'Catfish' stars Nev Schulman and Kamie Crawford would love to appear on Netflix's 'The Circle' - but as hosts, not contestants

• "Catfish" cohosts Nev Schulman and Kamie Crawford say they're "very interested" in "The Circle."
• Schulman and Crawford said they'd love to cohost the Netflix competition show.
• Both "Catfish" and "The Circle" feature people using fake identities to catfish others.

"Catfish" cohosts Nev Schulman and Kamie Crawford, who regularly expose people using fake identities and photos in romantic relationships online, told Insider that they are "very interested" in being part of another catfish-filled show - Netflix's "The Circle."

"The Circle," hosted by comedian Michelle Buteau, is a reality show about people competing for the top "influencer" spot and a $100,000 prize based on the success of their social-media profiles and interactions. Some of the contestants choose to use fake pictures, names, and entire personalities to catfish (a term used to describe someone with a deceptive online profile) the rest.

Schulman, who has hosted "Catfish" on MTV since season 1, and Crawford, his new season 8 cohost, said they would love to appear on "The Circle," given the two shows' similar premises involving people who are not quite as they appear.

"I want to try and be the cohost," Schulman told Insider about the Netflix competition show, which finished airing its second season last week.

And Schulman appears to have the blessing of the current host of "The Circle." After he tweeted in April that he'd be open to joining the next season of the reality show (in response to a ScreenRant story calling for Schulman to be a contestant), Buteau responded that it would be "funsies" to have Schulman share some of her hosting responsibilities.

Crawford agreed with Schulman that "it would be nice" to host "The Circle," adding that she initially "didn't want to like" the show but got hooked when she started watching the first season in January 2020.

"I don't want to help the catfishes do a better job at what they're doing because the characters on the show are already doing a pretty good job," Crawford told Insider, contemplating her options on "The Circle."

"I don't know how [Schulman and I] could be incorporated," she added. "But I think it would be fun either way to do it just 'cause it's such a fun show."

Schulman said his personal experience getting catfished makes it easier for him to relate to the people on 'Catfish'

Schulman's "Catfish" journey (now in its eighth season on MTV) started with a 2010 documentary of the same name. The film was about Schulman's experience entering a Facebook romance with a woman, Megan, before finding out that Megan wasn't real and that he was being catfished by someone else - a woman named Angela, who was using a professional model's pictures.

Schulman told Insider he believes his own experience with catfishing makes him "well-suited" to talk to the people appearing on the MTV reality show "who are going through what I went through."

"[It helps] to be able to relate to the feeling of finding out that this person and this relationship that you're invested in might not be what you think it is," he said.

Schulman also said that the pandemic, with its limited social interactions, has helped give viewers a "better understanding of the physical and emotional place that a lot of the people on our show find themselves in" when they embark on an online relationship.

"The idea that if you don't feel like you can go out or if you're not comfortable going out, " Schulman told Insider. "Any number of reasons why you might not be comfortable socializing - that's what these people feel."

"Now we all understand just how important human connection is and conversation is and how much we all crave that," he continued.

Schulman added: "I think that's been really beneficial for people to sort of better relate to the show and the experience of being in these relationships."

"Catfish" season 8 is currently airing new episodes Tuesdays on MTV at 9 p.m. ET.