...

♪ We don't get tired ♪

♪ We get fired up ♪

♪ Whoa man, get fired up ♪

-Rahne...
-Travis, look where we are.

We're in West Palm Beach!

[Rahne] The Sunshine State,
Florida.

-[Travis] It's beautiful.
-Have you ever been here?

I haven't. I've been to Miami,
I've been to Tampa,

I've been to Orlando, but...

I've never been to
West Palm Beach.

-Have you?
-I actually have.

We were kinda shocked by
the nightlife here.

We weren't expecting it,

which is kind of fitting
as to why we are here.

Because we're here to help a DJ.

[Travis] Yeah, King is being
hidden by

his girlfriend, Valerie.

Which, it's crazy that he's
the one that called us,

because being a DJ, he spends
a lot of time in nightclubs.

-The most important...
-He's the life of the party.

It feels like he would be
the one that's hiding her,

but it's completely opposite.

What?!

[King] After me and Valerie
had our first date,

we were literally inseparable.

Valerie is just amazing.

OMG, I was tryin' to have
a moment with you!

She's very sweet,
she's very bubbly.

She's super confident.

Valerie doesn't really care
what other people say.

You know, you're always
so true to yourself.

-I just, I love that about you.
-See, I appreciate that,

because I've never really had
somebody accept me

the way that I feel like you do.

No matter how hard I tried
in my past relationships,

it never worked out in my favor.

But Valerie will treat me

in such a very supporting
and loving way.

Winner takes all?

Wait, no, if I win...

I get a kiss.

But it's been about a year
into our relationship,

and I still haven't met
her family.

I haven't seen Valerie's house.

I have no idea where
Valerie lives.

So, when do you think I can
maybe come over for dinner?

Maybe we could try inviting
your family out again?

I don't know, really.
I'd have to see.

She's always making up
these [bleep] excuses

as to why I can never see them.

I was supposed to meet them
months ago.

It still hasn't happened yet.

It just hasn't happened because

it's been really hard
to make the actual plan!

Valerie doesn't want me to know
certain things about her.

It's just, it sucks.

If Valerie doesn't come clean,

I don't think I can continue on
with this relationship.

They've been together
for a year,

he's not met anyone in her life.

So, something is off.

[Travis] I say we go
meet up with King.

He's actually setting up
an event right now.

And we can hear from him
what's really goin' on.

♪ It's been in your dreams ♪

♪ You know what I mean? ♪

♪ I do it right in the pocket ♪

♪ I'm goin' up like ♪

[Rahne] Okay.

-Are you ready?
-I am.

♪ Do it, do it just like that ♪

[Travis] He said he's up on
the roof.

♪ I'm beyond
your comprehension ♪

-[Travis] King.
-[Rahne] Hi!

[Travis] How you doin'?
I'm Travis.

Hi, nice to meet you, Travis.

-How you doin'?
-Hi.

[Rahne] I'm Rahne.
Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you guys, yeah.

It's a pleasure to have
you guys out here today.

-[Rahne] You got a nice setup.
-Yeah, definitely.

I'm just, you know, setting up
my speakers.

I'm getting ready to, you know,
plug in.

-Awesome.
-That's amazing.

-[King] Thank you.
-Do you have

a few minutes to talk to us?

Yes, definitely.

So, first and foremost, King,
how long have you been DJing?

So, I've been DJing for
about six years now.

-Nice!
-Yeah.

♪ Go on and make my day ♪

♪ It's a good life ♪

How did you meet Valerie?

It was at the end of 2021,
I was at an anime convention.

And my friends were manning
a booth,

so I went to go help 'em out.

And the most beautiful girl
passed by,

and I decided to make
conversation.

[music]

She was just amazing
and very interesting.

Her bubbly personality,
and she was so sweet.

However, while we were talking,

her boyfriend was actually
looking for her.

So, hold on.
So, you're talkin' to Valerie...

and then her boyfriend
comes up?

Her boyfriend comes up.

So...

Before she leaves, I'm like,
"Hey, you know,

we had a great conversation.

Let's exchange numbers,
let's keep in contact."

So, I thought,
"Let me at least make a friend."

