Matt O'Reilly

Matthew Michael "Matt" O'Reilly is an American television personality. He was a cast member on The Real World: New York, the first season of The Real World.

Life
O'Reilly was born on January 23 in x|Lowell, Massachusetts to parents Kevin and Maureen O'Reilly (née Donoghue). His father works as a janitor, while his mother is a bartender at a small pub; O'Reilly grew up working-class. Both of his parents are of x|Irish descent, and he was raised x|Roman Catholic. O'Reilly is the fourth of five children; his siblings are Colleen, Dennis, Charlie, and Erin.

O'Reilly attended Catholic schooling, attending x|Lowell Catholic High School, a Catholic coeducational Pre-K–12 school. While in school, O'Reilly was a delinquent who frequently ran into trouble with both school authorities and the law. At age 17, he was arrested and expelled from school after school administration found several bags of heroin in his car that he was planning on selling. He did not spend time in jail due to a plea bargain, but did not return to school. After attending rehab for drug addiction and beginning therapy for anger management, O'Reilly received his GED and later enrolled in x|Middlesex Community College, graduating with an associate's degree in liberal studies. After graduating, he began working as a carpenter.

Biography
''Born to working-class Irish-Catholic parents just outside of Boston, Matt had the odds stacked against him since his youth. A juvenile delinquent, Matt was arrested numerous times in his early years for a variety of charges, including vandalism, truancy, and petty theft. By the time he reached high school, the charges began to get more serious. At age 17, Matt was arrested and expelled from school after several bags of heroin were found in his car parked on school property. Getting off on a plea bargain, Matt decided to put the drug trade behind him and seek professional help for his addictions and anger problems. After putting himself through community college, he's now nine years sober and living a happy life as a carpenter, looking to have fun in whatever sober ways he can''