Exclusive Interview
Boston Rob Reveals His First Impression of Wife Amber on ‘Survivor: All-Stars’
What To Know
- “Boston Rob” Mariano and his wife, Amber, met more than 20 years ago on Survivor: All-Stars.
- In an interview with Swooon, Rob reveals one of the first things he remembers thinking about Amber on the beach.
- He also shares how she holds things down at home amid his busy career in the spotlight.
It’s been more than 20 years since Rob Mariano and Amber Mariano (née Brkich) met on Season 8 of Survivor and fell in love. Since then, Rob, who hosts The Traitors Official Podcast, has maintained a life in the spotlight as a reality television gamer, while Amber has been holding things down at their home in Florida and supporting him from afar.
Rob says it’s “miraculous and seamless” how Amber is able to keep their household running amid his busy schedule. The couple shares four daughters, and Rob says his wife “has that other gear” that makes her an incredible mother.
“I’ve known that about her since I met her,” he tells Swooon. “One of the first things I remember was I thought in my brain that she would be a really good mother because she’s so caring and so nurturing.”
Rob praises his wife for “balancing it all,” and jokes, “She kind of has five children because I don’t ever want to grow up. She lets me run around and do what I need to do. Maybe sometimes that’s why it works so well … because she needs a break from me. Like, go do what you need to do!”
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In 2020, Rob and Amber both returned to Survivor to compete on the Winners at War season and had the opportunity to welcome their daughters into the experience. All four girls visited their mom and dad during the loved ones’ visit in Fiji.
And while they’re some years away from being old enough to play Survivor, Rob says he “could make a case and tell you why each of them would be good” at the game. However, he admits that his youngest daughter, Adelina, who’s 11, may fare best on the show.
“She was probably seven at the time, and we were playing Clue,” he shares. “And she made an advanced move where she pulled a double bluff. I did a double take, I looked at Amber, like, ‘Do you know what she just did?!’ [Adelina’s] eyes got so big, the biggest smile. I go, ‘Do you know?” She goes, ‘Yeah, yeah, I told you this, so you would think this.’ It was super impressive at seven years old to be able to have the forethought to think several moves in advance. All of my kids, I think they’d all be good, they’d all bring something to the table, but Adelina has that killer instinct.”
We won’t see her on the show for at least “another 10 years,” though, because “I’m not letting her out there at 18,” Rob confirms. “She needs some life experience, too.”
The Traitors, Season 4, Streaming Now, Peacock
Survivor, Season 50, Wednesdays, 8/7c, CBS
