Behind the Screen: Real World San Diego: Charlie Dordevich

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tjhallow;47829 wrote:I remember Robin smashing his guitar. Wasn't he only on 3 episodes...

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mph922;144223 wrote:I'd heard that, but I think I read somewhere that it was just a rumor and he really wasn't there for all that long. I like to believe he was there as long as Frankie though because...

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Discussion thread about Real World San Diego: Charlie Dordevich with 30 replies from the Vevmo community.

Real World San Diego: Charlie Dordevich

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tjhallow;47829 wrote:
I remember Robin smashing his guitar. Wasn't he only on 3 episodes?
YouTube - The Real World San Diego: Charlie's guitar The death of charlie's guitar.
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CrazyRealityGuy#33
mph922;144223 wrote:
I'd heard that, but I think I read somewhere that it was just a rumor and he really wasn't there for all that long. I like to believe he was there as long as Frankie though because it proves just how useless he really was heh.
No he literally was there as long as Frankie. The reason he wasn't in more episodes, was because of the scandal that was going on. It happened the last few months, while Charlie was there, and they couldn't use any footage. He did seem boring, but I am sure they could have made a storyline.
Anonymous#34
CrazyRealityGuy;180197 wrote:
No he literally was there as long as Frankie. The reason he wasn't in more episodes, was because of the scandal that was going on. It happened the last few months, while Charlie was there, and they couldn't use any footage. He did seem boring, but I am sure they could have made a storyline.
Ahhh, so THAT is why he wasn't shown much! Makes sense.
jjlucash#35
CrazyRealityGuy;180197 wrote:
No he literally was there as long as Frankie. The reason he wasn't in more episodes, was because of the scandal that was going on. It happened the last few months, while Charlie was there, and they couldn't use any footage. He did seem boring, but I am sure they could have made a storyline.
What scandal?
cystic#36
jjlucash;180360 wrote:
What scandal?
Here ya go.
jjlucash#37
cystic;180362 wrote:
Here ya go.
WOW! Thanks for reminding me.
Anonymous#38
So... did anyone ever hear what happened with that scandal?
Anonymous#39
Insider;180374 wrote:
So... did anyone ever hear what happened with that scandal?
This is the latest news on the incident that I could find, and it dates back to 2004: "The San Diego County District Attorney's office has announced that after an eight month investigation, they will not file charges regarding a November 2003 allegation that a woman was raped in The Real World: San Diego's house. According to a District Attorney's office decision released late last week, there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution. "The case was rejected from our office, and there was not sufficient evidence," Paul Levikow, a spokesman for the District Attorney, told E! Online. "That could change if more evidence came forward in the future and we could prove beyond a reasonable doubt there was a crime." via
choclatechip45#40
According to PhilMarlowe2 on Television without pity who worked on that season said Charlie came with a month left of filming which makes sense because Frankie left around halloween and the season ended filming in December.
Cosmic Castaway#41

I still remember the castmates picking Charlie because he seemed "real" as in not wishing for drama or airtime while the second Brad was rejected by the first Brad just because he didn't want there to be two guys named Brad in the house (first Brad is a loser since there have been lots of seasons with at least a similar name along the line), and Bradley IDK.

anon12423452355...#42

I thought they picked Charlie because he flat out said he just wants to be on tv and they thought it was funny and picked him for his honesty.

anon12423452355...#43

When I was in like 9th grade Charlie gave me Cameran's AIM name. I messaged her and just said "hey Cam" and she was really rude lol. Still love her though.

Cosmic Castaway#44

I thought they picked Charlie because he flat out said he just wants to be on tv and they thought it was funny and picked him for his honesty.

Maybe but then again, who doesn't?  Just that Second Brad and Bradley were portrayed as being more of the wanting to party and just that than Charlie might've said but to a smaller extent.  Also, I had totally forgot that one of the girls wrecked his guitar for a mishap at work which cost them a bonus.  I know it wasn't Jamie, was it Cameran or Robin?

Flopnanas#45

Correct me if Im wrong but im remembering that charlie was actually in the house way longer than frankie but they apparently lost like half of his footage somehow 

Flopnanas#46
Cosmic Castaway#47
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WOW!  So he more or less is a Vice President of Cyberdyne and playing a role in the future inifinitely more interesting than those stupid Challenges.

Flopnanas#48

Forgettable KING

Cosmic Castaway#49

Also based on what I remember, once he found his broken guitar he was not too mad but he definitely had an argument with Robin especially since I think it was his prized possession as well as the reason he got casted in his audition tape.

anon12423452355...#50

I think because of the rape drama after he arrived, most of the second half was edited down and that is why he was only on a few episodes. Apparently him and Robin feuded a lot.

Cosmic Castaway#51

I think because of the rape drama after he arrived, most of the second half was edited down and that is why he was only on a few episodes. Apparently him and Robin feuded a lot.

Oh, and I guess the seized footage displays some more of his feuding with Robin but had so little time left they just had to make do.  But then again, Robin is kind of a toxic personality who got worse with the excess of the Challenge much similar to Tonya.  Trishelle would be the middle part of that cheese sandwich.

