RW in the Media: Somehow the Show is Almost Relevant

[Lantern7]

For anybody who watches Bad Blood: Stop Being Polite goes over ten instances where people on BMP shows did far worse damage than Theo on his cousin, yet got to stay on. #10 should really be #1. It wasn't a hard hit, but it's the one everybody remembers.

[Bastet]

I don't watch Bad Blood, or any of the seasons referenced on that list other than Seattle, but I wholeheartedly agree with that one: Fuck leaving it to the roommates, Stephen's ass should have been gone. 

[AndySmith]

They all should have been gone, not just Stephen.

[Lantern7]

Poking around the cable schedule . . . the season finale will run on January 4. Right now, there is no reunion scheduled to follow it. Probably for the best, since there are too many people making too little impact.

[scrb]

yeah no after show this week or the week after.

Hurry up and on to the  Challenge.

[Lantern7]

Heads up: Comedy Central will be airing the episode of Chappelle's Show with "The Mad Read World" from 1:12-1:45 a.m.  And David Broom at the end, singing "Come On Be My Baby Tonight."

[Lantern7]

The next Challenge debuts on February 7. It's going to be preceded by a half-hour special on CT.

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TV-14 (30 min)

CT is the man keeping fans on their edge of their seat every time he competes. As he prepares to return to the series following a two-year absence, MTV looks back at his most unforgettable, and often controversial moments.

 

I'm posting here on the off chance they throw in stuff from RW: Paris. I'd like the bit where Leah gets a gift and thinks it's from CT, and he just rolls with it. We'll probably get the fight with Adam King. "ONE! ON! ONE!!! ONEONONE!!!!! I WILL WORK YOU!!!!!" I remember the TWoP recaps. I think Kim called him Heat Miser's son because of his wild hair.

[ljenkins782]

On 1/28/2017 at 1:03 AM, Lantern7 said:

The next Challenge debuts on February 7. It's going to be preceded by a half-hour special on CT.

I'm posting here on the off chance they throw in stuff from RW: Paris. I'd like the bit where Leah gets a gift and thinks it's from CT, and he just rolls with it. We'll probably get the fight with Adam King. "ONE! ON! ONE!!! ONEONONE!!!!! I WILL WORK YOU!!!!!" I remember the TWoP recaps. I think Kim called him Heat Miser's son because of his wild hair.

Speaking of CT, I don't watch How to Get Away with Murder, but I saw one of the actors on Jimmy Kimmel and he is a dead ringer for CT.

Charlie Weber:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916518/mediaviewer/rm2751792640

[snarts]

Is that Jonna (RW Cancun & various Challenges) in the new Dole Applesauce commercial?

[Decider]

This one?  No, that is not Jonna.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AM9J/dole-mixations-mix-in-imagination

[ghertigirl]

Wow, just read that Madison from RW: Skeletons is dating Javi from Teen Mom 2. 

http://www.eonline.com/news/838074/teen-mom-s-javi-marroquin-and-real-world-skeletons-star-madison-channing-walls-confirm-they-are-dating

MTV, we need a spin off show!

[OnceSane]

On 3/23/2017 at 11:13 AM, ghertigirl said:

Wow, just read that Madison from RW: Skeletons is dating Javi from Teen Mom 2. 

http://www.eonline.com/news/838074/teen-mom-s-javi-marroquin-and-real-world-skeletons-star-madison-channing-walls-confirm-they-are-dating

MTV, we need a spin off show!

Keep making those good life choices, Madison!

[Lantern7]

Remember Chris from Go Big Or Go Home? The guy who leaked info on Racist Jenna, yet wasn't that much better than her, Dione and Dylan? This is his current job. Nice that he's providing a service, but it still elicits a huge "HUH?!?"

[Lantern7]

Here's something amusing . . . Mike wants to play Booster Gold. Dunno if he can be dopey enough for that role. Maybe he got envious of Jamie Chung getting into several episodes of Gotham. Would it be too much to ask that Coral voice Skeets?

ETA from MTV.com: Beth & Jon revisit the RW2 house. Also: Beth friggin' reproduced!!!! I feel bad for her kids, because longtime fans will never forget which a rhymes-with-witch she was. However, I can be fair. Here's the notable BMP parent structure in my head now: Darrell > CT > Beth > Tony > Puck.

[MissMel]

I feel like Beth had a shot at growing up and maturing with a few more years out in the world.  She was so young back then.  And her kids are adorable! John looks better with some years and weight on him:

Here's a pic with Dominic:

With Irene, and producers Matt Kunitz and Dave Albrecht (Irene was getting married in Mexico)

[scrb]

Beth and John are together?

