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Real World girls rush Deerfield Beach ex-punter in Cancun
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Life has been one set of kicks after another for Christian Koegel.
Koegel, 24, who was born in Hollywood and lived in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, became a football hero at the University of Massachusetts. One of the top five punters in the nation as a senior, he's hoping to catch on with an NFL team.
With cover boy looks, his Plan B is to model and act. He has had walk-ons on Burn Notice and some other shows.
His latest life-is-good experience might be the best yet. He is one of the eight young adults chosen for MTV's Real World: Cancun.
Among many things the group will share is a penthouse apartment that "C.J." — Koegel's show handle — calls "ridiculous" and "sick" (superlatives in the jargon of the day). If Hugh Hefner saw this waterfront party palace, whose hedonistic amenities include a hot tub out on the balcony and a shower big enough for all eight inside, he'd probably say, "I have to get one of these."
If this Real World has a budding Hefner, it would be C.J., who is instantly tagged by the women with labels such as "heartthrob," "pretty boy" and "lovable and cute like a puppy."
Living with four gorgeous women, Koegel said, was "an eye-opening experience" that most guys his age would love to do.
You think?
C.J. left behind a girlfriend named Danielle. Judging from the Real World season-opener, leaving her behind will be exactly what he'll do.
Emilee, a Hooters waitress from Massachusetts who attended Florida Atlantic University, immediately sets her sights on him. C.J. doesn't resist. In one of those small-world coincidences, C.J. and Emilee had numerous common friends in both Massachusetts and South Florida, although they didn't connect until Cancun.
How his former relationship and this budding show-mance play out is part of the Real World: Cancun story line.
However, he might have dropped a hint. "I'm 24," he said. "I jump from relationship to relationship. I definitely have a single guy's mindset."
There's no better place to have that than on the Real World.
Tom Jicha can be reached at tjicha@SunSentinel.com.
Airs: Wednesdays at 10 p.m., pilot encore at 11, on MTV
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Koegel, 24, who was born in Hollywood and lived in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, became a football hero at the University of Massachusetts. One of the top five punters in the nation as a senior, he's hoping to catch on with an NFL team.
With cover boy looks, his Plan B is to model and act. He has had walk-ons on Burn Notice and some other shows.
His latest life-is-good experience might be the best yet. He is one of the eight young adults chosen for MTV's Real World: Cancun.
Among many things the group will share is a penthouse apartment that "C.J." — Koegel's show handle — calls "ridiculous" and "sick" (superlatives in the jargon of the day). If Hugh Hefner saw this waterfront party palace, whose hedonistic amenities include a hot tub out on the balcony and a shower big enough for all eight inside, he'd probably say, "I have to get one of these."
If this Real World has a budding Hefner, it would be C.J., who is instantly tagged by the women with labels such as "heartthrob," "pretty boy" and "lovable and cute like a puppy."
Living with four gorgeous women, Koegel said, was "an eye-opening experience" that most guys his age would love to do.
You think?
C.J. left behind a girlfriend named Danielle. Judging from the Real World season-opener, leaving her behind will be exactly what he'll do.
Emilee, a Hooters waitress from Massachusetts who attended Florida Atlantic University, immediately sets her sights on him. C.J. doesn't resist. In one of those small-world coincidences, C.J. and Emilee had numerous common friends in both Massachusetts and South Florida, although they didn't connect until Cancun.
How his former relationship and this budding show-mance play out is part of the Real World: Cancun story line.
However, he might have dropped a hint. "I'm 24," he said. "I jump from relationship to relationship. I definitely have a single guy's mindset."
There's no better place to have that than on the Real World.
Tom Jicha can be reached at tjicha@SunSentinel.com.
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Program:Real World: CancunAirs: Wednesdays at 10 p.m., pilot encore at 11, on MTV
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