The Real Weak

Say you’re putting together a charity event, or you’re in charge of booking entertainment for a party or a speaker at your college. You want to get as much publicity as possible so you, or a committee, decide to get celebrities to show up and hang out with your invited guests.

You throw some names around: Beyonce -too expensive. Paris Hilton -too skanky. Jennifer Garner -she might bring Ben. Russell Crowe -too unpredictable. Tom Cruise -too crazy. Coral from the Real World -what?

Seriously, if you want, you can hire past Real World cast members to come to your event and host, or give a speech or even just hang out. What the hell could these people possibly have to say that’s worth hearing? Or better yet, worth paying for?

This website has bios and info on the cast members, and who you can contact to hire them. My favorite was, of course, Trishelle. If you were so inclined, you could hired Trishelle to come speak on a number of topics including, and I quote: drinking/north south relations /diversity/stereotypes/relationships.

I know that if I were looking for someone to speak on such emotionally-charged subjects as drinking and stereotypes, I would pick the drunk, slutty southern girl from Real World Las Vegas. She's actually managed to turned her name into an adjective. "You are really Trishelling it up tonight Leana!"

And it’s not just Trishelle; it looks like you can rent any past member of the Real World. I wouldn’t waste my organization’s money on Trishelle though. I would spend it on a real basket case, like Beth from San Francisco…..oh wait, I can get Puck.