-Yeah.
-We kept things very innocent,

we were just sendin' each other
pictures.

Just on a friendly level,

because we're just getting to
know each other.

Then, as we're talking,
probably two months in...

I come to find out that
she's actually single.

Oh!

I decided, "Hey, you know,
you only live once.

I should probably ask her out
for a date."

And she agreed.

So, you were in
the friend zone,

you saw your opportunity
to get out,

-and you took it.
-[King] Yes.

After that, we were pretty much
a thing.

We're goin' out, goin' on dates.

Just continuing to see
her amazing personality.

She comes to my DJ gigs,

and, you know, definitely


We're pretty much inseparable.

♪ For you ♪

♪ It's comin' like a fire,
so lift your hands up ♪

Well, it sounds really sweet
and romantic.

Now, obviously, we are here
for a reason.

Yes.
So...

We're already coming into a year
of our relationship.

And so I figured, "Hey, maybe
it's time to meet

your side of the family."

But I still haven't even
met them yet.

She would always make
these excuses,

"Oh, you'll, you'll meet them
soon."

Just kinda brushing it off.

On top of that, I don't even
know where she lives.

-Wait, what?!
-[King] Yeah...

You don't know where she lives?

I have no clue.

She won't let me pick her up
from her house.

She's also blocked me off
of social media.

Now, King!

Yeah.

Wait, no, when did this happen?

[King] At the beginning.

[Rahne] That wasn't
an immediate red flag?

That was a little bit of
a immediate red flag.

But the way that she had
explained it, you know,

-my birthday was coming up...
-Oh, I gotta hear this.

[Travis] I gotta hear this.

So, my, my birthday was
coming up.

You know, she blocked me off

so that she could post it
on her stories,

get everything ready.

But after that,
she never unblocked me.

[Rahne] And you've been
blocked...

-[King] Ever since.
-This entire time.

Have not been unblocked.

[Rahne] What do you think is
the reason why she's hiding you?

[King] Well, Valerie's
a makeup artist.

And she works with a local band.

They're actually getting ready
for a tour,

for probably about nine months.

And so, when I ask her,

"Hey, like, are you going on
this trip?"

And you know, she replies,
"I don't know."

I'm sitting here thinking,
you know,

maybe she's afraid that
we won't be able to commit

to a long distant relationship.

[Travis] I have a question.

You know, you meet Valerie,

she's in a relationship
with someone.

Do you know, like, anything
about her prior relationship?

How serious it was,
how long they were together?

Who broke up with who?

We did talk about
her past relationships.

She was, for one, you know,
breaking up with, with them.

So, she's the one who's ended
all of her past relationships?

[King] Yes.

Is it, you know, a possibility

where I might get broken up
with?

Maybe she's afraid to take
our relationship

the next step further.

Well, I'm sorry that
you're goin' through this.

I mean, no one deserves to be
put in this situation.

-That's right.
-To be hidden by someone

that claims to love you.

And I'm really, really sorry,

and we are gonna do our
absolute best

to get you the answers that you
need.

Thank you.

We're also gonna do
a deep dive on her socials.

-Okay.
-[Travis] You might be blocked,

-but we're not, so...
-Yeah.

[Travis] We're gonna start
investigating.

I really thank you guys
so much for the help.

[Travis] We'll be in touch.

So good to meet you.

All right.
Pleasure.

All right.

All right, King.
Take it easy, man.

[King] All right, thank you.
You, too!

-[Travis] Okay.
-[Rahne] Oh, boy.

[Rahne] Red flag
after red flag...

[Rahne] Just hoist it
on a flag pole, poor thing.

♪ Crazy, I get crazy ♪

[Rahne] Now, we have
a sweet guy...

who is extremely committed to

this woman that he's in
love with,

and wants to take it to
the next step, right?

And yet, he's kinda stuck
in this limbo.

It's like, you don't know where
your girlfriend lives?

-Right!
-[Travis] You're not allowed

to pick her up, like...

You, you don't know anything
about her.

Not only that, you met her
when she had a boyfriend.

[Rahne] Right.
So...

I mean, what are his theories,
right?

