A guest shares how watching a gay cast member on MTV's The Real World inspired her to come out at 16. She credits the show's visibility for pushing her toward authenticity during her teenage years as a Christian woman.
Yeah! How you doing? Too much.
Let me give you a hug, man. How you doing? I'm good, I'm good. You wanna be here? You was slaying, wasn't it? So can I tell you something? Yes, please.
You were on the first season of "The Real World" that I watched. I came out in high school because of watching your season and watching "The Real World." Oh. I was 16 years old and I said, you know what? I don't have time to wait. I gotta come out right now. The world will rush me out the closet, basically. I appreciate that. And I was probably a little too young to be watching y'all hook up and do all the things that y'all were doing at that time as a teenager. I was a good Christian woman on that show.