MODERATOR: Welcome to MTV's Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour chat!
MODERATOR: Joining us tonight are cast members:
MODERATOR: Theo
MODERATOR: Msaada
MODERATOR: and Holly
MODERATOR: Welcome everyone!
MODMSG chavez529: Msaada, Holly, and Theo what was the most important thing that you all learned about yourselves as a result of Road Rules?
RR_Theo:I'd have to say I have a lot to learn. That's what I learned the most.
rr_holly:People's perceptions of you can be very different from what you'd expect- I learned that
rr_msaada:I would like to say that I learned that if I put my mind to anything, I can do it no matter what!
jamiecbaker:It must have been truly amazing to see so many different cultures and people. Would you have kept traveling if asked too? Did you enjoy it enough to make it a career?
rr_holly:Definitely- I plan on spending the next 20-30 years of my life travelling
rr_msaada:I'm a travel junkie by nature. And have travelled on my own all over the world.
rr_msaada:So to get an opportunity to do so on Road Rules was really good. And I would continue to travel if given the chance.
rr_msaada:But we experienced a little of South Africa's culture for only two weeks. And we saw different facets of American culture so it was really only two cultures.
rr_theo:I was a pond, now I'm a river!
rr_msaada:*laughs*
rr_msaada:*laughs*
xengab24:Was there ever a time on the trip that you wanted to call it quits and go home?
rr_theo:I would say yeah, there are definitely times you get pretty homesick.
rr_holly:no, because my personal stubbornness would never have let someone else get the better of me
rr_msaada:Yes, I felt like going home, but I got a chance to do so, so I was cool.
millertime21:Holly, what was going through your mind during the sacrifice thing?
rr_holly:My personal beliefs are against any kind of sacrifice but I would not be comfortable eating a t-bone steak but no*****ching the animal die- I think that's hypocritical
freddyboy16:Theo, I totally respect your views about not going through with the sacreligous ceremony of sacrficing a goat, but I wonder why you choose not to do so when you did? Do you think you where being disrespective to their culture?
rr_holly:that's not watching the animal die
rr_theo:Nah, I just couldn't pull the plug on Billy!
rr_theo:Nah, I just couldn't pull the plug on Billy!
rr_theo:He seemed like a cool goat.
unicorn32:Did any of you go through a spritual experience while you did that?
rr_holly:I would say it wasn't so much of a spiritual experience as a hands on history lesson
rr_holly:It definitely touched me and you learn things and know things that you could never learn from a book or a tv show
rr_msaada:I second that motion....
rr_theo:And I didn't kill the goat! Me and LT had a blast in the water. We were blowin' up.
kansasdoll17:if there was one adventure u would like to have that u havent done yet, what would u like to do?
rr_msaada:I would like to go to mars, or to the moon, or outer space or something. That would be cool!!!
rr_theo:I would like to be shot out of a cannon, into the Playboy mansion.
rr_holly:There are still a million things out there I want to do and I don't plan on dying till I get to them.
kelloggs04:How many things did you do on camera that you would never do in any other situation, and what were some of them?
rr_theo:I pretty much tried to leave it all there, not hold back. I don't think there's anything I did on camera I wouldn't do off camera.
rr_holly:I don't think you necessarily do something special for the camera- I think you leave stuff out more than you add things
mo7710:Do you guys regret anything that you did while on the trip?
rr_msaada:Oh yes!
rr_msaada:I had an interlude....with someone on the trip, and I wish I hadn't because it got me in TROUBLE!
rr_holly:I think the only regret I have from the show was that I feel like I missed out on some of the people more than anything.
rr_theo:The only regret I have, I guess, is that during the mother-son bunjee jump, I wished I had done it naked, to boost the ratings!!
rr_theo:My mom's seen me naked, and she'd be cool about it.
