kimberly (who's real name i just learned this episode) is a fake, ignorant whore. i didn't think real world could find anymore stereotypical dumb racist southern girls these days, but i guess i was wrong. just because brianna refereed to herself as ghetto when she gets mad, doesn't mean blondie has to say it in a fight with her. and something tells me her apology was not real. i wouldn't trust her if i were bri.

but, who knew greg would be the nice guy this episode?? maybe he's just a good guy, who's ego gets him into trouble sometimes.

and is it just me, or does anyone else not like the one-hour format of these episodes? this episode really could've split in half in two episodes. it was too mashed together. plus, there's only like 11 more episodes? wtf? maybe, i'm just so used to having the usually long real world seasons. but it's just weird getting used to.

I feel for Bri. She has probably led a pretty confusing life. She probably doesn't have the highest self-esteem ever either, but hopefully she will grow and respect herself more. Neither of the other two girls will ever understand where she is coming from and will judge her. Especially Blondie, who probably up to this point has not met a person who wasn't as privledged as her in her up-bringing.

With that being said, is Blondie an idiot or what?!! Ghetto is a very loaded word. When Brianna says it she means it in a particular way, which I'm sure Blondie would never understand. I don't think she's racist, she's just very sheltered and ignorant, and I hope she realizes that and shuts the hell up.

I like meathead nad Grandma-Meat. Lol. Dolt sucks. Meat told him that he wasn't trying to do those types of things anymore, and instead of Dolt supporting him, him tried to make Meat think he was overreacting. Meat is not just a kid, like Dolt said, and its a very good thing if someone young can recognize that getting wasted to the point that you can not remember things is not good. Hopefully he will be able to turn to someone else in the house when he needs reassurance.

I didn't watch the show, but really enjoyed the recap, esp The Otsiders reference!

I may tune in now - the self-discovery seasons are so much more compelling than the trite drama and drunkeness. Not that you can't have it all.

Ok, ChickBomb, we've had our differences before (e.g., your irrational and persistent Parisa hate), but you have officially won me over with these four lines:

"Prety is sad. He can't tone down his personality. And you better not, bitch, you weren't cast to sit there and look, well, pretty. Misplaced arrogance equals great reality television drama and don't you forget it. "

Goody (Sarah) so reminds me of a smart version of Kelly Anne. They're both manipulative attention-whores. I'm almost certain we'll be hearing some late night screamfests between her and her bf-for-now. No wonder Goody took such an instant dislike to Pretty (a fellow attention-whore who Goody knows won't be attracted to her). Goody is the type of woman who doesn't get along with any man who isn't attracted to her and any woman who is prettier than her.

Maybe the hair is distracting you from seeing it, but Rick James is a total hottie. Although his fashion sense is taking his sexy down a few hundred notches.

I'm not finished reading the recap, yet, but I have ADD so had to write these observations before I forget them.

Great recap, ChickBomb! This is the first Real World I've watched since #10, and I love your snarkiness.

I think that "Rick" has succumbed to what a lot of football players and Star Jones' gay ex-husband has done for a while now - get the fake dreadlocks. God, can't we women keep ANYTHING to ourselves?!?!?

Still reading...

"Meathead says he's very attracted to the Stripper, but he's not going to hook up with her cause he's got too much on his mind. Hmm, wonder what, and when's that gonna come out?"

Methinks perhaps Meathead is gay. Notice how he's always fighting himself...about alcohol, in particular. Maybe something "very bad" happened when he was drunk...

The screencap of Goody and Blondie reminded me so much of the Betty and Veronica comics I used to read. It's so predictable how these two girls are bonding together over their mutual judgmental attitudes towards another woman in the house. Wasn't it Blondie who screamed "Show me how to work the pole!" on the first night they were in the house? Two-face. I smell another Shauvon.

I agree, I don't think Blondie is racist necesarilly, just really ignorant and sheltered. I don't understand how every season there is someone like this on the real world...have they never watched the show before?! It's not ok to say the 'n' word and its not ok to call someone ghetto. Goodie is really annoying and I agree with you blahblah...she's also the token "i talk to my significant other 50,000 times a day person" but you know that if they don't break up while filming, it is not far behind. Rick James is really cute, he has a babyface.

