Best of New Orleans on the Real World ⚜

A look back at nights out, city exploration, and more from The Real World: New Orleans. For more from this group, don’t miss The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans, streaming April 20 exclusively on Paramount+.
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[@Halfy06]

It’s Melissa bringing her own rice for me.

[@ndo533]

🤣🤣🤣😭. Shes half Asian right?

[@sarahsmith3682]

@@ndo533 Yeah, she's Filipino and Black

[@Reality.juiced]

it's the fact that she brought toilet paper to the reunions for me

[@seven92023]

This was one of the best RW seasons.

[@FC-ku4ez]

To me it was my all-time favorite. I basically only watched a few more episodes after this season. The pre-2000 casts actually had intelligent people, as opposed to later seasons where it was all about getting drunk, fighting, and hooking up.

[@FairyRosee_]

My fav!! Before they started manipulating story lines

[@jessecommentary]

@@FC-ku4ez pretentious people …

[@YouTubeOGSinceO6-vv9jn]

Exactly, no cell phones either

[@SwimDudeSwim]

Matt really dressed like that and thought it was fire; what an era

[@JOSEPH360]

Honestly the glasses still go hard and he was able to rock it. Like the confidence.

[@StuffedBearSus]

@@JOSEPH360 of ur a homosexual man yes they go hard lol

[@lll000l00o]

he looks cool, don’t be lame

[@StuffedBearSus]

@@lll000l00o you might have sugar in your tank bro

[@dandythemandy]

It is fire thoooo

[@Leno323]

Fiona Apple playing over the scene when they all arrived at the house is such a nostalgic sign of the times. Ugh…God takes me back lol. 😩😂❤

[@user-vd2jk7dl3p]

David's insistence on turning his introduction into a music video no matter WHAT was so funny. "Can't you just say my name is David. I'm 22 years old. I'm from ...?" David: Ok but I'm gone have to "flow it" 🤨🤨🤷🏾‍♀🤷🏾‍♀🤦🏾‍♀🤦🏾‍♀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@donalddelaon3491]

When Julie fought that woman and was like wow I lost, and Melissa was like, “well you fought a girl named squirrel”. I remember dying when I saw that and I hope I find that clip.

[@ragebait988]

the style on that blonde guy is peak 2003

[@HovaNirvana]

21:33 LMFAO legendary. Iconic moment. This should have included Melissa’s “Time out! Time the f*** out!” though. And the legendary Mardi Gras confessional. But what about the South Africa trip? Arguably the GOAT season behind the original New York and the original San Diego. Truly excited for the Homecoming.

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

Yeah what is that..I can't find that moment or episode anywhere! What's up with that? That was so exciting when I was young to watch lol

[@Notevenlistening.]

David was… incorrect lmao

[@bshayc79]

Ah damn I just forwarded this to my sister before watching it and I texted her "time the fuck out!"

[@chrisw1373]

Been watching the Real World Homecoming- New Orleans cause feeling nostalgic for the late 90s. One of the best times to grow up. It's crazy to see that whole crew in their 40s. Plus, always loved Melissa. Her personality is still infectiously fun and she was one of the first people of Filipino descent that I ever saw on TV.

[@MrBigBoy4Life]

Same here. My best season. Not just because I’m from there, rather, a great collection of characters and personalities.

[@stefanodenton1900]

Oh God here we go

[@KatiesArabVision]

Come on be my baby tonight LOL that song has randomly appeared in my head out of nowhere for 20+ years

[@FC-ku4ez]

Same. This was the first series I watched in it's entirety with my brother. It's still so fresh in my memory.

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

It has popped in my head randomly over the years and only now so I finally place where it’s from originally😂

[@m.houston6643]

Dave when they’re presenting themselves on the television network had me 💀 Ol wannabe r Kelly lookin ass

[@dannyboy1990]

Melissa was so damn funny. Maybe the funniest cast member ever. She always killed me with her impressions, especially of her mum and dad.

[@meganlee7445]

The scene of her on the phone with OnStar pretending to be her mom may be the funniest thing I've ever seen. I still laugh until I cry watching it now

[@dannyboy1990]

@@meganlee7445 My all time favourite scene of hers!!!.... "24 hours?!!! You work that long?!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@meganlee7445]

@@dannyboy1990 “two lane or three lane? Oh, a street name. I’m so silly”

[@tazloon]

@@meganlee7445 Mercy and Shorty! Loved them!