1aimee1:Do any of you think the ones that stayed and watched the sacrifice will regret it after they have had time to think about what they witnessed?
rr_holly:I don't regret witnessing it- it is part of a culture and turning your back on it and pretending it doesn't happen doesn't make it any less real
melrosejunkie:msaada and holly, were you disappointed that theo and laterrian didn't perform in the ritual sacrifice?
melrosejunkie:msaada and holly, were you disappointed that theo and laterrian didn't perform in the ritual sacrifice?
rr_holly:I was disappointed because I felt they were missing out on something that was amazing- not the actual slaughter but the entire experience- especially Lattarian who kept telling us we didn't understand him- and when it came time he refused to try and understand someone else and their entire culture
daizy9_99:theo what is theosim?
rr_theo:Theoism..it's just like random verbal electrons that fall out of my imagination.
rr_theo:They are the next level of the American language..like slang with a twist of lime.
honestyplease:Holly, did you have a crush on James?
rr_holly:Okay....I will say that at the beginning I hoped james and I would have a certain connection because it would give me a certain connection to home but there was never any romance between us.
ed0018:Theo, if there was one thing you could have changed on the whole trip, what would it have been?
rr_theo:If I could have changed one thing about the whole trip..it's just that, I would say, I don't know if I'd change a thing.
rr_theo:I wished I'd never gone to sleep..I wished I stayed awake the whole time, so i could have done twice as much as I did.
sbp1999:Holly, was there more to the incident with the MTV.com girls than the audience saw?
rr_holly:I don't know how much there was - i think a lot more was made of it. We never even spoke, they just came in with that attitude.
jbergman4:theo: what was it like underneath that waterfall?? that looked pretty cool.
rr_theo:It felt like, honestly like some sort of portal into some sort of unknown universe..it was unreal, like Mother Nature was stripping me clean of all the bad things that had happened in the past.
rr_holly:Wow Theo,that was profound!
rr_holly:I didn't do an auditon tape, I went to an open casting.
rr_theo:To be honest with yourself--before you ever press the record button. Because you're going to have to share with a lot of people!
rr_theo:And don't show your package!
rr_holly:laughing.....
b68viper:HOLLY, WHY WERE U SO UPSET WHEN YOU LOST THE BOBSLEDING EVENT?
rr_holly:It wasn't bobsledding, It was skeleton!!!
rr_holly:I was upset because, I was up against people who had a personal vendetta.
rr_holly:Which made my win that much more successful!
shasta_grl:holly want was your favorite mission through out the trip so far?
rr_holly:Oh...gosh....um...
rr_holly:I would have to say the shark diving.
rockodepapa:Theo, What was it like competeing against Playboy Bunnies?
rr_theo:I'm not much for rabbits. Honestly I wasn't that impressed...
rr_holly:Just for the record, I thought they were all very intelligent women...
rr_theo:I thought one of the girls was attractive but I don't think there's much attractive about flashing the beav all over a magazine.
bfrese:Holly, did you get to meet danny on the Real world when you stole the dog?
rr_holly:I didn't meet him when we stole the dog...
rr_msaada:I met him and he is gorgeous, and he speaks french
rr_holly:He is beautiful!
mustkiss:theo what is it like, for you, to be followed by cmeras all the time?
rr_theo:It's cool. It just feels like you're smiling for a picture 24 hours a day.
gatorgirl2001:Msaada - Did the trip to Africa change you in any way?
rr_msaada:I don't think it changed me more than it gave me more of an appreciation of what I have materially
rr_msaada:and it gave me an appreciation of the hospitality of the people we met in South Africa, becasue they were so welcoming and warm towards us
blaze_tjr:How hard is it to lead a normal life now that the show is over?
rr_holly:I don't think it really impairs your normal life, other than they give you this sense of celebrity, all without the fame and fortune!
rr_theo:I would have to say, all of a sudden you're the poorest celebrity in town. and it does get kinda tough sometimes because nobody coaches you on how to act with people and react with people.
rr_theo:The curtains just open and you're standing there, sometimes in the nude!
rr_msaada:I think that it is harder to use the public bathrooms now when you have stomach problems because they recognize you
rr_theo:that's true, very true, honestly.
pumpkinn:how do u cope with not being able to see your family?
rr_holly:I have spent a lot of time on the road, away from my family from a young age.
rr_holly:but actually we're very close.
rr_theo:I've been separated from my family for a while. But I learned to miss my family during the trip.
rr_msaada:I'm very close to my family and I missed them a great deal while I was on the trips but I kept in constant contact and I actually got to see them and that gave me a boost of energy and revitalized me for the rest of the trip
rr_holly:like a red bull for the soul!
