Sean Duffy’s Reality Show: From ‘The Real World’ to the Deal World
“The Great American Road Trip” sends the transportation secretary and his family on a wholesome, dull tour, with a lot of help from their sponsors.
In the forthcoming YouTube show "The Great American Road Trip," hosts Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos-Duffy are set to inspire families to explore the country in honor of the Semiquincentennial. Duffy, a former "Real World" castmate, now serves as Transportation Secretary under Donald Trump, while Campos-Duffy, a Fox News host, previously appeared on "Road Rules" and got married to Duffy.
The show's trailer promises wholesome family content, but controversy surrounds its funding from a nonprofit that has sponsored major companies within Duffy's regulatory area. Despite concerns about tone-deafness and ethical issues, the show debuted on YouTube with six episodes, with the first episode featuring a trip to the White House and Philadelphia for a Liberty Bell visit.
The Duffys' eldest daughter, Paloma, discusses college applications, including Harvard, and a tense argument ensues about the institution's influence on young minds. Another episode sees the family visiting a firehouse Duffy once lived in, where he once dry-humped a castmate. In a later episode, the Duffys' eldest daughter and her husband invite an ultrasound technician to their cabin to determine the sex of their unborn child, while Patrick falls ill with what is later discovered to be constipation.
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- Sean Duffy in the Real World newyorker.com