[@kakumei77]

I just watched this whole thing. Lol. Such good times. I was 17 at the time. Melissa was my fave.

[@kz1000ps]

17 at the time as well!! Seattle, Hawaii, New Orleans.... so many good memories. And I agree that Melissa was the best!

[@jayj3000]

Lol where did you watch?

[@kakumei77]

@@jayj3000 paramount plus has it for free streaming right now. Although they cut the original music. Or you can fun the episodes on YT. It has like three episodes missing. But original music.

[@jayj3000]

@@kakumei77 oh wow thanks

[@dontjudgeme20]

"Come on, Be my baby tonight " I'm crying🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sophisticated1920]

I was coming into my teens during this season and RW:NO was such a big deal. We all wanted to be as bold & wild as Melissa lol great memories

[@ofumge]

Along with the great cast...the soundtrack for this season (along with Seattle) was f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c!

[@FC-ku4ez]

Yes! It's too bad that they changed so many of the songs because of copyright reasons in the Paramount+ streaming.

[@Hereismytwocents2011]

As someone from New Orleans, I remember being at a Mardi Gras parade one night, and passing by the Belfort, where the cast was all sitting out on the steps. One of my favorite seasons of the Real World. I still crack up thinking about when Melissa was in the car, and trying to get directions for Thrift City. Is it a four lane, no Tulane....ha, ha.

[@saramatthews7159]

Wow I was 15 when this aired and remember it so well...my fav Real World season and the soundtrack...aww man...im crying now

[@fever_spike]

That feeling of dejá vü that hits watching these is so crazy-I’m right back to when I saw this season for the first time all over again.

[@Peace2Mateo]

And Julie thought she could wrestle Coral lmfaoo

[@April235E]

Julie had, and apparently still has, an overinflated ego and no sense of self. I can’t even with her.

[@kakumei77]

@@April235E Someone who disappeared off the grid for 15 years with no social media and left her church. yeah, she is egotistical. Get outta here.

[@roselynholloway7863]

@@kakumei77yet she was on the reboot trying to falsely accuse someone you gtfoh

[@BlakRTist]

Come and be my baby tonight!!! Still a classic. And, full on Monet!!!! Danny and Paul!!! Wow I was 15/16 when this came out and I remember it like yesterday!!!

[@dudeitsmedweeb]

The year 2000 when dog robots where are thing.

[@Halfy06]

Wow before Katrina.

[@kdarth11]

And before 9/11

[@iluvcandies1]

Incubus playing in the back ground

[@JulietteKernDiamond]

This season shaped me as a person, I was in middle school. First exposure to don't ask don't tell...so many great and difficult conversations were had. I think the Julie's of today would have a harder time. Of course with sm there's less excuses to say things like "colored" 🤯 I was very affected by these people though all of them and hope they're well. I remember looking up to Kelly Melissa and Danny in particular.

[@armpitification]

Melissa dancing between the two guys cracks me up.

[@jenaereyes5309]

I relate to Melissa bringing her own rice

[@GenF91]

Definitely loved this season growing up. I just watched their homecoming season, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen this season lol. One of these days I need to rewatch it on Paramount Plus.

[@stephanietcastro]

Watching this made me ridiculously happy. Thank you!

[@roxyvicc]

20:57 😂😂😂 classic Melissa

[@kakumei77]

RIP Anne Rice tho

[@jmwlife2k]

My favorite season of all time… yet I’ve never watched it in order. Good ole pre streaming days lol

[@arthurgoode3160]

David understood how to stand out from the crowd and be a tv personality!!!!

[@greygardens89]

Best season!! Peak Real World. Danny 4ever!!

