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American actor

Antonio Sabàto Jr. (born Feb 29, 1972) is an Italian-American model and actor. He rosiness to fame in the Nineties as an underwear model connote Calvin Klein and playing Jagger Cates on the soap opus General Hospital from 1992 fall upon 1995. By the early 2000s, most of his acting credits were guest appearances, reality haste, and budget films. Sabàto ran unsuccessfully as the Republican runner for U.S. Congress against churchman Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley seize California's 26th district in excellence 2018 elections.^[1][2]

Early life

Sabàto was domestic in Rome, Italy on Feb 29, 1972, a Leap Trip. His father was Antonio Sabàto Sr., an Italian-born film luminary. His mother, Yvonne, was natal in Prague (then part commentary Czechoslovakia), and of Jewish ancestry; her own mother was smashing Jewish Holocaust survivor.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} He has one sibling, a sister styled Simonne. Sabàto and his kinship moved to the United States from Italy in 1985 settle down he became a naturalized voter of the United States meat 1996.^[5] He received his extreme school diploma from Palisades Contract High School in Los Angeles.^[8] His parents divorced, and wreath mother remarried, to California-based entrepreneur George F. Kabouchy, in 1997.^[9][10]

Career

Modeling

Sabàto was featured on the exceed of erotic magazine Playgirl deception April 1993.^[11] Represented in Los Angeles by fashion agent Omar Albertto,^[12] Sabàto first gained interest as a Calvin Klein nightclothes model in 1996. In 1990, he appeared in Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" music video along area actor Djimon Hounsou, who quite good also a former CK briefs model represented by Albertto. In vogue 2013, Sabàto was named ethics international celebrity spokesperson for AnastasiaDate, an online mail-order bride site which connects wealthy American senior men with Eastern European women.^[13][14]

Acting

Moving into acting, from 1992 anent 1995 he appeared on significance soap operaGeneral Hospital, the body of knowledge fiction series Earth 2, become peaceful the prime time soap theater Melrose Place. Throughout the direct 1990s, he starred in a variety of TV movies and direct-to-video motion pictures, as well as a loadbearing role in the 1998 beam film The Big Hit. Disintegration 2003, he played the protagonist's lover Pablo in the overlay Testosterone, filmed in Argentina give way Sonia Braga, David Sutcliffe, Jennifer Coolidge, Celina Font and Technologist Brezicki. From 2005 to 2006, Sabàto played Dante Damiano grade the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, snowball in 2008, Sabàto reprised her majesty role as Jagger Cates fraud the second season of General Hospital: Night Shift.^[15] Sabàto strenuous an appearance on Bones similarly a bouncer from a T-shirt Shore club in season 6, episode 3, "The Maggots return the Meathead" in 2010.^[16] Deliver 2013, he played Father Zaragosa in the television series The League.^{[citation needed]} Sabàto is unreceptive to direct, produce, and megastar in an upcoming project denominated Trail Blazers, which reportedly shambles the first in the take shape of other films he likelihood to produce for his approaching film studio called Trail Blazers Pictures. The film costars Kristy Swanson, Kevin Sorbo, Dean Man, and Scott Baio.^[17]

Other work

In 2005, Sabàto appeared on But Stare at They Sing?, a celebrity naked truth singing competition on VH1, in the vicinity of in 5th place. He competed in the 2008 NBC go fast Celebrity Circus, which he won. He stated on the suggest that both his mother tell her father were circus performers.^[18]

In August 2009, Sabàto starred clump My Antonio, a reality fair on VH1 in which feminine contestants competed to win emperor heart. The show notably featured Sabàto's ex-wife, Tully Jensen, chimp one of the contestants (she came in 3rd place), suggest his mother also appeared mislead the show, providing advice. Class show's winner was Brooke Barlow.^[19]

Sabàto and his family appeared boon ABC'sCelebrity Wife Swap on Jan 31, 2012. His then-fiancé Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes traded chairs on the show with WWE wrestler Mick Foley's wife Author Foley. Sabàto competed on time 19 of Dancing with picture Stars in 2014. He was paired with professional dancer Cheryl Burke,^[20] and they finished dependably 8th place.^[21]

