Meet Real World DC Cast Member Emily
Emily Schromm, 21, seemed pretty happy-go-lucky when I met her. She certainly didn't hint at the fact that she "was raised in a fundamentalist Christian cult," according to MTV press materials. (Don't worry: She broke free, and as "an athletic tomboy, Emily used sports as a way to ease her entry into a more secular existence.")
Living in Columbia Missouri, Emily was a student at the University of Missouri before joining the show. She worked at Starbucks back in those days—and yes, that is a key detail: One day, MTV held Real World auditions right next door to her coffeehouse. "A guy kept coming in and out, and I kept making caramel macchiatos for him. It ended up being casting director. He asked me to come back and talk to him more, and so I did..."
While in D.C., she worked at Africa Action. She enjoyed D.C.'s festivals: the Adams Morgan Day Festival, and the H Street Festival, she says. At some point, she—along with the entire cast I presume?—went to Annapolis and jet-skied. The cast didn't go on one of those MTV-all-expense-paid trips to Bali though. There is no vacay this season.
Emily seems like she was prepared for regular American life. But is she ready for the Real World to air? Questionable. Schromm now tweets, like fellow cast member Lindley. She responded to last week's Washington Post article with a one word declaration: "weirrrdddddddd."
Photo credit: Kyle Gustafson / www.photokyle.com.
7:35 pm
hey hopefully this will somehow get back to emily,,,
its me john craig.i use to go to church with u in kirksville,(short guy,) its been ovr 10 yrs now and i saw your interview online and i was deeply intrigued with your trip back to MO,i went back there as well to face some things,its all good im all healed up now,3kids and wife,no elder decided for me who i was going to marry! well anyway,i remember u quite well,your dad steve and mother,cant remember name and sister, i live just an hour south of D.C. in virginia,my wife and i frequently go to d.c.,, i was born there so im familiar:) anyways,if u like u can email me,i feel very connected to u,that is our past is connected and im doing my best now not to sound fake or insincere,,,im with u when it comes to the pain u have felt there at that church,many have truly been let down by the leadership there and it is surprizeing to see u on Mtv real world,i was totaly blown away! well dont know where this is going,maybe im trying to find some closiure of my own,,,luv to hear from ya----john craig
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