DC ExtraTime: An American Comedian in London

From during The Challenge: Vendettas

BY DC CUEVA                      

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So far, we have seen the British Invasion make quite an impact in their U.S. debuts, and for Jemmye she has been added to her queen status in her second season back after taking time off after Exes 2. Obviously, most of that was tending to the untimely Thanksgiving Day 2014 death of her ex-boyfriend Ryan Knight, whom they fell in love on Real World Back to New Orleans. And on the topic of that and the jolly people in Britain, it offers the segue way to the whereabouts of one of her former roommates.

Someone who also lived with Knight and Jemmye in that house in the Big Easy was someone who brought some comic relief to the group: those who watched that season eight years ago also met Eric Patrick from Arlington, VA. During a brief period where there was an eight roommate in the Real World house, he didn't have as much screen time as his other roommates, though he did have a memorable kiss with fellow roommate Sahar early on. His MTV bio wrote:

"It's not often that you meet a Real World roommate who's a stand-up comic AND holds a job at the State Department, traveling the globe briefing foreign service personnel on American policy. Far from Mr. Serious, Eric's true passion is comedy, and he's already made significant progress in his career, performing regularly and winning several competitions. Eric, known for his dreamy eyes is a handsome ladies' man and has perfected the art of juggling various girls at one time. We're pretty sure Eric will be getting into a bit more than just Hurricane Katrina relief."

While Knight, Jemmye and Preston would do multiple Challenges as did the only one of their cast to now have a wedding ring in McKenzie who joined them for their debuts on Battle of the Seasons II, Eric has already been to more countries than any of his former castmates, and it doesn't have to do with competing with TJ and friends. Before he went onto Real World and after he left NOLA, Eric's passport has seen him travel all over the world, often for much longer periods of time and very little time back home in the District.

It's fitting that his Instagram name is @EpatTheExPat, and a glance at those photos he's posted there gives you an idea that he's seen this world more often than even that guy who's done 18 of these Challenges and the one who's been hosting these for the past baker's dozen years. Besides his former NOLA castmates, he's even fortunate to have two very notable Instagram followers in Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris of the U.S. Women's National Team.

Besides Washington, West Virginia (where he went to college) and other places in the U.S., Eric has been to the following countries - and this will be a mouthful: Dominican Republic, Canada, South Africa, Swaziland, Panama, Colombia, Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Romania, Japan and South Korea. Yes: 16 foreign countries Eric has posted pictures from in places as diverse as the 2,700-ft high Burj Khalifa building in Dubai, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and a picture of the President holding a waffle in his hand in Brussels.

Those countries don't include the 17th where he calls his home -- at least right now: it's been exactly a full year since Eric settled into new digs in London, England, the capital city of the United Kingdom, which where Joss, Kyle, Melissa, Kayleigh and Rogan of this Challenge Vendettas season come to us from. And last week, Eric released a video on YouTube documenting his full year living in the United Kingdom, and doing his stand-up comedy across the country. When that video dropped he tweeted @TheEricPatrick, "I'm proud of it. It's a cool 33min break from whatever you're doing... I don't know what you're doing but you could use a break. Check it out!"

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