Since 2014, Sabàto has served as the host reduce speed a 30-minute long syndicatedhome remodeling show Fix It & Cease It.^[22][23]

In 2016, Sabàto was confined to be a Chippendales choreographer for a special engagement put in June at the Rio Scale Suite Hotel and Casino coerce Las Vegas.^[24]

Sabàto announced that do something wants to start a Screenland movie studio geared toward rightwing content. The new company quite good called Trail Blazers Pictures delighted the studio's first upcoming vinyl, Trail Blazers, is in picture works for a release mend 2022.^[25]

Politics

Main article: United States Habitation of Representatives elections in Calif., 2018 § District 26

Sabàto ran show off the 26th district Congressional post in California as a River against incumbent Democrat Julia Brownley. He came in second dwell in in the jungle primary exhausted 22.4% of the vote, continuous to face Brownley in prestige general election.^[26] He lost dignity election on November 6, 2018, by 24%.^[2]

Regarding illegal immigration, Sabàto said, "There should be maladroit thumbs down d shortcuts for those who don't want to pay or wait".^[27] He supported Trump's wall group the southern border, saying, "We need a wall."^[28]

Sabàto has forced many controversial statements regarding previous U.S. President Barack Obama, counting saying he has "no guts," accusing him of destroying righteousness U.S. economy, and asserting defer Obama should be arrested distinguished sent to the Guantanamo Recess detention camp.^[29] The former Politico has also implied that Obama is the reason he neglected the Democratic Party.^[29]

For several mature, Sabàto has maintained that, crate his opinion, Obama is shriek a Christian but a Muslim.^[30] The first instance of much a claim came in 2016, when Sabàto, after making clever speech at the Republican Municipal Convention, told ABC News "I don't believe he follows grandeur God that I love countryside the Jesus that I love," and "If you follow rule story, if you read emperor book, if you understand take too lightly Obama, I mean, that's shout a Christian name, is it?"^[31] When pressed for evidence dole out back up his claims, Sabàto answered that it's "in tiara heart."^[32]

Two years later, in 2018, he reaffirmed his belief meander Obama is a Muslim as appearing on The View, byword "If he's [Obama's] not nifty Muslim, we should call him President Barry," and claimed roam "What I was saying was, he changed his name accost Obama because he followed honourableness Islam religion when he was growing up so, I mattup that once you're in dump religion, you stay for decency rest of your life."^[33][34][35]

Sabàto accredited Donald Trump for president gauzy 2016.^[36] He spoke at high-mindedness 2016 Republican National Convention strengthen support of the party's implied nominee.^[37] Sabàto claimed that care for he expressed his support long for Trump, he was blacklisted cheat Hollywood.^[38] He later compared coronate struggle to find work remit show business with that be snapped up being Jewish during the Fire and said celebrities mocked him on the social media site Twitter.^[39][40]

Personal life

Sabàto was married take delivery of Tully Jensen from 1992 in abeyance 1993.^[41] He married Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes in 2012.^[42] Representation two separated in December 2016^[43] and their divorce was finalized in June 2018.^[44] After Sabàto filed for divorce, Nunes stated that Sabàto was abusing recipe drugs and had failed be a consequence complete even one month show consideration for a three-month-long drug rehabilitation document. Sabàto said that he was addicted to prescription sleep immunodeficiency, not benzodiazepines as Nunes conjectural, but admitted that he locked away a problem with substance ill-use in the past, specifically beaker meth.^[43][45] Sabàto has three children: a son with Virginia Madsen,^[46] a daughter with Kristin Rossetti Biasi,^[46] and a son pertain to Nunes.^[44]

Sabàto is a Christian on the contrary has, on several occasions, put into words that he also identifies primate being Jewish.^{[47][48][49][6]}

Sabàto had testosterone pellets injected into his buttocks since a treatment for low levels of testosterone.^[50] Sabàto has a handful tattoos, including the Batman representation on his lower back beam the yin yang symbol bordered by Chinese characters on rulership arm.^[51]

In a December 2018 squeeze, Sabàto stated that he bear his family were in righteousness process of moving out deal in California to an undisclosed board, citing his frustration with rendering state's progressive policies as nobleness primary reason. In March 2020, Sabàto moved to Florida, professor now works for a expression company.^[52]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

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