[@saramarshall2957]

Technology in 2000. A robot dog

[@jorgecruz1235]

It’s so refreshing to see honest depictions of gay men on TV other than the super flamboyant and sassy gay men on TV now that perpetuate gay stereotypes

[@user-iu5fi2qk6b]

Dude the music in the back....incubus...Fiona apple...I miss this

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

This is when I never watched this show before until I watched their moments on MTV Vault's KZbin channel. : )

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

The young adults in the Real World: New Orleans are doing their job in TV broadcasting. : )

[@joshuajake360]

I can't wait to watch this real world homecoming

[@Leno323]

Kelly calling David (a grown Black man) a “big ol’ boy” never sat right with me. Especially with her being from Deep South Georgia. But I loved Melissa and Danny. ❤

[@A.Light33]

I always felt the same way

[@zukofire6424]

She didn't mean any of what you are projecting

[@kidpresentable5523]

Does intent matter to you? She meant nothing by it. Sometimes you have to let things go.

[@djtenzen]

Good content

[@brianafleming4493]

I miss this type Of reality tv

[@jobiec420]

28:31 I've thought back on this scene so many times over the past 2 decades and laughed my ass off. Melissa was always such a character and her overreactions always cracked me up.

[@StuffedBearSus]

Julies constant weird smile enraged me

[@ndo533]

🤣🤣😭

[@April235E]

She’s the worst. She got way too much airtime.

[@StuffedBearSus]

@@April235E way too much

[@A.Light33]

ME TOO, it's creepy she looks like a lunatic and even more so now.

[@chillbest14]

Sheesh take me back to these good ol simple days

[@alephnull7410]

David sniffed it right out the gate 1:42

[@Michigan1985]

First time I think I've seen these faces in 20 some years. This is some unexpected intense nostalgia.

[@mistressadina98]

I miss these days!!! and all i could think when i saw David was "come on be baby tonight"

[@FC-ku4ez]

My brother and I still to this day break out singing random "Come on be my baby tonight" for the past 22 years. It never gets old!

[@SparklesandBamboo]

It is STILL stuck in my head

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

@@SparklesandBamboo This is truly a full circle moment for me😂

[@Luboman411]

I was 17 when this came out. LOL. Danny, who I had a huge crush on because he was one of the few gay characters on TV at the time, was 22. He's now 44. Jeez...where the f***k did the time go???

[@FC-ku4ez]

Right!? I remember this like it was a few years ago.

[@stephenulmer3781]

I loved this season and all the seasons. My fav season is Miami season 6

[@olijadu]

scoobydoo dabooda,lol. always a delight

[@francofrancis1646]

🎶 Come on be my baby tonight🎶

[@Notevenlistening.]

Tokyo was wroooooong about his video presentation 😂😂

[@RapFanatic4ever]

I ussd to love the Real World when I was younger. This is back when MTV or just TV in general wasn’t oversaturated with reality shows like it is now . I always wondered how MTV afforded these big houses .

[@brigidirish8103]

I was just in New Orleans. I saw the Belfort. Super cool. Probably my favorite of the Real World seasons. The French Quarter is just gross now.

[@Nostalgic90s765]

Wow, it's got the original music. HOpefully that means what airs on Paramount plus soon will have it's music intact! Big surprise.

[@FC-ku4ez]

Unfortunately it doesn't 😕

[@valentino4411]

I loved the bond & chemistry between Danny and Kelly. Their bond is what made me always want a good girlfriend who I could confide in as a gay boy. Melissa was my fav though.

[@stjosephhighschool1]

I had a crush on Dr Peter !!!!

[@periodtpooh7502]

good times

[@izelldawson5735]

Big ol boy.... Word

[@Momof3boys757]

Omg the robot dog lol wow lol

[@michaelhart7282]

As a little gay boy, I was deeply affected by Danny 😍

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

Julie should’ve been charged with attempted murder for what she did to Veronica on The Challenge

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

People can say what they like, I have always been convinced that David is gay. And its never been more clear than in the homecoming season.

[@wesburnett5309]

Wow I feel it now use to argue with my friends which one would u want to do the real world or road rules also the fashion lol first seven seasons where imo the best NY LA Boston San Fran Chicago Seattle I believe they did London in there too I know going to get killed then New Orleans um Vegas Hawaii New Orleans was last time watch and really cared

[@Natural9Alex]

David - the original O BLOCK member

[@TheiaPheonix]

What season was this again?