[Lantern7]

I think Beth suckered found somebody else. I mean, she's probably a decent mom, but I wouldn't lie to her kids about how much I hated her. Which was a lot.

Dominic looks good, right? I mean, he strikes me as a hard-living sort, but he wasn't foolhardy to pop up on the Challenges.

[MissMel]

I don't think they are together.  I think they both just went to Irene's wedding in Mexico and stopped by the house and the beach.  I didn't see much on her Twitter but the pictures of the trip.  His was mostly his missionary work in Uganda and sports posts.  He did have a pretty good picture of the house:

[Decider]

Beth is married.  She and Jon are not a couple.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Jamie Chung from RW: San Diego 1.0 talks about her new show The Gifted (on Fox), Once Upon a Time, and being on The Real World:

If you don't want to watch the whole thing, there's a really short clip of her talking about the lack of privacy while filming The Real World:

 

ETA: Trailer for her new show The Gifted:

Edited May 19, 2017 by ElectricBoogaloo

[ljenkins782]

On 4/30/2017 at 2:29 PM, MissMel said:

I feel like Beth had a shot at growing up and maturing with a few more years out in the world.  She was so young back then.  And her kids are adorable! John looks better with some years and weight on him:

Here's a pic with Dominic:

With Irene, and producers Matt Kunitz and Dave Albrecht (Irene was getting married in Mexico)

Another Irene wedding?? Wasn't the wedding on the show already her second? She looks good, much better without the big pouf of bangs in front. 

Dominic looks better than I expected him too, his skin actually looks much improved, I remember his skin being rather craggy on the show. I'm a little surprised to see him in these pics, he never seemed eager to revisit his RW days. 

Beth is such a weird case to me because she is technically an attractive woman, but something about the way she carries herself takes away from the attractiveness. 

[UniqBlue69]

Most Accomplished ‘Real World’ Cast Members on Its 25th Anniversary

 

In case you're as dumb as I am, they list the cast members in the video and not in the actual article. I swear, I confusedly scrolling up and down for 5 minutes looking for the damn list. They only list 5 members but that pretty much covers it, doesn't it? 

[Bastet]

Other than Sean, they only picked people whose accomplishments are in the entertainment industry.

[Lantern7]

MTV posts pictures of every cast member, and that's the extent of the network commemorating Sunday

Andy from Reality Blurred posts links; creation of site came after he was fired while writing about RW8

EW writer ranks every season; loses me when GBOGH is placed that high

ETA: RW Hookups . . and Judd & Pam are listed first. No. Just . . . no.

[MVFrostsMyPie]

Don't know where to put this, but it looks like Jenn & Peter from RW: Bad Blood are no longer together (shocker!). Doesn't look like it ended well based on their social media posts (another shocker!). I'm sure they'll both find new people soon - Peter another girl he can emotionally manipulate and abuse, and Jenn, another dude who will break her down and make her question herself and how she thinks. Good going, kids!

(My concern though, is who gets to keep the puppy they adopted together? Ha!)

[Lantern7]

Judd lives the dream, contributes to Garfield anthology.

[Lantern7]

Before I forget . . . Ridiculousness is coming back with three episodes on Thursday, and the 10:30 edition will feature Tami Roman. I know, Basketball Wives, but I also think of Amy Purdy in context of The Amazing Race, because I'm odd like that. Does Tami still wear absurdly huge hoop earrings?

[Lantern7]

On 6/4/2016 at 2:19 PM, Lantern7 said:

This afternoon, MTV ran a history about their programming and the LBGTQ community, MTV’s Proudest Moments. I'm betting you can find it on their site, because I don't think it's getting rerun. They started off with mini-profiles on Norman, Pedro, Genesis (though most of it was Kameelah talking to the girl), Danny and Katelynn. We got commentary from Aneesa, Rachel Robinson (I made the sign of the cross with my fingers because I still find her repellent), and fucking Frank Sweeney.

It's been a year. I wasn't looking for it . . . Norm found the clip and posted it on Facebook. Sarah Greyson liked it (she was on The Gauntlet with Norm), and I saw it since I'm following her. Seriously, though, I'm not out of line in still disliking Rachel and Frank, right?

