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Meet the cast of ''The Surreal Life'' -- Vanilla Ice? Tammy Faye? Here's what to expect from the second season of the WB's bizarre reality sitcom
| Jan 09, 2004
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Rob Van Winkle: The WB / Brett Panelli

All About

The Surreal Life

Rob Van Winkle

AGE 36

Who? Superstar Caucasian rapper-turned-obscure, goateed, embittered (albeit still Caucasian) rap-rocker

Career high point Sold millions of records thanks to ''Ice Ice Baby'' (sample lyric: ''Will it ever stop?/Yo, I don't know.'')

Downfall It stopped.

Surreal moments Throws a tantrum at a farmer's market, claiming that it lacks ''American food.'' Throws a tantrum when he sees pictures of his early '90s self hanging in the ''Surreal Life'' pad. Reveals that he's had a lot of therapy.

Surreal quote ''I think it's a proven fact that we're all aliens.''

Trishelle says ''I had a crush on him when I was 15. I hit on him [during the show], but it was alcohol-induced. If he returned it at all, I would have been freaked out.''