He...

thinks that maybe she's about to
get this job,

going on tour with the band
for nine months,

and a long-distance relationship
might not work.

Maybe she just doesn't wanna
go down this road,

and get into
a really serious relationship.

He said that in all of
her previous relationships,

she's been the one to end it.

Maybe she has commitment issues.

I think we need to take a look
for ourselves

at what King has never been
able to see.

[Rahne] The social media.

Because, like, how do you block
someone...

from the very beginning?

Obviously that there's something
that she's tryin' to hide.

So, I say we dive into it.
He sent us the social.

King sent it to us,
but he ain't seein' it.

Here we go.

[Travis] Okay, so,
she has a car.

[Rahne] Oh, there it is.

[Travis] All tricked out,
it's pink.

She's dressing up as anime.

[Rahne] Yeah.
She's adorable.

-Let's go to her...
-[Rahne] Look at that one.

[Travis] Not safe for work link.

[Rahne] Okay...

Oh, boy.

But we have to
subscribe.

Let's do it.

Oh, okay, Valerie.

- Okay, what?!
-[Travis] Okay, she's showin'...

That's a*s.

[Both] "Imagine bein' lucky
enough to walk behind me."

[Rahne] I know that's right.

Oh...

"I wanna get [bleep] with
a [bleep],

break it, and watch me
[bleep] out."

-[Travis] Okay...
-I'm speechless.

I mean, look, there's, like,
posting crazy [bleep]

-on the internet, right?
-[Rahne] Yeah.

This is taking it to
another level,

and I don't know if the guy
that we just met up there

even knows any of this
is going on.

[Rahne] I...doubt it.

I don't know what
we're in for, Travis.

[Travis] Coming up.

I saw somethin', and I was kinda
blown back for a second.

I was like, "Wait, wait,
wait, wait."

There was a leash around
her neck,

and she was bein' drugged
around,

and it was just
very embarrassing.

I see Valerie's car, it looks
like she's sleeping in there.

[Rahne] Does that mean
possible homelessness?

We saw some not safe
for work content.

This is a lot to take in.

There is more.

[music]

[music]

♪ Can't nobody do it like me ♪

♪ Do it like me ♪

♪ Do it like, do it like me ♪

♪ Can't nobody do it like me ♪

[Travis] We're in
West Palm Beach,

helping King figure out why
his girlfriend, Valerie,

has been hiding him
for the past year.

King asked us to meet up
with his friend Alland,

who he knows from
the local club scene,

to see if he's seen or heard
anything about Valerie.

You know, another thing that
we keep goin' back to is

the whole fact that she had
a boyfriend

when she met King.

What if she never even broke up
with her boyfriend?

-Right.
-[Travis] And what if

she's been kind of dating
this guy

while she's dating King?

She could potentially live
with him,

that's why she doesn't want him
to ever pick her up

at her house.

She doesn't wanna introduce
King to her family.

Maybe boyfriend knows about
the other pages,

and is okay with it.

Like, there's just so
many unanswered questions here.

♪ It's right now ♪

[Crowd] Go, Alland, go Alland!
Go Alland, go Alland!

[Travis] They're literally
shouting, "Go Alland."

[Rahne] That's our guy.
That looks like fun!

Yeah, you wanna join?

I mean...

Go Rahn', go Rahn'.

Okay, that's, that's all I got,
that's all I got.

How you doin'?
I'm Rahne.

-Good, nice to meet you.
-[Travis] Hey, man, I'm Travis.

How you doin'?

I'm good, I'm good.
What's goin' on?

Nothin', I mean...

What, what's goin' on with you?

[Alland] Me and some friends,
we link up sometimes,

and we just dance it up.

[Rahne] [indistinct],
I like your moves,

but thank you for kind of
allowing us to,

to meet with you,
and interrupting everything.

But is this a good time
to chat a little bit?

Yeah.

You know that King contacted us.

Rahne and I do a show with MTV

about people who feel like

they're being hidden by their
partners.

So, you know Valerie.

Yeah, I met her a while back.

They seem like a perfect couple
to me, in my opinion.

Okay.