[@paparazzi85]

I heard this is the next reunion on paramount plus!❤️❤️❤️ (first like and comment)

[@kakumei77]

There is already a trailer

[@paparazzi85]

@@kakumei77 where?!

[@kakumei77]

@Jason kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaapZJykr6t4q7c

[@paparazzi85]

@Jason yup!

[@funkervogt47]

11:40 He looks like the black version of Russell Crowe.

[@FireMadeFleshII]

Everybody knows the music was like the eighth roommate; guiding important plot points & providing atmosphere. Sad to see even the original intro music has been replaced in addition to many other cues throughout the episodes that are (FINALLY) available on Paramount+ 😔 The Real World was/is a literal time capsule or yearbook for the 30+ & up club. I graduated high school the year the New Orleans season premiered, so I was looking forward to a COMPLETE rebroadcast of the episodes with everything intact, but Viacom insists on being cheap & not paying the artists/labels for the music licensing 🙄 So, here we are: A lukewarm "homecoming" of an otherwise great season of a legendary series

[@FC-ku4ez]

I agree about the music. When Julie boxes, Danny gets drunk on the float, and the the "Big Pimping" during Melissa's narration of David's fling added so much to the scenes.

[@FireMadeFleshII]

@@FC-ku4ez My sentiments exactly. I haven't watched all the episodes on Paramount+ as of yet, but just the first few minutes of Episode 1 was enough of a turnoff. The "Big Pimpin" Melissa/David Mardi Gras shenanigans was precisely the scene I was alluding to. It's not only a highlight of that season, but it's an iconic moment in the series as a whole. I'm glad I bought my bootleg dvd of the season years ago cuz if I was depending on this, I'd really be let down. Such a big middle finger to the fans

[@FC-ku4ez]

@@FireMadeFleshII I wish I'd recorded or downloaded the entire season when I had the opportunity years ago. This season marked an important milestone in my life, and the music was so fitting and memorable even after two decades, that I can't remember a specific scene without remembering it's music. I'm re-watching the series right now, and the generic music ruins it. They really dropped the ball on this one.

[@paulsmith8510]

wait! They used "immortal" by Kittie as a back track!!! my inner goth kid just freaked out.

[@sakhu8945]

99.5 percent Mormon? What was the other .5 percent?

[@robbank8027]

Ski bums and athletes

[@mlareine327]

„It was insane, she was supposed to be joking around.“ She was. That flailing was cringe.

[@teamsleep211]

David is embarrassingly bad

[@charlene9638]

That’s cab looks so old

[@cambricjimenez4882]

David's real 7 segment was beyond cringe. Matt and Melissa were actually pretty good.

[@jbak87]

Does anybody else think that Danny comes off as fake in the way he speaks? He really does for me.

[@tiffmonique7154]

He acts like he knows he's attractive.

[@thirdcoastmike.]

What’s season number is this

[@abetolmie7188]

9

[@kennytesta9312]

Did she say Ann Rice was the most famous person in New Orleans?

[@armygirl85fuckhitler74]

Said most famous artist lol

[@MT-or3kz]

Danny was maybe the hottest man in the world for 8 months.

[@saraiatilano6645]

No iPhones! Awesome! Did they get drunk?

[@jessecommentary]

We’re they getting paid ?

[@FC-ku4ez]

Yes. They said they got $5,000 each.

[@jessecommentary]

@@FC-ku4ez at the end ?

[@jessecommentary]

@@FC-ku4ez it was a contract ?

[@dralbertpakin8895]

David's flow was aweful. I know flow music and that wasn't. It said nothing about him.

[@dontjudgeme20]

Are they living in the house from AHS : Coven???

[@flesh4lulu475]

Nope, the coven house was the Buckner mansion and the rwno house was the Belfort mansion.

[@RyanGarro-bj3mh]

some scenes look so scripted. like when they were watching david sing on video.

[@riggaxmorris]

I couldn't stand matt

[@Lisa-bh7kk]

You all need to chill on race issues and just love people for who they are not color of skin. You all are making problems by focusing on those issues. I've dated and have friends of all races, in the end we love the ones that connect to us and life is ever changing and short so embrace each day.

[@Reality.juiced]

Man that was a problematic thing to say.

[@dieteticwellnessinc8092]

Lolollll