By Kara Augustine

After being eliminated from “Bromance”, University of Louisville student Chris Purcell strapped on a neon orange lifejacket and paddled his way in a raft across the ocean. 
“Bromance” is a show that involves Brody Jenner trying to find a new friend, after he was no longer best friends with Spencer Pratt from “The Hills.”
“A Bromance is a bond between you and your go to guy,” Jenner explained on the show’s first episode, which aired Dec. 29.
Purcell was one of the nine men chosen to be on the show. As a member of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Purcell’s brothers were surprised to hear the news that he was going to be on television.
“At first, I was kind of surprised. I had heard that he tried out for the ‘Real World’, but I didn’t know that he would be on ‘Bromance’, and I was kind of curious to what Bromance was,” fellow SAE John Docter said. “I wasn’t surprised that he made it on because of his personality. I was just curious to see what he would do.”
While on the show, Purcell made a lot of memorable moments for audiences.  After failing to bring two girls to a lingerie party, Purcell redeemed himself in the next challenge the contestants had to endure:, a toast to Jenner himself.
Purcell stood on the stage and began to rap. This rap included many Louisville references, including the infamous “L” hand gesture.
“When he did the toast to Brody and made up a rap, it was cool to see Louisville represented,” freshman nursing major Sonja Stang said.
After he was completed with his rap, he took off his shirt revealing a white t-shirt beneath. The front of the shirt had bromance sharpied on it with a heart around it. Then he turned around and the back of his shirt read, “Because Spencer Pratt was a douche bag.”
“Chris’s shirt that dogged Spencer ratt was priceless,” freshman political science major Kristin Pendley said.
Purcell barely escaped the first  elimination, but made it to the second episode which included even more bizarre challenges.
First, the seven remaining guys had to compete in the “Bro-athalon” which included a BMX jump, a down-hill recliner relay and a blow up doll raft race. The final challenge was a fireside chat with Jenner where many contestants showed their softer sides.
After Purcell became nervous when talking to Jenner, he realized that he was not able to be completely himself on the show.
As many of the guys had already done, Purcell shed a few tears saying, “It’s hard without your family and friends to be who you are.”
 “I didn’t think it was [weird] when Chris cried. It was sweet. He was being real,” Pendley said.
After seeing this episode of the show, Purcell’s SAE brothers now have material to joke with him about.
“Almost every time he says anything, there is a quote from ‘Bromance’ from someone else that follows it,” Docter said. “He’ll say something like, ‘This class is going to be hard.’ Then someone else says ‘It is going to be so hard without my family.”
Docter explained that because of Purcell’s lighthearted personality, he does not let the comments bother him. Instead, Purcell will fire another joke right back.
After showing his emotions on television, Purcell went on to show another side to his personality. This time is was a vodka-induced side.
Jenner took Purcell and another contestant to a vodka bar. While in the vodka freezer, all of the guys were wearing Russian-style fur hats and coats. Then, Purcell began to mumble and his sentences did not make much sense.
“The funniest moment from the show would probably have to be when Chirs mumbled something with his Russian hat on. It is really hard to understand what he says,” Docter explained.
At the end of the episode, Purcell was eliminated on a boat, forcing him to paddle into the distance in a dinghy.
“When Chris had to paddle away after being kicked off, I felt kind of bad for him, but it was funny at the same time,” Stang said.
Without Purcell, Docter finds it a waste of time to continue watching “Bromance.”
“As a show, it is not the way to find friends, but it was probably a really good experience and really fun to go out there and meeting all of those people,” Docter said. “I mean how many people can say they were on Bromance?”