'Real World' rewind

June 16, 2008

Chicago-area "Real World" cast member Joey Kovar (left) is speaking out about past addictions and leaving the show to avoid the cast's party antics.

"All the roommates had promised, 'Oh we're gonna change if you come back [from rehab],' " Kovar, a self-described addict, tells usmagazine.com. "It was just a bunch of b.s. 'cause nothing changed."

"They could have just said, 'Joe, you know we don't really wanna give up partying,' " Kovar says. "That's all they had to say ... I would have just stayed home, and they didn't have to waste my time or theirs."