[HunterHunted]

Irene from Seattle recounts how both she and Stephen were tremendous assholes, but her motives were good and noble. Fuck Irene. She's an asshole who has never owned how egregious her behavior was. Stephen should have been kicked off, but Irene knew that Stephen had been struggling with his sexuality. He talked to the cast about it, but she decided that she was well within her rights to out a Black gay man who grew up in a Muslim household in 1998. Matthew Shepard was attacked and killed in October 1998. She's such a disingenuous piece of shit that she lays the wrongness of the outting on the show by saying the show didn't have to air her outting him. This is true, but they can't use what you don't give them.

http://jezebel.com/irene-mcgee-tells-the-true-story-of-the-real-world-sea-1796824044

Edited July 14, 2017 by HunterHunted

[MissMel]

I'm not even going to read that.  If that bitch can't come with anything better than your description, she's still on my bad side.  That whole thing was serious back then.  She had no right.  Stephen wasn't right either but crying "poor me, I'm sick" when really she was just an asshole doesn't sit well with me.  

I had a sister back then that lived with two roommates.  She was just coming out, one man was out, the other couldn't come out to his relatives but was out to us.  I had a toddler then.  I would have to take him home to my parents at dark because the neighborhood wasn't the safest.  Everyone knew "two gay guys and a lesbian" lived there.  It was horrible.  We were just hanging out one night, drinking cocktails and wrapping Christmas gifts.  That whole apartment lit up with flashes of light while the vandals hollered things like "pedophiles" "nasty whore of a mother" "dike ass bitch", etc.  It was a horrible time to have this on a national television show, happen.  I can't stand Irene.  She was wrong, wrong, wrong.  

[scrb]

My Tivo is set to record new episodes only of RW.

It's set to record a new episode on August 2nd.

Has to be a mistake right, the last season aired just earlier this year so any new season is going to be more towards the end of the year or early next year?

[Lantern7]

I don't know if this officially qualifies . . . I read on Facebook that Johnny said that RW is officially dead. I'm a bit skeptical, but I watch out for official word. Then again, did Road Rules have a figurative burial either time MTV pulled the plug?

[Lantern7]

SBP "reports" on Johnny's message. Once again, this isn't official, even if Johnny can take the pulse better than most people, but it doesn't look good.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

The Miz (heh, remember when his name was still Mike?) discusses The Challenge, being a dad, and Total Divas:

[Teriyaki Terror]

On 7/14/2017 at 1:41 AM, HunterHunted said:

Irene from Seattle recounts how both she and Stephen were tremendous assholes, but her motives were good and noble. Fuck Irene. She's an asshole who has never owned how egregious her behavior was. Stephen should have been kicked off, but Irene knew that Stephen had been struggling with his sexuality. He talked to the cast about it, but she decided that she was well within her rights to out a Black gay man who grew up in a Muslim household in 1998. Matthew Shepard was attacked and killed in October 1998. She's such a disingenuous piece of shit that she lays the wrongness of the outting on the show by saying the show didn't have to air her outting him. This is true, but they can't use what you don't give them.

http://jezebel.com/irene-mcgee-tells-the-true-story-of-the-real-world-sea-1796824044

If I could be a fly on the wall on judgment day of the monsters that murdered Matthew Shepard. 

[Lantern7]

There are a number of conventions that stem from the "Walker Stalker" con from a few years ago. I'm bringing this up because you can meet Jamie at Heroes & Villains Fan Fest Portland. If you want to tick off a box in your "Real World Encounter" card, there you go.

[ljenkins782]

On 12/11/2016 at 6:08 PM, Lantern7 said:

For anybody who watches Bad Blood: Stop Being Polite goes over ten instances where people on BMP shows did far worse damage than Theo on his cousin, yet got to stay on. #10 should really be #1. It wasn't a hard hit, but it's the one everybody remembers.

This is a year old, but I just saw this now. How in the hell is CT almost murdering Adam on the Duel II not on that list? That was genuinely dangerous, if CT hadn't been (just barely) restrained by about 15 people, Adam would have died. Also, someone literally pushed someone else off a balcony in the DC season (can't remember the names of either party in that fight) and they're concerned about cola over somebody's head? WTF? 

ETA: Ah, never mind the crossed out portion, I see that it was people who did bad things but got to stay. The DC example still stands. ;) 

Also, the Fork Heard Round the World should also have made the list for sheer dramatic impact of the near vote-out. Also, Shavoun throwing glass bottles at people in Australia is worse than cola over the head. 

