Simon Sherry-Wood was featured as a member of the cast in the thirteenth season of the hit MTV reality television series The Real World, which was set in Paris, France. During the time of the show he was 18 years old, and originally hailed from his famed home city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. He also lived at home at the time and attended high school in a small village just an hour outside of the big city. Sherry-Wood is Irish, yet he is also openly gay, though his sexual orientation has the acceptance and tolerance of his family.
He was thus lucky enough to live a more open life, and he has participated in the gay culture of Dublin ever since he was 16 years old. During one New York’s Eve, he met a Spanish man who would become his lover, whom Sherry-Wood tries to stay faithful to even during his stint in Paris. He pointedly made an effort not to get sucked into the nightlife of Paris, concentrating instead on his work as a model and his enjoyment of fashion design. Sherry-Wood also stated that he wanted to go to college, though he had not decided yet then what career he truly wanted.
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