Tami And David Address 'The Blanket Incident' On The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles

The Real World: Los Angeles was not Season 1 of the iconic MTV series, although the 1993 SoCal edition is well-known for changing reality TV forever. Beth Anthony, Beth Stolarczyk, David Edwards, Glen Naessens, Irene Berrera-Kearns, Jon Brennan and Tami Roman are small screen pioneers in their own right -- and so they are having a homecoming at the same iconic Venice beach residence years immediately after they lived with each other in their teens and twenties.


Yes, they are "all grown up" -- and while in the premiere installment of the Paramount+ program, they started revisiting the historic experiences that shaped their youth while they were "being real" in '90s.


the opening stop on this journey: sitting with each other to watch the unforgettable "blanket incident," which led to the opening person to be kicked off a reality show."


"Living with strangers means testing each other's limits, learning to respect boundaries," Irene read courtesy of an incoming message. "It also means learning that some days, jokes are no laughing matter."


The sort instantaneously knew what they could be witnessing again -- also it was abundantly clear that each person (even those who were not a segment of the cast at that time) felt uncomfortable at the prospect of what was coming next.


"Immediately, each person is really uncomfortable," present-day Jon stated in a confessional. "This is the long-awaited day that we will revisit -- the hallway David-Tami blanket incident."


A brief description of the clip: David attempts to pull the blankets off a bare Tami as a joke as she screams "Are you crazy?" From the floor. She is draped in the covers and wants him to stop. The roommates (including Aaron and Jon) are laughing from the sidelines, while Beth S is at Tami's side while David tugs at the blanket.


Fast-forward to 2021: David gazed at the TV intently, put his hands up looking confused and then chuckled because the clip concluded. Meanwhile, Tami suppressed any reaction and alternatively focused on consuming food squares of seaweed. Irene was the initial to speak and break the silence.


"I hate seeing that every time," Irene mentioned. "Every time, it gives me a sick feeling because of what I didn't do."


Jon felt embarrassed that he was a piece of it, while David admitted he had seen it "over a million times." He also considered that each person was having such a good f*cking time."


"Everybody is laughing, pounding on the floor," David stated. "[Jon], you're pulling the blanket, you give the wrestling count -- I'm coming from a playful perspective."


Although Tami did not agree.


"For me, Once I watch that, I still get upset she expressed. "Because if I mention that I don't have no clothes on, then nobody should have attempted to pull the covers off. People don't understand that laughter is attempt to cover uncomfortableness awkwardness. And so they don't know what to do. And that's sort of what was happening in that moment for me. Without you guys knowing who I am, what I was dealing with, even while we were shooting this show."


Tami then divulged a complicated segment of her past that the viewers did not know about -- and neither did her castmates.


"Y'all did not visualize me popping laxatives, y'all did not hear me throwing up," she admitted, growing increasingly emotional. "Y'all did not know that I was battling body dysmorphia. Nobody understood why I got my mouth wired was because no matter Once I look at myself, I feel like I'm three hundred pounds."


She continued that she was willing to give David "a pass" on what had unfolded. Nevertheless, he was not interested and did "not want it."


"Everybody's laughing, including you," he reiterated while adding that, had he known her struggles, he would not have behaved the way he did.


However Tami was tired of his repetition about the laughter and stressed that she "already explained" the reason why she laughing. David then demanded the clip be played again -- and he chuckled, much to the surprise of each person else.


"That's not funny," Beth S, who'd been quiet during the sitdown and was directly involved back in 1993, chimed in as each person focused on the TV nevertheless again.


Tami tried another approach: She confessed it took her "a long time to heal from being a f*cking bulimic." David's reaction: He would not have been a segment of RW had he known someone would "have these types of issues."


right now I'm being blamed for mental problems I didn't even know you had," he said.


"One situation, two different perspectives," Tami reacted. "Right right now, I'm being sincere, I was dealing with some sh*t."


"Okay! I had no idea!" David emphatically responded.


"So you sitting here laughing, it's not funny. It's still not funny," Tami concluded -- and opted to walk away.


The blanket incident led to David being the initial person to ever be kicked off of a reality show, a topic the roommates have not nevertheless even broached. However can Tami and David move behind their opposite stances on the incident and revert back to being polite, like they were prior to rehashing the blanket incident? Or is a resolution unlikely at this once-in-a-lifetime homecoming? Keep watching The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles every Wednesday on Paramount+.


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