She parks him in front of the camera with a little MTV microphone, and away he goes. As much as I want to be critical, he actually does a great job. But then it's time for him to fake introduce some videos, and the Chet show begins to unravel. First he says something stupid about sex with one of his professors, and then he inexplicably introduces Lionel Ritchie's 'Hello' as a "new video".
"It's not a new video," snaps Christine. Ooooh, that dress comment really might have hurt more than it helped, Chet. Fake doesn't work unless you're really, really good at it acting authentic about it. He tells them he lost his train of thought when they started laughing at his dumb professor joke. "Oh, our bad," says Christine sarcastically. I like this bitch! She asks him if he wants to rehearse one more time without the camera, and he spouts some nonsense about "gathering my thoughts". Gathering them into a big snowball that's rolling downhill, Chet.
Would you please move into the Real World house?
"Ummm...it's just like...brain fart," he says to Christine. He apologizes, then dashes off to get some Chapstick, cause he absolutely can't work with dry lips. But of course it's just an excuse to get some alone time and he tells himself to "get it together". He heads back to the studio, and now Christine's being a little nicer to him. She asks him if he can introduce a more current video, like say Womanizer? "Is that the one where she's like...naked?" asks Chet. And then he totally works it. He intros the video totally off the cuff, and everyone's impressed.
At the house, Devyn informs us that she's going to Jovani and she's taking Sarah with her. Sarah's in her room, covering up her tats with a lot of makeup. "They want me to cover up my tattoos," she sighs. But she gets that tattoos are not Miss America. Dev says it's nothing personal, but you can't detract from the gowns. Sarah says she's cold, but if she puts on a jacket it will mess up the makeup. How is she going to try on the actual gowns, then? This all seems like a lot of trouble. Couldn't Dev have just asked Baya to do this?
At the showroom, Sheri Simon is going on and on about browns and corals how everything's "terrific looking!" Devyn gets in on the selling too, and she's good. Sarah, meanwhile is bitching about how out of place she feels, like she had no idea she was being dragged to a prom dress showroom in the first place. The clients are pasty ladies with bad perms and pursed lips. The ones ones who weren't pretty enough for pageants in their day, and now live out their fantasies behind the scenes. Oh, and there's an old guy sitting there too. Not sure what he's doing here.
Take it off!
Then we catch up with all the roommates together. They're meeting up at some Brooklyn style warehouse, and I have no idea what they're doing there. It's some kind of party, but I have no idea what for...and then we find out it's the launch party for Katelynn's gender identity web thing. Wow, that was a fast turnaround. But I guess when you want your organization publicized, you gotta act fast while the reality TV show cameras are still rolling.
Baya is predictably cheerful, and wants to see everything. Katelynn demos her website. Oh, that's right, I forgot, she's a techie. She built this site herself! Baya sobs with pride. So sweet. I forgive her for wearing that silly beret in her interview. Katelynn gets up on the stage and talks confidently and articulately about her project. Wise, accomplishing things, employed...who are these Real Worlders?
TrannyFanny.com. I can't believe no one else thought of that name first!
Back at the house, Chet gets on the phone with Mama Mormon, who calls him Chester. I think I heard Katelynn call him that too. He tells her it was the best interview ever, and confirms her choice in wardrobe. "You still have to finish school," Mama reminds him. He tells her that this is important to him, and if he gets a hosting job, he's finishing school online. First of all, nobody's calling you so fast for the VJ job that doesn't really exist anymore. Second of all, as my hair colorist who makes four figures a day once told me, education never hurt anyone.
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Comments (11)
So I'm babysitting, and the young'n just asked me "Who's that girl in the purple shirt?" hahahahahahaha
1 of 11 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on March 10, 2009 4:08 PM
OK, while I think Devyn is gorgeous (in certain pictures), part of me hates her for having these connections and not having to work the way others do. She gets to interview with a Braodway-affiliated producer because of her cousin. Now, she gets the Jovani gig because of her Aunt. On the one hand, way to represent, but on the other, could she actually get a gig on her own? Admittedly, that would negate other MTV reality shows like the Hills, etc. But still . . . Lol to Chet for calling her out. But, double-lol to her for calling out Chet’s goofiness. While I doubt Devyn will hold onto the job for long, I’ll cross my fingers.
2 of 11 | Posted by anicho01 | Posted on March 10, 2009 9:01 PM
I have to say this: I find Chet to be the ugliest looking guy I've seen.
3 of 11 | Posted by realitytvwhore | Posted on March 10, 2009 9:42 PM
as a REAL p.r. professional, let me sum up devyn in one word: UGH!
4 of 11 | Posted by baymenxpac | Posted on March 11, 2009 9:23 AM
"A whole restaurant devoted to HoHos. Great idea!"
I loved this screenshot, but actually it's a freaking brilliant idea. I could totally see myself dumping 90% of my disposable income in a place like that
5 of 11 | Posted by waffleboy09 | Posted on March 11, 2009 11:45 AM
"A girl who looks like a boy tells Katelynn they want to do a presentation."
I think the recapper meant "ANOTHER girl who looks like a boy."
Real World nauseates me because you have to wonder how many naive teens watching it think that their dream is going to fall into their lap (or it will come find them as they're getting stupid drunk at the local bar.) You watch some clueless wonder chirp "I want to be an actress, or a singer, or maybe a clothing designer, or there was that time when I wanted to be a news anchor!" and the next day, MTV has set them up with a fake job. They never do a thing to earn any of these opportunities. Phew. Now that I've got that off my chest, I gotta go chase some kids off my lawn...
6 of 11 | Posted by NotWithoutMyTV | Posted on March 11, 2009 1:23 PM
my bf and i were eating dinner when kaitlynn started to talk about her "man-made-hole" and how she needs to dialate. my bf got so grossed out and made me change it. it ruined his din-din.
7 of 11 | Posted by loves2play05 | Posted on March 11, 2009 2:09 PM
I'm guessing Devyn's never heard of Cheesecake Factory? LOL.
8 of 11 | Posted by slutty_whore | Posted on March 11, 2009 3:51 PM
Well anicho01 sometimes it really is "Not what you know but who you know." Most people struggle to just get a break, but not everyone.
I dislike Chet and I am glad he is stuck with a name like Chester. The only funny thing about him is to see how much he is in love with Ryan but would never admit it to himself.
9 of 11 | Posted by dreamkeeper | Posted on March 11, 2009 3:56 PM
I can't believe nobody's said anything about Chet's mother's voice...so I will: nails on a chalkboard.
10 of 11 | Posted by heygirl | Posted on March 11, 2009 5:09 PM
I heard on the Innerweb that Kaitlynn has made an exclusive deal with Costco to distribute her book, entitled "It's Not A Dildo, It's a Medical Device!"
There's talk of a follow-up book, possibly titled "Crysalis: How Pretty Boys Become Ugly Girls".
11 of 11 | Posted by NotWithoutMyTV | Posted on March 12, 2009 7:07 AM