MTV ‘Catfish’ news and updates: MTV ‘Catfish’s Ashley Sawyer Dies at 23! Host Max Joseph shocked!

"Catfish" a reality show aired on MTV lost Ashley Sawyer, at 23, PEOPLE has confirmed. She died over the weekend and no cause of death has been disclosed.

"MTV is deeply saddened to learn that Ashley Sawyer has passed away," the network says in a statement to PEOPLE. "Our condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends."

"Catfish" host Max Joseph tweeted he was "shocked and saddened" by her death."

The PEOPLE news writes, Sawyer appeared on the show in 2013, meeting Michael Fortunato after the pair had struck up an online relationship. When they met in real life the show, they both realized they had been using altered images of themselves, but decided there was a genuine connection there despite the initial deception.

Fortunato unexpectedly died in 2013 of a pulmonary embolism at age 26, just one month after their episode aired.

Sawyer said during a recent "Catfish" catch-up special, "The last thing we said to each other was that we loved each other," where she also opened up about struggling with drug addiction and revealed she was living in a sober-living facility.

Sawyer's sister, Jessica Ross, told MTV News that they "had a great relationship."

"I know she knows how much I loved her and she loved me, and I am so sad that she's gone," Ross told MTV News. "She was so funny, she could make me laugh on my absolute worst day. She was just a really fun person to be around."

"Catfish": The TV Show is an American reality-based docu-series television series airing on MTV about the truths and lies of online dating. The series is based on the 2010 film Catfish and is co-hosted by Nev Schulman and Max Joseph. It premiered on November 12, 2012, with the fifth season having premiered on February 24, 2016.