The only 2 people I can't stand in the house are 'Goody' and 'Blondie'(thanks CB, now i can't remember their names!)
They're always on their high horse lookin down on people. They don't look like the type of girls that are easy to be friends with. Love the pic of 'Blondie' with the caption "what'd I say?" hahah.

I think the rest of the roommates are pretty cool....even Prety. 'Dolt' is a cutie and he can do way better then 'blondie'(if they ever hook up, which they will). 'Meathead' is growing on me too. I feel bad for him, he seems like a really good guy. Was I the only one wondering how they heck did he lose in arm wrestling? His arms are huge!!

Someone needs to make 'goody' and 'blondie' cry....i really wanna see that.

Outsiders!!

Ohh, I almost forgot Blondie/Stripper's fight.

Blondie is very prejudiced, ignorant, and sheltered. I want to say "typical white girl" but I must clarify that with "typical SURBURBAN white girl". I had to go to school with these chicks in junior high and high school, and every day was a damn social studies lesson for them. I hate how girls like Blondie will come up to me and ask me some stupid, naive question. I used to feel sorry for them for their lack of knowledge of other cultures.

I can excuse Blondie's use of "ghetto" even though I don't like hearing non-black people use it because they don't use it the same way blacks use it. "Ghetto" has become a slang word to white girls like Blondie, but it means so much more.

What I can't excuse is her use of "Blackville" with that tone of voice she used to say it. Briana is good for not hitting that chick, because if it were me, Blondie would've got tripped hard. I know it's entertaining, but I really wish MTV would stop casting the "ignorant white chick". It was riveting in 1992, but in 2008 there's no excuse for this lack of cultural awareness. Maybe at 28, I'm just too old for this show. I've seen this same formula too many times.

Where's the requisite gay person, MTV? Or is that too cliche now? (I still have my theories about Joey.)

yankeesfan, oh no..it's gonna be a "whiny boyfriend" season like CB wrote, huh? MTV gods (or editors), please save us.

Yes! to Rick's babyface (what's his real name again?). That innocent smile of his probably gets him out of a lot of trouble. The hair is probably the only thing that keeps the ladies off. :-) Do you think Goody is secretly attracted to Pretty?

jozeyg:

The only 2 people I can't stand in the house are 'Goody' and 'Blondie'(thanks CB, now i can't remember their names!)

LOL! I have to keep thinking really hard to remember their real names, too. Oh CB and her nicknames. :-) I don't like those two, either. ($10 on Goody being the control freak once they get their job assignment.) But I must add Dolt (what is his name?!) to the list now, too. I agree with Mrs. Bojangles about how Dolt tried to talk Joey into thinking nothing's wrong with passing out drunk. Dolt is probably worried about his drinking buddy leaving him. He adds nothing to the show. I guess Dolt's the "typical white fratboy" and Joey's the "typical dumb jock with a heart of gold"?

God, MTV, get some new stereotypes, PLEASE!!!

At this rate, I will never get through this recap..but again, it's either write now or forget later.

Annnyway, CB, you must've forgotten that Stripper "beat up her boyfriend" as self-defense. He had her choked up. If somebody lays their hands on me, I'm out to kill. There's enough not right about the stripper to talk about without having to exaggerate her circumstances. And I don't blame Stripper at all for her threats to Blondie. As I wrote before, she's better than me for being silent on that "ghetto" comment and actually attempting to calm down. But then Blondie has to come out of her mouth with the "where's your pole?" Noooooooo. It's not right to hit other people, but in the REAL WORLD, words can incite people to violence, so Blondie shouldn't be shocked if she gets hit for saying stuff like that to someone who doesn't have Stripper's relatively calm temperament. Blondie is making the mistake of thinking she can say whatever to Stripper because they're friends and she "loves her to death" (yea right). But that's a fast way to get yourself hurt. I pray Blondie never goes to an actual ghetto with her lack of street sense and basic survival skills.

Yea, I'm done so last comment for now.

