Real World Bash Written on April 3, 2008, by Jen.
Last night, I was bored and there wasn’t anything worth watching on tv so I settled on the Gauntlet Reunion on MTV. I used to be addicted to the Real World and Road Rules, but I stopped watching them a few years ago when the people that were on the show started being so much younger than me.
After the reunion, there was something called the Real World Bash, an awards show that gave former Real Worlders a fish bowl trophy in catergories like ‘Hottest Male’ and ‘Best Love Story’, along with ‘Best Fight’.
If you are of my generation, you may remember Stephen and Irene in the ‘bitch slap’ in season 7. I think it was season 7. It was in Seattle. If you’re not familiar, Irene was the curly haired weird girl with Lyme’s Disease and Stephen was the angry black guy who’s sexual orientation was a bit questionable. Irene chose to leave for whatever reason - I think the disease may have been making her insane or something - and she pulled Stephen outside when she was walking away and told him that he was a homo. He laughed at her and then, as if to prove his manliness, ran back into the house and threw her teddy bear over the pier.
As if that wasn’t enough, he then ran after the car, knocked on the passenger door, and slapped her across the face.
This scene won best fight. Irene was not in attendance, but Stephen accepted for her, and made some speech about how Irene was such a nice girl, blah blah. First off, I think that Irene has distanced herself from the Real World and isn’t a part of “the family”, as Puck kept referring to it. Second of all, Stephen seemed to get awfully upset when accused of being gay all those years ago…
They had set up confessional booths and Stephen announced he was engaged to his “partner”. Now, I’m totally down with gays and gay marriage, but usually heterosexuals don’t refer to their significant other as their partner… Well, wouldn’t you know, Irene was right. Stephen was gay. Something that everyone who watched the Seattle season probably already knew, but I guess that Stephen wasn’t ready to hear that or admit it back then.
I didn’t realize how many seasons had passed since I stopped watching regularly, but it was weird to see things from seasons past. Montana yelling at Vaj on the phone in Boston. Shawn and Rachel getting together on one of the challenges and now having what I believe is their 5th child. Anything Puck ever did. Puck got old, by the way.
It was just odd to see. I guess because they’re kept enternally young on TV, but some of them got old and gray, while I just realized that Cara looks almost exactly like Sarah Jessica Parker.
I used to want to be on the Real World, but I think I would’ve been too boring. On the earlier seasons they had nice, wholesome people like Julie and the Mormon guy that was in the New Orleans season, and Irene and John from Los Angeles (I think), but the last few season just look like crazy drunk kids.
I lost my interest in The Real World, which means I am way old.
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They lost me a long time ago. I remember how much I loved the first few seasons. And I do agree that now everyone on the show seems to love drama. I did watch some Gauntlet episodes from this past season and the few people that are “old” Real Worlders just seemed really pathetic for still wanting to be on the show.
It doesn’t make you old. It’s less real now. I mean it was never ‘real’ but those early seasons were relatable. The kids on there today are a-holes.