yoamomusica:is there ever a time where you guys wanted to punch the camera guy?
rr_holly:Hee hee!!! I got to! It felt good! He wasn't a real camera guy, it was a PA and he deserved it!!!
sevgurl928:msaada, during tonights episode, it appeared as if you were interested in what was going on... have you delved farther into this healing, or was it just for the episode?
rr_msaada:I was always interested in things that happened and I was more verbal than shown- if I wasn't acting like an ass it wasn't shown- but I was always interested. I thought about it more and now I feel that Theo and Lattarian made the right choice for them at that time as did we and I respected them for standing up for what they believed in
rr_msaada:I just thought the timing and the manner in which they did it was bad at the time
jonmcparis:Msaada, Did your father have any comments about the rituals in tonight episode? Being a minister and all...
rr_msaada:Well, my father and I have studied African culture and we have studied the roots of religion and we have a broader understanding of these things than some people would assume just because we are christian
rr_msaada:And I don't think the ceremony in any way was sacriligeous- the woman who was the mayor was a christian herself and believed in God faithfully- so I had no problem with it
rr_msaada:i was an observer and a participant but more of an observer and an appreciator
rr_msaada:i was an observer and a participant but more of an observer and an appreciator
rr_theo:the end.
theorocks1:Theo: How has your relationship with your mother grown since the bungee jump?
rr_theo:Since the whole trip it's gotten better...I realize she's a person just like everyone else. But she's also my Mom!
dale40:Any of you get along after the show was over?? Dale from wisconsin
rr_msaada:pretty much
rr_holly:Believe it or not, James and I get along, as friends....
rr_msaada:I've spoken with just about everybody and I too get along with James better than has been displayed and I'm sure you'll see that later in the season
rr_theo:I come across a lot of times where I miss being with everyone..everyone.
rr_theo:And more so now than when the trip first ended.
justkiddin:Did the experience live up to your expectations?
rr_msaada:It was everything I expected and so much more!
rr_msaada:But I wouldn't recommend it to everyone
rr_holly:I didn't really go into it with any expectations, I try not to have expectations, more hope..
rr_theo:I didn't really know what was going on whenever I left.. everything I touched during the trip was pretty cool. I felt like a blind man in a Tit Shack.
kvh16:Holly, Theo and Msaada, have all of the reactions from the public been positive or have people come up to you and made a comment on any of your actions?
rr_msaada:So far no one has told me I suck it yet- so thank you! and if you do stop me in the street and tell me I suck, I'll still say thank you and proceed to give them a sucker!
rr_holly:So far, publicly my response has been nothing but good.
rr_holly:My favorites are the little girls that want to do the things that I got to do.
rr_theo:Most people applaud me because I ****ed on The Real World's toilet.
rr_theo:that's what people tell me the most..all of those urine junkies out there.
rr_theo:I've been called "cracker" by some black kids out there.
rr_msaada:laughs
rr_msaada:oh my god!
1prncss21:Theo-Did you have fun kidnapping the dog from the Real World house??
rr_theo:I love taking dogs!!
rr_msaada:and we got to meet fine ass Danny!
kthill23:Holy, Theo and Msaada- What do you think is the better thing in life- The things you see or the people you meet??
rr_holly:I think the people you meet, make the places you see. So I don't think one of those would be much without the other.
rr_theo:I would have to say that it's 50-50. and even seesaw definitely.
rr_msaada:I have to say that what you feel is more important than either of those things
slugbug2fun:Was there any romantic secrets among cast members that we need to know about?
rr_msaada:me and kat slept in the same bed every night- but it was completely kosher!
rr_theo:Honestly, something that I never really said in the beginning, for the first couple of days I had a crush on Kathryn, but nothing serious.
rr_msaada:and I think Lattarian was very cute
rr_theo:I think James likes Lattarian!
rr_holly:No, Theo, you guys are the ambiguously gay duo!!!
rockjp:Theo do you feel like the group has come accept you for all your "unique-ness"?
rr_theo:Yes, they know that..I hope so. I think so.
rr_holly:No we hate him...laughs....
rr_theo:yeah, they have. I feel comfortable around them.
rr_holly:especially when he's peeing!!
rr_msaada:he likes to pee around us
rr_theo:Pee is something happy. Society damns pee, and that's wrong!
