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Authentic, Passionate, and Powerful
MARIPIER MORIN SHE IS THE BUSINESS-ORIENTED BOMBSHELL WHO’S NOW MAKING HER DEBUT IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AND QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF CANADA’S SWEETHEARTS, COMING FAR FROM HER ORIGINS IN REALITY TV.
By Rebecca Kahn Maripier Morin is incredibly busy. She is constantly working on numerous projects, not even able to take a break for this interview, answering questions as she goes from a fitting to a lunch in ten minutes, all while dazzling me with her wit and depth. She’s done everything from being a TV host, acting, modelling, beauty blogging, starring in reality TV show Hockey Wives, being a brand ambassador, and even making her own lingerie line. This all begs the question: is there anything she can’t do? DTK Men had the privilege to get some insider info on her new married-life, her work, and her passions. First of all, congratulations on your recent wedding! It was a long time coming to work around your busy schedules – was it just as special as you had hoped? It was. It was incredible. It was a perfect day, honestly; the weather was great, it was so fun, very intimate, and it was exactly what I dreamed of. Are you and your new husband, Brandon Prust, still having trouble finding time where you’re in the same city? How do you stay close and connected despite the distance? Well, I feel like we love each other more when we’re not in the same city, actually (laughs). I’m joking, but we do long distance really well because when we’re
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separated, when we’re both in our cities, it’s time for us to be focused and to work as much as we can, and then when we’re together, it’s our us-time. So, I feel like we balance work and our relationship really well now. You started out as a television host, then went into reality TV, and now you’re staring in Denys Arcand’s new movie La Chute de L’empire Americain - has it been difficult for you to adapt from one type of TV to the next? And how do you channel such a variety of personalities in your acting and modelling? I think that it was tough for me to go from being a TV host to an actress, but I took acting lessons for a good two and a half months. So that helped me do the transition and really get into character, but it was definitely a huge challenge, probably one of the biggest in my career. But it was such a fun process to create this character, and to see her come to life. And to work with Denys was insane - I mean, he’s such a living legend. He’s basically the pope of Quebec cinema. He accomplished so much - the only Canadian director who won an Oscar. It was really a blessing and an honour to get to work with him.
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