Whatever Happened To The Most Memorable People From MTV's 'The Real World'?
Karamo Brown Is Part Of 'Queer Eye'
Photo: MTVAfter his stint on The Real World: Philadelphia in 2004, Karamo Brown has become better known as the (new) Fab Five's resident culture expert on Netflix's Queer Eye reboot. In 2018, the show won three Emmys.
Brown is also an LGBTQ+ activist and supporter of gun control. The father of two got engaged to his longtime partner in 2018.
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Jamie Chung parlayed her fame on 2004's The Real World: San Diego into a successful career as an actress and writer. She's been in movies like Sucker Punch, The Hangover Part II, and Office Christmas Party, and is a series regular on the TV show The Gifted.
Married to actor David Greenburg, Chung writes the popular blog What the Chung?.
Mike Mizanin Is A WWE Star
Photo: MTVMike Mizanin was part of The Real World's second New York City-set season in 2001. Since then, he's became a WWE star by the name of The Miz. He is married to another star of both wrestling and reality TV, Maryse Ouellet, and they have a daughter.
The couple has their own reality show, Miz & Mrs, on USA.
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After appearing on The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993, Tami Roman married NBA player Kenny Roman, with whom she had two daughters. She and Roman divorced in 2001. As an actress, she guest-starred on several television shows, including Married... With Children, The Parkers, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
In 2010, she returned to the world of reality TV when she became a regular cast member on the VH1 show Basketball Wives.
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Another Real World alum who continued her reality television adventures, Cameran Eubanks went into real estate after taking part in The Real World: San Diego in 2004. She and her husband, anesthesiologist Jason Wimberly, have one child.
Since 2014, Eubanks has been one of the stars of the Bravo reality series Southern Charm.
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Who could forget Rachel Campos from 1994's The Real World: San Francisco? In 1999, she married her Road Rules: All Stars co-star Sean Duffy, who is now a Republican politician. They have eight children and live in Wisconsin.
In addition, Rachel Campos-Duffy is now a Fox News contributor.
Mallory Snyder Appeared In 'Sports Illustrated''s Swimsuit Issue
Photo: MTVMallory Snyder was a cast member on The Real World: Paris in 2003. She has since become a model, twice appearing in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Snyder has also modeled for Abercrombie, J Crew, and Self.
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After The Real World: New Orleans in 2000, Melissa Howard became a comedian and a regular cast member on the hidden camera series Girls Behaving Badly. In 2007, she married Justin Beck of the band Glassjaw.
In addition, Howard and her husband now have three daughters.
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Once The Real World: New Orleans wrapped in 2000, Kelley Limp appeared in MTV's The Challenge and had a role in the show Everwood. In 2014, she married Party of Five actor Scott Wolf, and they have three children.
Limp's appearance on The Real World is somewhat responsible for bringing she and Wolf together. As Wolf explained:
I saw an episode of the show, and she was like in the kitchen talking with somebody. Probably Danny. And I was like, "Where is that girl in my life?" And then I moved to New York and a friend called me and was like, "I met your wife." He didn’t say, "I met a girl." He said, "I met your wife." And so I wound up calling her.
Neil Forrester Went To Oxford
Photo: MTVRemember punk-rock Neil Forrester? He had bleach-blond hair and had the tip of his tongue bitten off during a performance with his band. His journey may be the most surprising. After his Real World: London season ended in 1995, Forrester attended Oxford University and is currently a research assistant in the field of developmental disorders and language acquisition.
He has written a number of academic papers and presentations in his area of specialization.
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Like a few other Real World graduates, Jacinda Barrett translated her reality TV fame into an acting career. After appearing in the 1995 London season, she had roles in the horror film Campfire Tales, the Anthony Hopkins drama The Human Stain, and the comedy Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, among many other movies. She was a regular cast member on the Netflix series Bloodline as well.
Barrett is married to actor Gabriel Macht, and they have two children together.
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Brianna Taylor was a castmate on the 20th season of The Real World, which took place in Hollywood in 2008. That same year, she released her first EP. In 2009, she took part in The Challenge and released her first full-length album.
Since then, Taylor has largely retreated from public life and is raising her son in Philadelphia, PA.
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After getting booted off the 1994 San Francisco season, David Rainey appeared on a few more reality shows, but then stopped his on-camera career. Rainey has been arrested multiple times on a variety of charges, including domestic abuse and stalking.
Rainey has three children with his wife, Betty, and says he lives "off the grid" these days.
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Kevin Powell was part of the inaugural season of The Real World. He has since become a public servant, working as a social justice activist and running three times for a New York congressional seat.
He has written 12 books, including a memoir and a biography of Tupac Shakur.
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Another Season 1 vet, Eric Nies went on to be a part of several other reality shows, including The Challenge and Confessions of a Teen Idol. Since then, he is now married and lives in Hawaii.
According to his website, Nies is a licensed quantum energy practitioner and a doctor of pastoral science and medicine.