How is Stripper a stripper? Well, women's standards of beauty are not the same as men's. Men just want to see nudity. Period. For every body type, there's some horny guy out there willing and able to pay to see that body nude.

oh my god. blondie just makes me cringe. you know that she will be one of those woman that never grow past the high school mentality. she will see all women as competition, her self righteousness will keep her blind to her faults, and she will seek out a cliche and be judgmental all in effort make her self feel secure about herself. She is the type that tells she loves you while she is sticking a dagger in your back. i have known a few of these pretentious, social climbing, ignorant girls in my life. i used to want to fit in with them, but now i run the opposite direction. hey i am using the real world recap for my own personal growth and exploration. maybe the real world has it use after all.

i just could not believe the words that were coming out of her mouth. could she had said anything more awful and mean spirited? i wanted to punch her through my tv screen. jesus christ. don't get ghetto. what the fuck does that mean? be normal. ugh. tasteless bitch. she will probably climb to the top of the E network. everyone has to have dreams even if your dream is spreading ugly gossip about celebrities. never since the scene between julia and kevin has the real world caused me to get so emotional.

They all seem really young and naive this season. I felt the same about the San Diego cast.

Blondie's comments made me shudder. I thought I would like Goody (thought she'd be like Parisa and I liked Parisa), but she's annoying!

I didn't think I'd ever like Prety after the first episode!

Rick, PLEASE CUT YOUR HAIR!!

Love the recaps ChickBomb!

Good recap, but I felt like it was too much about the nicknames, it was like overkill. I felt hammered over the head with the fact that one girl is blonde, one is a stripper, the muscle guy is a meathead, etc.

i'm with blahblah on this one...where's the homosessual? you know there's a tried and true formula here. i call shenanigans.

it's scientifically proven that if you work out hard enough you can keep the gay in. he's not fooling anybody with that haircut. oh the horror for the stripper though. (been there sister. sometimes the gaydar....she no worka so goot).

rick? smokin hot in a silly boy kind of way. prety? ech. no thanks.

stay gold cb.

i have to LOL at the constant Subway mentions...look for Jared in next year's cast.

and i'm with blahblah, the "ignorant southerner learns life lessons from the minority cast members" routine is so played out...can't they do better?

new here, love the recaps.

blondie has seriously mastered the art of butchering what could be a cute southern drawl...

Dolt's clubwear made him look like an Outsider combined with a cheap boy band reject, maybe that's what he wore to the making the band auditions for O'Town in 1999

I don't think Meat is so much gay as having abandonment issues-watch his casting tape his mom abandoned him somehow heres to hoping that hot dope is straight

Finally, Prety's conflict management skills makes him seem paternal like a tv dad such as Bill Cosby I was waiting for him to give each of the girls jello puddin pops for making up

new here, love the recaps.

blondie has seriously mastered the art of butchering what could be a cute southern drawl...

Dolt's clubwear made him look like an Outsider combined with a cheap boy band reject, maybe that's what he wore to the making the band auditions for O'Town in 1999

I don't think Meat is so much gay as having abandonment issues-watch his casting tape his mom abandoned him somehow heres to hoping that hot dope is straight

Finally, Prety's conflict management skills makes him seem paternal like a tv dad such as Bill Cosby I was waiting for him to give each of the girls jello puddin

new here, love the recaps.

blondie has seriously mastered the art of butchering what could be a cute southern drawl...

Dolt's clubwear made him look like an Outsider combined with a cheap boy band reject, maybe that's what he wore to the making the band auditions for O'Town in 1999

I don't think Meat is so much gay as having abandonment issues-watch his casting tape his mom abandoned him somehow heres to hoping that hot dope is straight

Finally, Prety's conflict management skills makes him seem paternal like a tv dad such as Bill Cosby I was waiting for him to give each of the girls jello puddin

new here, love the recaps.

blondie has seriously mastered the art of butchering what could be a cute southern drawl...

Dolt's clubwear made him look like an Outsider combined with a cheap boy band reject, maybe that's what he wore to the making the band auditions for O'Town in 1999

I don't think Meat is so much gay as having abandonment issues-watch his casting tape his mom abandoned him somehow heres to hoping that hot dope is straight

Finally, Prety's conflict management skills makes him seem paternal like a tv dad such as Bill Cosby I was waiting for him to give each of the girls jello puddin

I'm also a tech tard. sorry.