Has King confided in you that
he's blocked on social media?

Yeah, I think something's wrong
with that, yeah.

So, we were wondering if
you had any idea about this.

Well...

I mean...

I saw somethin'.

[Travis] What did you see?

[Alland] One day, I was just
home, you know, doin' what I do.

Adult time, you know
how that goes.

You know.

-My man's honest.
-All right, all right.

So, I was scrollin' and
I saw a thumbnail.

And I was kinda blown back
for a second,

I was like, "Wait, wait,
wait, wait."

So, I clicked it just to be
sure.

And it looked like Valerie.

When I clicked it, it was
a leash around her neck,

and she was being drugged
around, and...

[Rahne] So, there was somebody
else in the video?

Yeah.
It wasn't King.

-Was it Valerie?
-But it was Valerie?

I can't say it was her,
but it looked like her.

And so, when you saw this video,

you were just,
you just tabled it?

You didn't wanna...?

Nah, I mean, if someone were
to tell him,

it would be her, not me,
in a sense.

I mean, that's my boy, but...

it's a hard thing to kinda
jump on.

I think he would want to know
if he doesn't know.

I think he wouldn't be
too happy about it.

Dude, thank you so much.

Great to meet you, man.

-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you guys.

[Travis] All right, man.
Have a great day.

You, too!

Who knows if King even, one,
knows about the content.

Two, knows that she's posting
things on the internet

that your friends are seeing.

-[Rahne] Yes.
-[Travis] And it's her

with another guy.

Right!

-Just a mess, a mess.
-[Rahne] Convoluted.

And going back to what you were
saying,

what if the ex-boyfriend...

Is the guy in the video?!

Could be!
Could be!

[music]

[Rahne] This investigation
is heating up.

We spent the morning reaching
out to King's friends,

and heard back from Nana,
a good friend of King's

who says he saw something
that he wants to share.

So, we're on our way to meet
him.

This is for you.

Appreciate you, thank you.

[Rahne] Now, my question to you,

like, bringing it all back to
the leash on the neck of it all.

Do you think somethin' like that
is...

cheating?

I think if King doesn't know,

and they are in a committed,
monogamous relationship...

it would be betrayal.

-Right?
-Yeah, period.

[Travis] Because here is King,

who thinks she's
a makeup artist,

she's about to go on tour
and do makeup.

-[Rahne] Yeah.
-And then on the side, she's...

creating content with
other creators.

-[Rahne] Yup.
-Doing sexual acts on camera.

There's a lot going on here
that we still don't know

and can't piece together,

and, I mean, we still have
a long road ahead.

And I say, the next stop is
Nana.

♪ I was hype,
it was life in the back, back ♪

♪ Took a mic, no rights,
had the right tracks ♪

-[Rahne] All right, let's do it.
-[Travis] Let's go meet Nana.

[Rahne] Night life.
Night life.

[Nana] Hey.

-[Rahne] Nana?
-Yes.

How you doin'?
I'm Rahne.

Thank you guys so much
for comin' out.

[Rahne] No, thank you.

[Travis] Thanks for agreein'
to meet with us.

I mean, I see people are very
ready to party,

so we thank you for takin'
the time out.

[Travis] King hit us up.

Rahne and I help people
in relationships,

and we'd like to know from
you...

How do you know King,
how do you know Valerie?

And like, what's your
perspective

on King and Valerie's
relationship?

King and I have been close
since middle school.

And so, I met Valerie
a few times.

And when we're in person,

they seem to kick it off
amazingly.

But I notice that there have
been a few times

where Valerie has gotten
a bit avoidant

when it comes to King asking
to meet the family.

And he's been feeling a little
bit insecure about that.

[Travis] I guess,
long story short,

why do you think Valerie
would be hiding King?

I have noticed something
that caught me off guard.

So, this one particular night,
we're all at the club,

when Valerie just needs to
go home early.

King and I were partying
'til sunrise.

And so, as I'm closin' up
the club,

I see Valerie's car.

Her favorite color's pink,

and so it is practically
impossible

-not to notice this car.
-[Rahne] Yeah.

We've seen the car on
her socials, too.

