The Real World DC Cast: Meet Ty

The big, hyper, alpha-male cast member for this season's Real World showed up, and his name is Ty Ruff. He claims in his video to be a very optimistic person, which may have to do with his intense life that he has had. Read about it in his bio and then watch this clip so you can validate what I said. (By the way, this guy seems like the first "NORMAL" cast-mate.)

Ty is not one to let the worst get the best of him. Abandoned by his biological parents, Ty was shuffled around foster homes before being adopted at age five; and he grew up in a part of Baltimore he compares to "The Wire." Despite growing up in the church, he is anti-religion and thinks believing in God is a crutch. He relies only on himself. A recent graduate of Trinity College (where he played football and majored in economics), he's looking for the next thing that life has in store. Will he find it in D.C.? Ty is handsome, smart, athletic and opinionated, and he's not afraid to share his opinion. On one hand, he's a smooth, funny charmer who always seems to know just the right thing to say, on the other hand, his quick temper can get him into trouble. Ty is fresh out of a three-year relationship and ready to take on D.C. He's a guy's guys, but there just might be a roommate who steals his heart.