Like I said, she's a beauty queen, and all her answers are very pageant-y. Because of the whole "tease" thing, I ask her if she's a virgin, and I think she tells me no, but it's disguised as a pageant answer so I can't say for sure. It is at this point that I decide I just love interviewing people on reality television. I totally feel justified in asking them whatever the hell I want. When else can you walk up to complete strangers and ask them about their sex lives? Wait 'til later, when I start to ask them if they're worried that they're too boring.
Devyn has no steady boyfriend, but what she calls a "gift basket of cuddle partners". See, rehearsed pageant answer, right? I ask her if there was any romance in the house, and she tells me that at first she had a crush on Scotty, but it dissipated quickly, once she realized that he needed to be "fed constantly". His ego, or his stomach I ask her? Both, she replies. Like every other man on earth, honey. Learn how to cook and gaze adoringly or get ready to die alone. Devyn, age twenty, does not like to date men under age twenty-eight. Devyn is a smart cookie and will probably be divorced with a fat settlement by the time she reaches the age of the men she currently dates.
Our divas
Another thing I learn during my conversation with Devyn is that this season, the Real Worlders were tasked with finding their own employment. Devyn hooked up with a job in PR with a clothing line called Jovani. She is also going to be modeling for them. I think Katelynn did some volunteer work with the GLBT (Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender) community.
Of course I'm just glossing over the getting-to-know-you stuff, cause all I'm really interested in is who hooked up, who hates who and who got arrested. To which the answers are no one, no one and no one. Do you see why I'm having concerns about the season?
And before I know it, there's Arch-Nemesis Jess shuttling me over to interview number two, with Scotty and J.D. Of course his name isn't Scotty, it's Scott, but I call every Scott I know Scotty, and this one isn't going to be any different. I read from the bio that Scotty is a personal trainer with "award-winning abs". I half-jokingly ask to see these notorious abs, and next thing you know, Scotty's unbuttoning his shirt! I whip out my camera and encourage him to get all Zoolander on me which he happily does. Scotty's not my type physically, but he's adorable times a million.
Abs of Blue Steel.
J.D.'s a little quieter. At first I think he's a little standoff-ish, but he warms up after a while. J.D. had what's described in the bio as a "rough childhood" in an abusive home, but I really don't want to talk about this. J.D. is a dolphin trainer, and has been since a very young age. "I'm kind of a prodigy," he tells me. Is that like being kind of a big deal? J.D.'s another do-gooder with the GLBT community, and organized a HIV benefit bike ride during his stay in the Real World house. Good for him, but not good material for me. I'm really starting to miss Meathead Joey and Brianna the Stripper already.
Scotty and J.D take me on a tour of the house. I'm still looking for another floor at this point, by the way. We start with the bedrooms, which are small and all attached to each other (except for Chet and Ryan's room, which is off to the side). This is my first time in a Real World house, and I'm surprised at how small it is. I wonder if they're all that small, cause things look bigger on TV.
Our next stop is the phone room, which has a comfy lounger that looks like a big rock. I tell Scotty and J.D. the story about how my last season of Real World recaps were sponsored by a chair company (which I refuse to name check here, cause I never got my free chaise) and of my intention to work whoever the new house sponsors are for whatever I can get. J.D. poses for me in the phone room. I ask him to pose like he's having a phone fight, and he looks at me like I need to get a life.
When a Real World roommate looks at you like you need to get a life, well, you have some serious, serious thinking to do.
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Comments (2)
Wow, behind the scenes of The Real World. It's official: you're VIP, ChickBomb.
1 of 2 | Posted by BlahBlah | Posted on December 14, 2008 11:44 PM
So there are 8 roommates? Or am I missing something? Katelynn and Devyn, Scotty and JD, Chet and Ryan and Baya and Sarah
Does one of them drop out?
2 of 2 | Posted by DP Hooker | Posted on December 15, 2008 7:00 AM