I went over to her just to
like, knock on the door, tap,

just check in and make sure
she's all right.

And while looking in, it looks
like she's sleeping in there.

She obviously seems rattled
to see me,

but she tells me that
she's all right,

she was just tired and
about to head off to work.

But then later in that day,
I see her car at the same spot.

Was she still in the car?

Yes.

[Rahne] Does that mean
possible homelessness?

Which would explain why
she won't let him pick her up

from her house.

Have you told any of this
to King?

[Nana] No, I haven't.

Why?

I believe that if that is
the case,

that's something for her
to tell him, not me.

-[Rahne] Okay, yeah.
-Like...

I want to at least respect that.

Awesome, Nana, it was so good to
meet you.

Thank you so much, man.

-Yes.
-All right.

Have a good night.

-You, too.
-Buh-bye.

Listen, this is a lot.

I mean, I'm just a little
confused, right?

I think we really need to
really talk to Val

and see if she wants to be
honest with King.

Because it needs to come
from her.

-[Rahne] Exactly, yeah.
-Right?

I say we hit her up
and kinda judge where she's at.

All right.
You ready to do this?

[Travis] Yeah.

[phone dialing]

[Valerie] Hello?

Hi, Valerie?

[Valerie] Yes.
Hello?

Hi, this is Travis and Rahne
with the MTV show

that you're workin' on?

[Valerie] Um...
Hello.

Hey, Valerie.

I know King told you that this
was a, a DJ competition show.

That's not the case.

King reached out to us because
he feels like,

for the last year,
you have been hiding him.

[Valerie] Wow...

He didn't tell me anything
about that.

[Rahne] You know,
we've done some digging.

And we found some things that
are concerning to us,

and that would no doubt be
concerning to King, as well.

[Valerie] Okay...

We just wanna know if you're
willing to talk.

[Valerie] I can send you
the address

that I'm at right now.

[Rahne] That'd be perfect.

All right, Valerie.
Thank you so much.

Bye.

[Travis] I mean, look,
she doesn't even need to

tell us what's going on.

That's a conversation that
she has to have with King.

So, the buck stops here.

[Travis] We just told Valerie
what show she's really on,

and she's agreed to meet.

We're one step closer
to getting King the truth.

[Rahne] I'm confused by
the address.

'Cause it doesn't seem to be
like, an actual...

like, location, location.

It's not, like,
a restaurant or anything.

Yeah, well, it looks like
it's literally a parking lot.

[Rahne] Coming off of what
we just learned, you know...

maybe she is homeless.

-Oh...
-[Travis] There's the pink car.

Look at that.

This is it.

-All right.
-My bad, Travis.

[Rahne] Heart's beatin'
a little bit.

Let's go see what's goin' on.

[music]

[Rahne] Do we just go up?
I mean, I don't wanna scare her.

Hello?

[Valerie] Hi.

[Travis] Are you Val?

[Valerie] Yeah, hi.

[Travis] How are you doin'?

-Good, hi.
-[Travis] I'm Travis.

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

[Rahne] How you doin'?
I'm Rahne.

-[Valerie] Hi.
-Nice to meet you.

You know, obviously,
we've been...

you know, doin' some digging
on behalf of King.

We've talked to several people,

and we found some things
that are alarming.

And we also think that
he would find alarming.

I mean, I would like to hear
what it is you guys, like...

think is going on.

Rahne and I spoke to King's
friend, Nana.

He told us you would be out
at a nightclub,

you'd leave early,

and when Nana walked outside
of the nightclub,

he saw your car.

And when he got up to your car,

he saw that you were
sleeping in it.

Which led him to believe

that you could potentially be
living out of your car.

[Valerie] Living in my car?

No, definitely not.

Whenever I go out, like,
really late,

I get really, really tired,

and I'm really worried to drive
on the road like that.

So, maybe I was taking, like,
a little nap or something.

But...

Definitely not living out of
my car.

[Travis] Then why did you want
to meet us here,

at this parking lot?

I can't really have anyone
at my house right now.

Because...

there's just some stuff
going on.

-Okay.
-[Valerie] Yeah.

