Trump names new head of NASA as MTV reality star who did striptease in hotel room
Liv Bridge
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Donald Trump has revealed the new head of NASA as a former MTV reality star who once did a striptease in a hotel room.
Before tiptoeing into politics, Sean Duffy gained notoriety as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Boston in the late 1990s.
The reality TV show focused on the lives of seven strangers who were tasked with living under the same roof for several months.
Famously, the then 20-something was filmed performing a raunchy dance with all but a towel to cover his manhood.
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Now, President Trump has picked the 53-year-old to serve as the interim head of NASA.
Announcing the appointment, the POTUS wrote on Truth Social: "Sean is doing a TREMENDOUS job in handling our Country's Transportation Affairs, including creating a state-of-the-art Air Traffic Control systems, while at the same time rebuilding our roads and bridges, making them efficient, and beautiful, again."
Trump added: "He will be a fantastic leader of the ever more important Space Agency, even if only for a short period of time. Congratulations, and thank you, Sean."
Celebrating his move into one of the highest-profile science roles in the government, the father-of-nine wrote on Twitter: "Honored to accept this mission. Time to take over space. Let’s launch.”
Clearly his risque antics on the show have made little impact on his political career as just years after his TV debut he became district attorney in Ashland County, Wisconsin, in 2002 and then as a member of Congress from 2010 to 2019.
Trump also bumped the lawyer to the role of Transport Secretary in his government in January this year.
Duffy will now continue his work in the department and replace Janet Petro, who has been serving as NASA administrator since the start of the year.
In February, the video of Duffy's semi-naked hotel room dance resurfaced which cuts to his fellow cast member Montana McGlynn lying on the bed and appearing to sensually mess with her top.
The footage then shows Duffy dance over to her where she appeared to lick his nipple.
Recently defending Duffy in the clip, McGlynn told The Daily Mail: "We were in our early 20s and going through a unique and exciting experience, so I think we were all just looking to have fun and explore what it meant to be young."
"He always said he'd hold public office," she continued. "His brother was the mayor of his small town so we all thought his political aspirations could be a reality."
Duffy then went on to marry Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, whom he met while filming a spin-off, Road Rules: All Stars in 1998, and share nine children together.
His NASA appointment also comes as billionaire entrepreneur and initial nominee for the post, Jared Isaacman, was snubbed by the POTUS following an alleged 'review' into his 'prior associations.'
In a rant that started about Elon Musk, an alleged friend of Isaacman, Trump claimed the astronaut was a 'blue-blooded Democrat' who had 'never contributed to a Republican before.'
The president determined it would be 'inappropriate that a very close friend of Elon, who was in the Space Business, run NASA, when NASA is such a big part of Elon’s corporate life.'