October 18, 2001
By Jae-Ha Kim
Chicago Sun-Times
"Do you want to be on 'The
Real World?' " That's the pickup line one of the cast member's friends
was using all night at Wrigleyville's John Barleycorn.
"He was cute, but he was
really lame," says Sarah, a perky 22-year-old brunet who was too embarrassed
to give her last name. "He was kind of drunk and you couldn't even be flattered
by his come-ons because he was pretty much trying to pick up everything
that moved. If he had a couple more drinks, I think he would've tried hitting
on my friend Paul."
The "he" in question is
"King Pimp" John (that's what his friends were calling him), one of Kyle's
buds from Princeton. A whole slew of them were in town visiting their soon
to be kinda-sorta famous football buddy and getting their own 15 minutes
of fame.
Another eyewitness says,
"He even tried to convince women to go back to their hotel room at the
W by saying that his friends from 'The Real World' were going to be there.
He said they were going to have a little party if they wanted to come back
to the hotel room with him. I am happy to tell you that his pathetic approach
got him no action at all."
Kyle, on the other hand,
fared better. His castmate and romantic interest, Kelly, tagged along.
Every time they talked or kissed, the crowd at the bar erupted in cheers.
"Everyone in the bar was
happy to see them," says bartender Brendan Melanson. "It was nothing like
you saw in Wicker Park. There were men and women all around them and people
were watching because they were curious. But no one was giving them a hard
time. From what I saw, they weren't drinking much."
Probably because they'd
already downed a few shots of kamikazes at Gibsons Steakhouse before bar-
hopping.
Got a scoop about "The Real World" in Wicker Park? E-mail me at realworld@suntimes.com
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