Why We Loved It So Much: Because New York's Eric Nies went on to host the boogie-aerobics show The Grind (then, a decade later, appeared on Confessions of a Teen Idol with newfound "chi"). Because London's Jacinda Barrett is, like, an actual movie star now, and it's satisfying to know that we "discovered" her on the very show where "people stopped being polite." Because we will always love San Francisco's Pedro, despise Puck and think it's so sweet that Pam and Judd are now married with a baby. Because Boston's Genesis was the hottest lesbian ever (with a Southern accent!). Because of Seattle's Irene, reacting to an unexpected freakout bout of Lyme disease in which she tells the token black character that she believes he's gay. This guy — he's sorta homophobic, natch — totally assaults her.Now, Not So Much: Aside from catching an episode here and there of Trishelle (or Trashelle) in the orgy-fest better known as the Las Vegas cast, we stopped watching right around the time there was a New York version 2.0 cast and when Hawaii's Ruthie drank herself into catatonic oblivion. That was roughly nine years ago. And this show still has the not-so-real-world-anymore gall to continue! It's since appeared in Denver (who knew?!), back to L.A. but called it Hollywood and back to New York but called it Brooklyn (above). Cancun, set to air later this year, is it's 22nd season. And now, it's confirmed that four more seasons have been ordered. Un-effin'-believable that they still call this show "Real." What would be real is like The Real World: Fargo. Yeah, try getting real about escaping a 41-foot flood or something.
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