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Picture it: Beverly Hills, 1989. You’re walking down the Beverly Hills High School hallway, and you look to your left. You see Reza Farahan and Mercedes Javid, years before they became the stars of Shahs of Sunset. Then, you look to the right, and you see the Menendez Brothers! Scary, right?
This might sound like fiction, but for some Los Angelenos, it was a reality! That high school was packed with future pop culture icons, and a TikToker recently stumbled across a yearbook that revealed all of the unexpected connections.
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Thanks to Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series. Monsters, there’s a renewed conversation around the Menendez Brothers. Some people think Ryan’s adaptation seemed offensive. Others believe they should be freed. We’re just here to talk about the surprising Bravo connection.
In a viral TikTok, a girl flipped through her mom’s yearbook from Beverly Hills in the 1980s, which revealed her mom was classmates with Erik and Lyle Menendez. After the viral video, she did a follow-up video revealing some of the other famous faces in the yearbook.
“Omg, what was in the water in Beverly Hills at that time?” asked one viewer, which is a valid question.
The video then showed snaps of MJ and Reza in high school, during a time when they may or may not have been hooking up. Hilariously, Reza’s cocky attitude was on full display way back then, too. On one page of the yearbook, Reza was asked, “If you were on a tabloid cover, what would the headline say?”
Reza answered, “Playgirl centerfold wins the lottery.”
Ironically, Reza has gone on to be featured in many tabloids thanks to his years of messy behavior on reality TV. However, that all pales in comparison to what wound up happening to some of their other classmates. In addition to the Mendendez Brothers, MJ and Reza also went to high school with Monica Lewinsky. Can you imagine that high school reunion?
Shahs of Sunset is currently streaming on Peacock.
TELL US – ARE YOU SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT MJ AND REZA WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE MENDENDEZ BROTHERS? DID YOU HAVE ANY NOTEWORTHY CLASSMATES IN HIGH SCHOOL?
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