CB I completely followed your thought process when Joey was talking about not wanting to go out and get wasted...it was surprisingly heartfelt and I started seeing him in a whole new light. I really just want to give him a hug, and since giant arms are my cheesy achilles heel that has made me overlook ridiculous haircuts and overkill accents in the past... I also am hoping for straight. I think his problems lie in alcoholism/anger. I'm calling it now- I don't think he's going to make it and I think he'll leave. This is too real for the real world.

Blondie...sucks. I went to school in the South and while many southern girls are perfectly well informed and open to others I met many many girls just like her- not necesarily malicious just so dumb and underexposed to any one not white and wealthy. I was actually the first jew my roommate from south carolina had ever met and it only took about a week for the questions to start and I must say, some of them were a little eyebrow raising. (i gave her a break because she was not airing her ignorance on national tv and it came from a real desire to learn.)

I agree I might dislike goody more than kellyanne if thats possible. what a snooty self-righteous beyotch.

"And then, and this is so rich, Blondie tells the Stripper, "Let's not get ghet-to."" - hahaha,"rich"- nice.

Blondie is compleeetely inexcusable. Go to the MTV Real World website and read her response to last week's episode.

A few quotes to summarize:

"Growing up in the South, one is taught to be polite and mannered. I was astonished at the behavior of some of my roommates."

"Do I regret the things I said? No. This is because when one says they regret something, they wish it never happened. I personally am thankful I said those things because I was able to have my roommates explain to me that in other areas of the country it was unacceptable."

"First, let me say while I appreciate all of the grammatical errors and vocabulary that one would never find in Webster’s Dictionary, it is extremely ironic that authors of such emails are judging me based on preconceived stereotypes of a Southern girl. "

Basically, bitch isn't sorry.

Does she even know what she is saying when she says "don't get ghetto"?
is she trying to say don't act poor, don't act oppressed, or don't act black? It is ignorance on the part of blondie to make racist comments. Because using the term ghetto in that manner is racist. Then the next thing she throws out are pole comments. she is from a completly priviledged white background and doesn't even realize her own ignorance and racism. hopefully she will become more culturally sensitive as a result of this experience. she should go to college and take some women's studies courses so she can get an awareness of her own white priviledge and how unfair an advantage she has in life just because she is white.

Ok lets see -- am i the only educated person on this recap who is also from the "south" and has up close a personal saw a "ghetto" person before??

ok the girl is a stripper who beat up her boyfriend and talks about her abortion on television, and only clothes she seems to own are ones that should be left strictly to the strip clubs-- not classy.

and had she NOT be black the ghetto comment would have meant NOTHING to ANYONE ... also isnt her telling the girl she was going to "murder her in her sleep" the same thing as being ghetto --- mmm i think so ...

I don't want to offend anyone but it just seems like you people are so caught up in the racial world -- its just hilarious that black actors and reality show people can crack jokes about white people all the time and there is never a big deal about it ...

recap was good thanks!

blahblah:
Ohh, I almost forgot Blondie/Stripper's fight.

Blondie is very prejudiced, ignorant, and sheltered. I want to say "typical white girl" but I must clarify that with "typical SURBURBAN white girl". I had to go to school with these chicks in junior high and high school, and every day was a damn social studies lesson for them. I hate how girls like Blondie will come up to me and ask me some stupid, naive question. I used to feel sorry for them for their lack of knowledge of other cultures.

I can excuse Blondie's use of "ghetto" even though I don't like hearing non-black people use it because they don't use it the same way blacks use it. "Ghetto" has become a slang word to white girls like Blondie, but it means so much more.

What I can't excuse is her use of "Blackville" with that tone of voice she used to say it. Briana is good for not hitting that chick, because if it were me, Blondie would've got tripped hard. I know it's entertaining, but I really wish MTV would stop casting the "ignorant white chick". It was riveting in 1992, but in 2008 there's no excuse for this lack of cultural awareness. Maybe at 28, I'm just too old for this show. I've seen this same formula too many times.

Where's the requisite gay person, MTV? Or is that too cliche now? (I still have my theories about Joey.)

..... isnt your use of "typical SURBURBAN white girl" the same flipping thing as using ghetto --- i love that people think that only white people are racist.