[Rahne] All right.

We found your social media,

and we also found the links
on your page.

-Wow.
-[Travis] The explicit links.

-Wow.
-[Rahne] The explicit links.

[Rahne] And no, no shade at all.

Okay...

So I guess, first and foremost,

does King know about
this content

that you're creating and,
and selling online?

No, he doesn't know.

-Okay.
-Okay.

Yeah.

We also spoke to King's friend
Alland.

One day, he was on the internet
at home,

came across a video from
a girl that looked like you.

Clicked on the video,
he watched it,

and it was you with a leash,

creating content with
another guy.

Somebody who wasn't King.

What?

I do strictly solo content.

I love King, I would never...

cheat on him or anything like
that.

Maybe it was somebody else
that looks like me,

but that's, I, definitely
not me.

So, you're saying you create
solo content,

and that's just,

that was, that's just not
anything to do with you?

Yes.
I swear.

-Yeah.
-Sure, okay, yeah.

I mean, I am hiding
certain things.

I'm just, I'm worried, like,

what he's gonna, like,
think of me.

I mean, are you, are you open to
having a conversation with King?

I don't know.

If maybe I had known
about this before,

wasn't so, like, sudden...

I feel like it's just all
really, really sudden.

[Rahne] We are at
a crossroads here.

You have an opportunity to kind
of free yourself of

whatever it is that is
weighing on you.

And then you have a chance to
grow your relationship

in a positive way.

I do want to, but I'm just...

I'm not gonna lie, like,
I'm really nervous to.

I can tell you,
we wouldn't be here

if King wasn't at
the end of the road.

The road is truly split.

Yeah.

And it's pretty much up to you
which way you wanna go with it.

[Valerie] I am tired of
hiding certain things.

I guess, like, I would be
willing to come clean.

♪ If she really want it,
I'mma give it to her now ♪

♪ Finna mess around and get
inside your ugh ♪

[Rahne] Valerie agreed to
come clean to King,

so we arranged for
the two of them to meet.

Now, King can finally get
the answers he deserves.

I'm proud of Valerie for
being vulnerable.

I'm glad that she was able to
debunk some of the stuff

we had heard.

I just want them to be able to
sit down

and finally have a conversation

that's truly a year
in the making.

[music]

♪ You gonna wish
you never knew me ♪

♪ When it's over ♪

♪ When it's over ♪

Hey, y'all.

You guys wanna come in?

-[Travis] Let's do it.
-[Rahne] Yeah.

Thank you.

[King] All right.

[Rahne] Is it okay if
I pull up a seat?

[King] Yeah, definitely.

[Travis] So, you know, how have
the last couple of days

been for you?

How are you feelin' about
everything?

Right now, I'm just...

I'm really nervous.

I'm tryin' to prepare myself,
be ready, and...

Whatever's gonna come to
the table,

I, I have to do my best
to just be ready to hear.

Let me give her a call and see
if she is coming.

[Valerie] Hello?

Hey.
How you doin', babe?

[Valerie] Hey, good.
I'm pulling up right now, okay?

[King] Oh, perfect.

-[Valerie] All right, buh-bye.
-Okay, bye.

[Rahne] I'm gonna intercept,

'cause I wanna kinda ease her
into this, as well.

So, I'll see y'all in a second.

-All right.
-[King] Okay.

[Rahne] Oh my goodness,
don't you look lovely.

Thanks.

[Rahne] I love this look.

Thanks.

So, how are you feeling?

I am...

ready to speak my truth.

[Rahne] Okay.
All right.

Would you like to take my hand?

-Yes.
-[Rahne] All right.

-I'm nervous.
-[Rahne] I got you.

[Valerie] Okay.

One more second.

You good?

[Valerie] Yeah.

All right.
Now, after you, okay?

-Okay.
-There you go.

[Valerie] Hey.

Should we sit down at the table?

-Yeah.
-After you.

I'mma grab this chair
right here.

Valerie, it's good to
see you again.

I know that this probably isn't
gonna be easy for you.

But we wanna let you know that
Rahne and I are here

for both you and King.

Right?

