Its roots are in Italy
Mascolo is from Modena, Italy. In an interview with Icon, he explained that he tries to spend half the year in Italy and half of the year in Los Angeles.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Mascolo and Thorne were unfortunately separated due to quarantine, with Mascolo staying safe with his family in Italy. The couple connected on Instagram Live with each other (among the fans) and lovingly expressed how much they miss each other.
He is a musician and actor
Mascolo is half of the pop duo Benji & Fede (with Federico Rossi), and now also presents himself as a solo artist under the name B3N. In February, he released an EP entitled California.
Speaking of Benji & Fede, Mascolo said that they intended “to make our own way in our own way, because I believe that the type of artist we are is different from most Italians who came here before us” in an interview at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in 2016.
In 2020, the Italian pop star embarked on his next adventure: acting. Mascolo made his first film, The time is over, “side by side with my partner in crime,” he wrote on Instagram. The duo was on location in Rome, shooting the film in the fall.
He met Bella at Coachella
The two lovebirds met for the first time in California at the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
“I knew immediately that she was different from all the other women I met in my life,” said Mascolo, according to an English translation of one Icon interview published in Italian.
In April 2020, he logged on to Instagram to remember that first encounter in 2019, writing: “About a year ago, out of nowhere you landed like a UFO alien in my normal life as an Italian pop star and f ****** everything. that I had for an outrageous weekend at Coachella and summer in Ibiza and Mykonos. Safe to say that this was without a doubt the best thing that ever happened in my life, I am forever grateful to you my beautiful little girl, God bless the moment that I put aside my shyness to send you a random message and say ‘let’s go out’. “
He credits Thorne for helping him gain confidence in his career and in his life.
“The coolest thing that Bella did for me was to make me believe in myself … a lot of things that I thought I could never do, I’m learning now because she got me started. In music, in life. She gave it to me the gift of believing in myself, “he said in an interview with Vanity Fair Italia.
His favorite artist is Ed Sheeran
Mascolo was lucky when he had the opportunity to sit down and interview his favorite musician, Ed Sheeran.
“Italians love you,” said Sheeran’s enthusiast before asking questions about his songwriting and career. “It is an honor for me to represent you.”
Mascolo had Sheeran sign his arm, saying he intended to get a tattoo of his signature, and ended the meeting with a big hug.
He has a lot of tattoos (and Bella approves)
Speaking of ink, Mascolo has a pretty heavy tattoo.
Thorne has a few favorites.
“They are all very hot,” she said in a clip from behind the scenes of a photo shoot for a magazine. “I love his tattoos. I love that when we first met, one of the things I realized, he has ‘patience’ and ‘balance’ in his hands, which are two things I talk about needing a lot more in my life. O So it’s like the universe gives me something that I really need to look at. “