The Boston Globe A cast member of ‘The Real World: Boston’ was nominated to the Trump Cabinet. So we binged the season. Sean Duffy (center) was a cast member on MTV's "Real World: Boston" in 1997.

Sean Duffy (center) was a cast member on MTV's "Real World: Boston" in 1997. He is now President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Transportation Secretary.

“When I hear that scientists are saying that Boston is sinking, I think about the real-world implications it has on the people that live in my district. . . these are people’s homes.

"The Real World: Boston" followed a group of seven strangers who lived together in the city while working at an after-school program in East Boston, according to an archived summary of the season ...

Sean Duffy – Real World: Boston Real World Debut: Duffy appeared on The Real World: Boston in 1997. Compared to the madness of other seasons from the Nineties, this was a rather staid one. The ...

Sean Duffy in Washington, D.C., in September 2016, as a Republican representative from Wisconsin. Also pictured as a member of The Real World Boston cast in 1997.

The Real World: Boston is the sixth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city ...

But not just any reality TV show, Duffy was a main player on the sixth season of the Real World, which was dubbed the "Real World: Boston," he can be seen in the opening of that season of the show.

Duffy is the second Fox News pundit tapped by Trump, and the first former Real World cast member nominated. “Sean will use his experience and the relationships he has built over many years in ...

Sean Duffy – Real World: Boston Real World Debut: Duffy appeared on The Real World: Boston in 1997. Compared to the madness of other seasons from the Nineties, this was a rather staid one.

Sean Duffy – Real World: Boston Real World Debut: Duffy appeared on The Real World: Boston in 1997. Compared to the madness of other seasons from the Nineties, this was a rather staid one.