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Irene from Seattle recounts how both she and Stephen were tremendous assholes, but her motives were good and noble. Fuck Irene. She's an asshole who has never owned how egregious her behavior was. Stephen should have been kicked off, but Irene knew that Stephen had been struggling with his sexuality. He talked to the cast about it, but she decided that she was well within her rights to out a Black gay man who grew up in a Muslim household in 1998. Matthew Shepard was attacked and killed in October 1998. She's such a disingenuous piece of shit that she lays the wrongness of the outting on the show by saying the show didn't have to air her outting him. This is true, but they can't use what you don't give them.

Oh, they could have chosen not air you outing him? That's why you took him on an extra special walk and very deliberately laid that on him in full view of the cameras? 

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“What I said to Stephen was horrific. Horrific. I was super angry, totally wrong,” Irene reflects. “But I stand behind the fact that I didn’t take him out of the closet. MTV could have aired whatever they wanted to. They made a conscious choice to keep that in and I think that’s something people really need to understand—they put the cast in situations that will create really high tensions...It was a very homophobic household that I was living in...because there were military guys and they’re very machismo...and I think, to fit in, Stephen was saying stuff that made me go, ‘It’s not cool to talk about people that way.’”

How is she possibly missing the fact that her outing him was not in any way a reasonable response to being offended by Stephen's comments about gays? How do you even rationalize that? 

But nice of Jezebel to try to cushion her by mentioning that Stephen took her things/sent her nasty pager messages (is that a thing?) before plugging her comedy show. No agenda there...

I couldn't possibly listen to an hour of her irritating voice, so I only read the article itself. 

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The Miz (heh, remember when his name was still Mike?) discusses The Challenge, being a dad, and Total Divas:

Ugh, the Miz has procreated? That's a scary thought. I still can't quite believe that the doofus with the fake wresting belt actually did make it in wrestling. Would never have called that one back in 2000.

Edited December 14, 2017 by ljenkins782

[Lantern7]

On 12/11/2017 at 10:39 PM, Lantern7 said:

There are a number of conventions that stem from the "Walker Stalker" con from a few years ago. I'm bringing this up because you can meet Jamie at Heroes & Villains Fan Fest Portland. If you want to tick off a box in your "Real World Encounter" card, there you go.

Two pictures from Facebook: a fellow Challenge Facebook poster meeting Jamie at H&V, and Jamie hugging something as goofy and huge like Brad (or maybe Randy). The former is from a private group, so I'm not sure if it will show up. I posted the latter on that group, which I originally found from H&V via Facebook. Please let me know if you can't see either or both pics.

Edited January 15, 2018 by Lantern7

[Decider]

Lantern7,  I couldn't view the first link because of the privacy settings but the second link is set to Public, so that one was fine.

[Lantern7]

@Decider . . . that's what I figured. The woman who posted the first pic loved meeting Jamie. Turns out she still keeps in touch with Cameran.

[scrb]

Was reading an article on NPR about the Republicans having some difficulties fielding candidates to run for US Senate races across the nation.

Among the candidates whom they tried to recruit was Sean Duffy, to run against incumbent Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin of WI.

I think Sean came in on the Tea Party wave so he's been around for awhile.

But apparently the party thinks enough of him to try to recruit him so he may yet run one of these years.

He should get a nice pension and lifetime healthcare for a large family.

[Lantern7]

Is this a heartbeat?

[Lantern7]

Jamie Chung will be going to BoroughCon in Brooklyn. Anybody near there want to say “hi” to her?

[LemonSoda]

Jacinda from the London season made some headlines for attending the Royal Wedding. I've read "from the real world to the royal wedding" quite a few times today. She looked gorgeous.

[Lantern7]

Has nobody else heard? RW might be making a comeback. Also, since I don't use streaming services, I would no longer be required to give a fuck!

[Lantern7]

Before I forget . . . Karamo will be appearing on The Opposition with Jordan Klepper on Wednesday night.

[Lantern7]

MTV pitching RW to other networks, streaming services.

ETA: The Onion mentions the potential revival. Sort of. Also, TV Guide "Jeered" the idea. They used a cast pic from RW2, which . . . I mean, Beth and David, but that was 1993. Those kids seem so quaint compared to the last few seasons.

Edited June 21, 2018 by Lantern7

[snarts]

Recent interview with Danny (RW New Orleans 1).  Not surprised to hear he's still in touch with Kelley.

Edited June 25, 2018 by snarts

[Lantern7]

Heads up . . . Jamie will be at New York Comic Con for a panel on The Gifted. I don’t think she’ll be doing anything beyond appearing there.

[RandomWatcher]

RW is returning, but on Facebook Watch

http://www.mtv.com/news/3101771/real-world-facebook-watch/