Flopnanas#52

Cosmic castaway why ever since you first debuted on Vevmo you have bumped all these old *** 10 plus year unwritten threads lol

Cosmic Castaway#53

Cosmic castaway why ever since you first debuted on Vevmo you have bumped all these old *** 10 plus year unwritten threads lol

Because for the better part of a decade since beginning Free Agents, the loss of MTV as a go to channel for reality tv by whatever reason by those sleazy Puerto Rican cable providers forced me to rely on word alone in order to stay informed.  Though I will watch Survivor from time to time.  In other words, I am a self proclaimed stan.  Other than that, I am also an intense fan of that bad word show starring Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera from the 2000-2001 tv show to the first three movies.

As for SpeakReality background, my username was Eternal Kali and with two other fellas we formed a really stupid Power Rangers alliance LOL.  Boy did we deservedly get a word beating by the sane people who thought we were messed up for the idea I created over a kids show.

BadBoyRocket#54

When I was in like 9th grade Charlie gave me Cameran's AIM name. I messaged her and just said "hey Cam" and she was really rude lol. Still love her though.

I'd be rude too if somebody hit me up on AiM (the devils MSN messenger)

BadBoyRocket#55

Cosmic castaway why ever since you first debuted on Vevmo you have bumped all these old *** 10 plus year unwritten threads lol

Because for the better part of a decade since beginning Free Agents, the loss of MTV as a go to channel for reality tv by whatever reason by those sleazy Puerto Rican cable providers forced me to rely on word alone in order to stay informed.  Though I will watch Survivor from time to time.  In other words, I am a self proclaimed stan.  Other than that, I am also an intense fan of that bad word show starring Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera from the 2000-2001 tv show to the first three movies.

As for SpeakReality background, my username was Eternal Kali and with two other fellas we formed a really stupid Power Rangers alliance LOL.  Boy did we deservedly get a word beating by the sane people who thought we were messed up for the idea I created over a kids show.

Hey PR was good until the Disney years #RPM

Cosmic Castaway#56

Nice to see PR support.  My favorite season of all time is Time Force where despite Tommy and Kimberly kissing in their MMPR season, Wes and Jen openly declared they loved each other at the end.  Disney taking over saw a lot of hits and misses that even Tommy returning could not beat the slump.  Hell, SPD treating the Dino Thunder team like they were nothing due to them supposedly being too old really made me mad.  Only Disney season I really liked was Mystic Force especially due to the Nick and Madison relationship that even lasted a bit in real life.

Hauserman#57

More SpeakReality people? Interesting.

And yeah, most of the Charlie footage was cut out due to the rape incident. I'm sure there's some concrete info on this somewhere, idr in full.

Cosmic Castaway#58

Thank you.  Does CampbellBaller still post here?  He and I feuded over me finding out the roommates last names but he had a point.  One of my friends whose username i forgot was part of the PR alliance but i think his real name was Tom.  He and i met on Lyoko Freak, a site for Code Lyoko fans.  As for a IMDB user called GingaRed76 was the third part of the trio but we were initially enemies but we made peace.

BadBoyRocket#59

More SpeakReality people? Interesting.

And yeah, most of the Charlie footage was cut out due to the rape incident. I'm sure there's some concrete info on this somewhere, idr in full.

Yep. Randy's brother raped her in the bathroom in fall 2003 so to do damage control they were SENT to Mexico. It wasn't a genuine trip if the season just down right pathetic even then

BadBoyRocket#60

Nice to see PR support.  My favorite season of all time is Time Force where despite Tommy and Kimberly kissing in their MMPR season, Wes and Jen openly declared they loved each other at the end.  Disney taking over saw a lot of hits and misses that even Tommy returning could not beat the slump.  Hell, SPD treating the Dino Thunder team like they were nothing due to them supposedly being too old really made me mad.  Only Disney season I really liked was Mystic Force especially due to the Nick and Madison relationship that even lasted a bit in real life.

I'm ******* sick of Tommy he's return for every anniversary since 2002. However ASJ aka Jason Geiger returned in 2020 for Beast Morphers but he's fired now cause he was supposed to be in season 30 but was arrested 4 months ago for PPE loans misuse 

Cosmic Castaway#61

More SpeakReality people? Interesting.

And yeah, most of the Charlie footage was cut out due to the rape incident. I'm sure there's some concrete info on this somewhere, idr in full.

Yep. Randy's brother raped her in the bathroom in fall 2003 so to do damage control they were SENT to Mexico. It wasn't a genuine trip if the season just down right pathetic even then

OMG.  So sad that it was like that.  For that matter it was curious how because of Randy's brother that Randy was not blacklisted from future projects.  BTW I think this was producer Mary Ellis Bunim's last RW project before her death.  Was she better than Jon Murray in how she treated her cast and crew?  I would definitely theorize that she would have thrown Randy to the blacklist as punishment for his ******* brother's act.

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