You know, we feel like
after a year,

it's time that King finally
hears the truth

about what's going on.

When we left you, King,

we did a deep dive of
Valerie's social media.

And we found her page.

On her page, we saw
a list of links.

And...

those links included
some not safe for work content.

Okay...

Excuse me, I'm sorry,
it's just...

This is a lot to take in.

It's just me,
and it's basically like,

me monetizing off of
my self-love and my body.

So, I didn't think anybody else

really had to get
involved in it.

I don't personally mind it.

But the fact that it was just,
really like, kept under wraps,

I don't know, like...

Valerie, I totally get
where you're comin' from.

You don't have to ask anybody
permission

to do whatever it is
you wanna do.

I think this situation,
because it was kept from him,

it kinda took away his choice.

If you were to tell him
when you first started dating,

then he could be like, "Okay,
that's cool.

That's totally fine."

But now he's hearing about it
in a very roundabout way.

And you have him blocked?

Like, that...

all together, is,
is quite frankly, not okay.

Yeah.

Yeah, I just, I kinda wish that,
you know,

you would've told me about it.

[Travis] We know after talking
to you last night,

that's not the real reason why
you're hiding him.

There is more, right?

And the only person that can
really answer that question...

is Valerie.

Okay, so...

The real reason that
I've been hiding you...

[music]

[music]

[Valerie] So...

The real reason...

that I've been hiding you...

[music]

...is because
I live with my mom.

She's a religious
fundamentalist, and...

she wouldn't approve of you.

Why?

You know, you're a DJ,

you're out all the time,
clubbing.

You're around drinks and stuff.

I don't know that she would
accept that for me.

She's always said that she wants
me to marry someone

who...their beliefs
align with hers.

She thinks that if you listen
to metal music,

you're going to hell.

She thinks if you are g*y,
you're going to hell.

In the past, she has called
my friends witches.

She's tried to do...
I know.

She's tried to do exorcisms on
people.

I've seen her out
on the streets,

preaching to people.

[speaking Spanish]

[Rahne] King, what are you
feeling right now?

That you are essentially
not good enough

according to her mother's
beliefs?

That is...

Sorry, my mind is
spiraling right now.

I don't know what to say.

Obviously, you wear makeup.
You have tattoos, right?

How does your mom react?

So, when I'm around my mom,
I mean,

she knows that I like to wear
makeup.

However, whenever I'm going out,
I...

do leave the house with
different clothing.

Usually what I'll do,

is I'll leave the house with,
like, a t-shirt

and, and tell her that
I'm just going out

with friends for dinner,
or something like that.

And then I'll go somewhere else
and change,

and that's when I'll let you
know that you can pick me up.

I mean, I can understand why
you would kinda go

completely in
the other direction,

but it is in the direction of
your true self,

-in the face of...
-[Valerie] Yeah.

...what was presented to you.

[Valerie] Yeah.

I think that just explains a lot
about my personality.

Like, the way I dress,
my piercings, and my tattoos,

my adult content creation.

That was kind of my way of
rebelling against my family.

I mean, it seems like, Valerie,
like your whole life is

this kind of act of defiance.

-And you're...
-Yeah.

...stuck in the middle between

pretending to be something
that you're not

to make your family happy,

and then on the other side,

pretend like everything is okay,

-when in reality it's chaos.
-Yeah.

Why do you feel like you
couldn't be honest with King?

[Valerie] I was worried that
it would push you away.

Because she has done that to
a lot of people in my life

that I care about.

I fear that she would
scare you away

to the point where, you know,
you might not...

That you might not wanna
be with me anymore.

And that's why it's been
really hard for me

to tell you about all of this.

All of my friends know
my family.

And that's why it's been kind of
hard to introduce you

to my friends as well,

because I'm just so worried that

they would bring you up to
my family, so...

I've kind of had to create
a divide there.

But I'm tired of having to
do that,

because I love you.

I wanna be able to bring you
home for dinner.

I want you to be able to
meet my friends.

It's just been really hard
to do that

because of...

how I grew up.

And a lot of that suppression
has manifested in

me keeping our relationship
hidden.