myfate:theo...are you attacked by women now???
rr_holly:HA!
rr_theo:I've actually had some girl here in Louisiana chase me with a lasso...I'm serious, I have rope burns on my arm!
rr_holly:he didn't say that he didn't enjoy it though!
rr_theo:It's easier to catch the eye of many a woman!
rr_msaada:theo's a hotty!
shining_starr17:Msaada are you glad that the show is over now?
rr_msaada:yeah!
rr_msaada:I'm glad its over because it was hard work but I'm sad because it was so much fun- now I have to get back to the "real world" - no pun intended and not be on vacation
rr_theo:I'd say that I miss it probably every single day.
rr_holly:I'm glad it's over, I think we all needed a break.
skywalker4jess:Holly you act like a very competitive person is this true?
rr_theo:Heck yeah!
rr_holly:I would say I definitely have a very competitive nature in every aspect of my life.
rr_holly:I'm always determined to win!!!
dreadlocksrasta:Msaada: Was it difficult being the only intellectual of the group?
rr_msaada:yeah!
rr_theo:oh my god! for the love of god!
rr_msaada:(laughs)
rr_theo:I think my mom wrote that in.
rr_msaada:thank you! thank you!
rr_msaada:thank you very much dreadlocksrasta, I think that everyone has their own intelligence but some people express it differently than others- I just try to stay away from drama as much as possible
ejdmoo:Do you guys plan to use your new-found fame for anything?
rr_msaada:Dude, I'm going to get discounts at KMart, Bloomingdales and swap meets!!!
rr_holly:I hope that it will help me more than hurt me, as far as my acting career.
rr_theo:I would say that it will definitely help out the little things I want to do..the last four months have been sugar, no doubt.
daychic:holly are you going to model or act?
rr_holly:I have been modelling and acting since I was 10 years old, and yes, I am planning to continue to do that.
blaqice:Msaada, how did you feel when Theo was able to accomplish his part of the swimming mission?
rr_msaada:I felt really proud of Theo- because- it wasn't shown- but i'd told him that if he didn't succeed I would kick him in the butt, but he did
rr_msaada:You're drinking the hatorade Theo!
rr_theo:I would say that LT cannot swim..I'm super serious abou that!
MODERATOR: Hey Roadies!!! We have only 5 mins left with Holly, Msaada and Theo!!! Get your last-minute questions in! Make sure to hit "Ask A Question"!!
lasseigne:Theo....do you feel you've represented Louisiana well on the road?
rr_theo:I think that I am..I was born in Louisiana, but I'm definitely a product of my own little nation, Theosiana.
rr_theo:I don't know..how the hell do you represent Louisiana. There's not super much here to represent!
wyrdwoman:Do you guys feel that you've been portrayed accurately on the show?
rr_holly:I don't think I've been portrayed accurately at all.
rr_msaada:I think that I'm pretty happy with my portrayal because it could have been worse- but i was a lot more active than was shown and a lot funnier!
rr_holly:I think we were all a lot funnier...that's what's too bad.
rr_theo:What you see on the show is only pieces of me..it's only pieces of all of us.
rr_msaada:exactly!
rr_theo:There's a lot more than 22 minutes a week.
virgodragon76:Would you guys recommend doing Road Rules to others?
rr_msaada:Only to people who are ready to have their lives portrayed every day!
rr_holly:As I've said before, I would do it again in a heartbeat, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I love!
rr_msaada:Not for the faint of heart
rr_theo:Yeah, why not! If you got time for it, do it.
MODERATOR: Thanks for joining us!
rr_msaada:I'd like to say big ups to everyone in Atlanta, everybody in New York and all the cool people we met everywhere we visited- don't believe everything you see on TV!
rr_holly:I would have to second that motion don't believe everything you see!!!
rr_holly:And as for the Emails you guys send. Thank you so much, I try to respond to everyone, and thanks so much!
rr_theo:High Fives to everybody! and don't spend all your time watching television. Watch our show, turn off the TV, and go out and do something.
rr_msaada:Rudy should have won "Survivor"- can't stress that enough!
rr_holly:It's over, let it go!!!!
rr_msaada:I'm so bitter!
rr_theo:Thank you! a huge T-H-A-N-K You!
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