{"id":39896,"date":"2025-12-09T12:58:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=39896"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:22:44","slug":"erm-it-turns-out-giovanni-from-love-is-blind-italy-owns-an-entire-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/09\/erm-it-turns-out-giovanni-from-love-is-blind-italy-owns-an-entire-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Erm, it turns out Giovanni from Love Is Blind Italy owns an entire castle?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love Is Blind Italy might be about falling for someone without seeing their face. But, people are now obsessed with something they absolutely can see, and that&#8217;s Giovanni Calvario\u2019s very extra life off-camera.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/08\/here-are-all-the-love-is-blind-couples-who-have-got-divorced-this-year-alone\/\">Love Is Blind<\/a> Italy, his antics are getting his comments sections looking very active.<\/p>\n<p>Off screen? He\u2019s an events boss, a magician\u2026 and apparently the mastermind behind an actual castle in the Italian countryside.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"684\">Meet Love Is Blind Italy\u2019s Giovanni<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOJNe5HDX9n\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOJNe5HDX9n\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Giovanni Calvario (@giovannicalvario)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"906\">On paper, Giovanni is not just &#8220;that dramatic guy in the pods.&#8221; He\u2019s a 36-year-old events manager and magician based in Rome, firmly rooted in Italy\u2019s creative and nightlife scene.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1363\">He\u2019s the founder\/creative director behind Boanerghes, an events and communication agency that\u2019s worked on huge spaces like Ex Dogana, a 24,000-square-meter industrial venue in Rome that reportedly sold over a million tickets in a few years, per his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giovannicalvario.it\/index.php\/en\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1363\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/05\/27\/everything-love-is-blinds-matt-and-colleen-have-been-up-to-since-separating-in-secret\/\">Love Is Blind Italy<\/a> star is also involved in Dopocinema, a \u201cfuori festival\u201d concept that turns unexpected corners of Rome into late-night film and culture spots.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1823\">Giovanni\u2019s CV reads very &#8220;I live at night.&#8221; We&#8217;re talking large-scale events, brand partnerships, plus his own magic performances and shows.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1825\" data-end=\"2183\">Now, all the theatrics on Love Is Blind Italy are making sense.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1825\" data-end=\"2183\">He forms connections with both Gergana and Giorgia, eventually proposing to Giorgia, even opting to sleep on the sofa on their first night together so they don\u2019t rush intimacy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1825\" data-end=\"2183\">It\u2019s giving \u201cold-school chivalry with a side of showman,&#8221; kind of&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2229\">It looks like he owns a whole castle<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DM0UTkaM6Sa\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DM0UTkaM6Sa\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Giovanni Calvario (@giovannicalvario)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2582\">Here\u2019s where things get very fairytale very fast.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2582\">Away from the pods, Giovanni has launched a project called Castel Futuro.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2582\">It&#8217;s described as \u201ca developing artistic space located in the countryside,\u201d focused on creativity, performance and interdisciplinary exchange, with an open call for artists.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2584\" data-end=\"3032\">On his official website, Castel Futuro is framed as \u201ca place that will be, a model of lifestyle alternative to the city narrative made of consumerism and concrete.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2584\" data-end=\"3032\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.castelfuturo.com\/\">The project\u2019s own site<\/a> pushes the castle vibes even harder, calling it \u201cUn castello dove creare, vivere, lavorare. Il primo di tanti,&#8221; which translates to: &#8220;A castle where you can create, live and work. The first of many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2584\" data-end=\"3032\">And then there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/21\/first-instagram-posts-of-the-love-island-usa-season-seven-cast-are-out-and-theyre-juicy\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Giovanni\u2019s bio describes him as \u201c@castelfuturo CEO &amp; Creative director,\u201d directly linking himself to the project\u2019s castle account.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2584\" data-end=\"3032\">On @castelfuturo, reels and captions talk about exploring abandoned castles and even invite followers with lines like \u201ccome live in a castle with me,\u201d as they scout and transform the space.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3462\" data-end=\"3902\">So\u2026does he actually own the castle bricks and mortar? From what\u2019s publicly available, there\u2019s no explicit line anywhere that says \u201cGiovanni bought this castle and it\u2019s his private estate now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3462\" data-end=\"3902\">Instead, there&#8217;s a high chance he&#8217;s the creator, CEO and creative director of a castle-based cultural project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s giving 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