121. Jemmye Carroll: From The Real World to TikTok
Nostalgia & Now
Kelli Williams
4.8 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This week Jemmye Carroll joins Nostalgia and Now and we cover it all. From her Real World casting story to behind the scenes Challenge drama, Jemmye opens up about edits, feuds, internet trolls, and growing up on reality TV. She also shares how TikTok gave her a fresh start and why authenticity is her secret weapon in the social media era.
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| 0:00.0 | We're gonna dance like it's 2005. |
| 0:03.7 | Come on get up. |
| 0:05.4 | Got a time to feel a drag it nostalgia in now. |
| 0:09.2 | Biggest fan in the crowd. |
| 0:11.0 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:12.7 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:13.9 | It's the good bitch. |
| 0:16.7 | You guys, welcome to another episode of Nostalgia in Now. |
| 0:20.6 | It is only right that my first guest is |
| 0:23.2 | Miss Jemmy Carroll from Real World, The Challenge, you know, or from TikTok now, Substack. She's all |
| 0:29.6 | over the place. Gemmy, thank you so much for coming on this podcast again. I'm so happy to be here. |
| 0:35.2 | You know, I'm such a big fan of you and Troy. So anytime y'all reach |
| 0:39.4 | out to me, I am available. So thank you for having me, especially so early in bringing your |
| 0:44.5 | baby back. There's no one else I'd rather give birth with. Yes, I'm here. I'm a doula. Is that what |
| 0:50.2 | they're called? And since we recorded last, we actually met in person finally in New York. Jemmy invited me to watch What Happens Live with her. And it was just amazing. It was so nice to, like, meet you in person. I know. I felt like as soon as we met, it's like we had known each other. Like, internet friends that become, like, real life friends truly are the best friends. But we had such a good day. And I have to say, you're still one of my favorite reality stars of all time. Thank you. Like, I am your friend, but also always a fan. We appreciate the consistency. Yeah. Well, I wanted to start this episode with some 2000s, this or that. Okay? Yes. All right. So the O. the OC or One Tree Hill? One Tree Hill. Lauren or Kristen? Kristen. Backstreet boys are in sync? In sync then, Backstreet Boys now. Good answer. I'll accept it. Like, between you and my best friend, Corey, it's just, it's changed for me. But then and now, yes. |
| 1:45.0 | Brittany or Christina? |
| 1:48.7 | Brittany, my fellow Louisiana girl, Brett. |
| 1:51.1 | Real world or the challenge? |
| 1:52.3 | Real world. |
| 1:54.6 | Ashley Simpson or Michelle Branch? |
| 1:56.1 | Ashley Simpson. |
| 1:59.5 | Flip phones or sidekicks? |
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