Book of D: Who Dat Talkin 'Bout The Real World N'awlins Homecoming

The Real World: New Orleans is the ninth season of MTV's reality television series. In this TRW: Homecoming series, we once again had a battle of the races: Melissa Beck (née Howard) and Julie Stoffer; they were actually besties while the season was being filmed, but somewhere along the way — after the season was aired—Julie went rogue against castmates Melissa and Danny (Roberts). Melissa and Danny alleged that Julie stole their opportunities on the lucrative college speaker circuit, which they were all embarked on after the season ended. Vox magazine says that Melissa’s and Danny’s allegations against Julie claim that Julie would offer to speak at the colleges for a smaller fee than her castmates, and the colleges — looking to save money — would book Julie instead.

Page Six magazine says that Danny is still processing the pain of an alleged letter written by Julie that painted him as a “dangerous homosexual.” Danny told Vox that Julie’s letter against him was not only damaging, but it undermined his trust in people in general. Danny went on to say, “To be chosen to do that by an international organization, back then, as a gay man was a big deal. It was super hurtful then to find out that somebody I trusted was actually undermining me, especially in that time.”

During the TRW Homecoming: New Orleans premiere episode, Melissa and Danny ask Julie to admit to the truth about her badmouthing them. Julie attempts to say that she’s sorry, but Melissa and Danny say it is too soon and that it will take time for them to figure this out, especially because Julie does not appear genuine in her apology and keeps throwing around the phrase, "I apologize if it happened." Wow! Anyway, Melissa stresses to Julie to acknowledge that Julie’s actions were done against marginalized people: a gay person and a person of color. Melissa further adds to Julie that what was f**ked up about it is that it took opportunities away from herself and Danny while also attacking their character. David “Tokyo” Broom tells Julie later in the episode that she needs to take accountability for what happened regardless if she or someone from her team wrote the letter. Julie tells Tokyo he is so right and that the buck stops with her (Julie). Julie realizes that she has to do better with apologizing to Melissa and Danny. Tokyo urges Julie to take responsibility for everything. Later in the episode, Julie is shown repeating (almost verbatim) Tokyo’s words to Danny about taking accountability and responsibility for everything. But is it sincere or is Julie just reciting things to make things less awkward for herself at the New Orleans’ house? Who dat talking ‘bout marginalized people: Julie.

New Orleans Cast: Jamie Murray, Matt Smith, Melissa Howard, Kelley Limp, Danny Roberts, David Broom, and Julie Stoffer.