Her husband, Bruno Ielo, surprised his family this week when they were asked to tune into ET Canada to find out he made the cut as a house guest on the third season of Big Brother Canada.
The 31-year-old construction worker and Big Brother fanatic is the first Ottawa resident to be on the Canadian reality series, which premieres Monday at 8 p.m. ET. on Global.
“This was his dream, for sure. He’s talked about this since pretty much when we met,” Emily told Metro on Thursday.
Bruno’s younger brother, Thomas, said if anyone from Ottawa were to make it on the show, it would be him.
“He’s watched it forever. He studied it; he knows it in and out. Even when it was in the States he said one day, ‘I’m going to be on there,'” he said.
Unlike previous guests, Thomas said his big brother is not in it for the fame. His single motivation is to support his wife and two boys, six-month-old Dominic and two-and-a-half-year-old Damian.
As the excitement builds in the Ielo household for the premiere, Thomas said he’s not concerned with the behind-the-scenes editing that goes on in reality TV and how his brother might be portrayed.
“Bruno is one of those guys, everybody loves him. He’s a charmer. I don’t think that they can portray him in any other way than his true colours,” he said.
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Bruno Ielo with his wife, Emily, and their two sons Dominic, left, and Damian at Jacques Cartier Park during Winterlude 2015.[/caption]
“He’s not somebody that allows people to portray him in any other way. He’s not a fake.”
But, to win he has to be smart, strategic, and willing to do anything to outwit the other 15 house guests, which as his wife explained, shouldn’t be a problem.
“He’s the best strategic gamer in life. If we play Monopoly, he wins even when everybody gangs up against him,” she said. “He can do that with any game.”
In a pre-game interview with Global, he described himself as a “world-class gamer” who also has a black belt in karate.
While he shied away from disclosing a strategy going into the show, he confessed he’s willing to “cheat, steal, scratch, claw” his way to the top.
Throughout the season, viewers can follow tweets from the @BBCan3Bruno which is operated by his family.
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