Juliette, Chloe and the guy who makes fun of them on the podcast "Inside MTV's 'Siesta Key'"

It's 8:45 on a Saturday night in downtown Sarasota and two of the area's most famous faces, at least among a certain demographic, are outside at Clasico's most visible table by the busy intersection of Main Street and Palm Avenue.

The final of the first 10 episodes of MTV's reality show "Siesta Key" aired in October with the promise that at least eight more episodes would air on the network, starting in "winter of 2018."

While out with my wife Saturday night, I spot "Siesta Key" cast members Juliette Porter and Chloe Trautman with video cameras in their faces outside Clasico, the downtown Sarasota restaurant and bar that kinda sorta doubles as a nightclub.

"Chloooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" comes a yell from a truck rolling down Main Street.

The producer, two camera operators and a production assistant look annoyed. Juliette and Chloe know the drill and prepare to restart their fake-reality conversation about — and I'm taking an educated guess here — who's currently sleeping with the show's star, Alex Kompothecras.

For those who've managed to avoid the news, he's the son of Gary Kompothecras, an executive producer of the show and chiropractor known for founding the 1-800-ASK-GARY legal and medical referral service who is also currently trying to build a hotel on Siesta Key.

Juliette and Chloe are interrupted again when I take their photo. I'm a journalist, they're on public property, and, well, I know my rights, man.

The producer runs, at an impressive speed, up to me and asks for me to stop taking photos. She says it nice enough. The cameraman takes the same tone, explaining the flash messes up the shot. Juliette shoots me a look that is pure daggers.

I have my pic. I don't bother reminding them that I have every legal right to continue taking pics and videos.

My wife and I go inside Clasico (we were headed there for one more beer before Ubering back to Bradenton) and order. I take a couple pics through the window. We watch as they restart the scene at least twice from the beginning. Yes, for those who want confirmation, there is no such thing as "reality TV."

My wife and I share some laughs and are getting ready to take our drinks to the outside tables on the Palm Avenue side when Juliette and Chloe walk right by us and take a seat at the bar with the producer.

I decide to do the professional thing, now that we're inside a private establishment — one I like, by the way — and ask the producer if I may take a photo of them shooting a scene.

"We're all done shooting," Chloe says.

Juliette buries her head in her phone and will not look at me.

Now, here's the thing.

I'm part of a podcast called "Inside MTV's Siesta Key," which I know at least two of the cast members have heard. I do not know, though, if Juliette and Chloe have listened. I do know I've said a lot of nice things about Chloe. And I've talked some serious trash about Juliette.

So maybe that's why Chloe was friendly and Juliette refused to even look at me.

Or maybe Juliette was just busy texting Alex, and Chloe is just a nicer person.

Regardless, Chloe politely explained she would get in trouble from MTV if she allowed the media, me, to take her picture. I showed her on my phone the latest email from her MTV publicist, and she laughed and said, yes, he would be the one mad at her.

I like Chloe, I like how she handled the situation, and I walked away without taking their photo at the bar at Clasico.

Juliette's probably nice, too, and seeing them for the first time in person kinda sorta made me feel guilty for all the stuff I've said.

But not really.

And, who knows?

Maybe the scene shot outside Clasico will make it into the new episodes, which MTV announced Monday will start airing Jan. 15.

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