[Travis] King, I mean,

if she were to take you to go
meet her mom,

and it was like that,

I mean, is that something that
you could handle?

'Cause it seems like,
from our perspective,

Valerie's fear is that you
wouldn't wanna be with her.

I think...

that...

that's definitely something
is gonna take some time

to process, but...

I want to save this
relationship.

I honestly think that Valerie
should come clean.

She should have me meet her mom.

Everyone deserves to know
the truth.

If you want to build that
relationship

that we would wanna have,
now is the time.

Honestly, like...

I don't know how she would
react, but...

I'd totally be willing to
make it happen

and see how it goes.

Because I love you,
and I want you in my life.

I know she's home right now.

I would love if you can come
over to our house,

and I can introduce you,

and if you guys could come, too,

-just for support.
-To help facilitate

or something.

-Yeah.
-[Rahne] Okay.

[Travis] All right, King.
Are you...?

Are you ready for this?

Better now than never, right?

I can drive us.

All right.

All right, King.
Are you...?

Are you ready for this?

Better now than never, right?

I can drive us.

All right.

[music]

[Travis] You guys ready
to do this?

Yes.

-As ready as I'll ever be.
-[Rahne] Get it poppin'.

King, you wanted to meet
Valerie's family.

So, how are you feeling
right now?

I'm still very nervous,

and the whole truth is still
spiraling for me.

[Rahne] Sure.

Valerie, what do you think
your mom's reaction is gonna be?

Honestly, I don't know.

I've never told my mom about
anyone that I've been with.

But I've been putting my life
on pause.

I just want to be able to
fully live my life

and not having to hide in
secrecy with the person I love.

Yeah, well, we're gonna be
right there with you guys.

[Travis] All right, y'all.

We are about to pull up.

[phone dialing]

[Angela] Hello?

Hey Mom, it's me.
I'm outside.

Do you mind coming outside?

[Angela] Coming outside for
what?

There's just some things
I have to talk to you about.

[Angela] Okay.
I'll be out.

Okay.

[Rahne] Okay...

[music]

-[Angela] Hi.
-[Travis] Hello.

What is this?
What are you doing?

I, we know that this is a lot,
so kinda to give you...

-The rundown here...
-What is this?

Travis and I host a TV show
about relationships.

And this wonderful
young man here

reached out to us,

because they've actually been in
a relationship

for the last year.

[Travis] So...

Valerie has some things
that she would like to say.

I wanted to introduce you to
my boyfriend, King.

You know how you're very devout,
you're very religious.

So, we don't live a lifestyle
like that.

I've just been really worried
that you're gonna

scare my boyfriend off.

Mom, I know how you can be.

And I would really hope

that you would accept him,

because...

I really love King,

and I just wanna take it
to the next step with him.

How can I accept him?
I don't know him.

-[Rahne] Listen.
-Yeah.

[Rahne] We've spent just a few
days with King...

And all I can say is that he
loves your daughter immensely.

Then that's the most important.

So, are you saying that,
that you would be open

to getting to know King?

And if he started to come
around more?

I mean, I'd like to know him
more.

I'd like to talk to him.

Yeah, I would really love that.

[Rahne] I think that this
went...

[Travis] This is
a heartwarming moment.

[Rahne] This is really and
truly...

I didn't think it would go
this well, wow.

-[Rahne] I think we should...
-[Travis] You three have

some long overdue bonding time
and getting to know each other.

-Yes.
-And...

I think Rahne and I
are gonna get outta your hair.

Thank you guys for
all your help.

You're welcome.
Can I give you a hug?

-Yes.
-Well, congratulations, bro.

Mom, it was nice to meet you.

[Travis] It was nice to meet
you.

Thank you.

♪ And then they're sorry ♪

[Angela] Bye, thank you.

I'm truly shocked at
her mom's response,

and I think that's indicative of

people being able to
surprise you.

Unless Mom was putting on
a front

because of us and the cameras.

If this is gonna work,
that's for them to figure out.

But we did our job, and...

Yes, we did.

[Travis] It's time for us to go.

[music]

♪ No, I won't pick up
the phone ♪

♪ No, I won't pick up
the phone ♪