Dean McDermott By Jay Cooper
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Dean is an actor known for a multitude of television shows and
movies. Winner of season two Celebrity Cook-Off, Santa Baby, Santa Baby 2, My Fake Boyfriend, the host of Chopped Canada, Hell’s Kitchen, Tori and Dean Home Sweet Hollywood, Tori & Dean Cabin Fever, True Tori, Tori and Dean Storybook Weddings, Tori and Dean Inn Love, Pretty Hard Cases plus SO much more! He is a Canadian through and through. I had the chance to catch up with Dean. Jay Cooper (JC): Would Dean be there? Dean McDermott (DM): That’s me! I’m very excited for our chat today. JC: My pleasure and I’ve been looking forward to it. How’s the weather in California today? DM: It’s actually very nice in the high 60’s low 70’s. Fall is so beautiful in Ontario and I miss that so much. Chili or stew on a cold day, especially at the cottage. We used to have one on lower Stoney Lake. JC: What a wonderful opportunity by Carolyn Richards from the Kawartha ATV Association (KATVA). She’s also a writer for this magazine. How did you get involved? DM: It came from Elvis Stojko in the summer of 2019. I was up there for five months shooting ‘Pretty Hard Cases’. My friend owns The Skating Lab in Toronto and knew I was in town. He asked if I brought my hockey gear, which I hadn’t. He got me outfitted with True Temper Hockey gear and said “Oh by the way you have skating lessons with Elvis Stojko next Wednesday”, and I’m like WHAT? Turned out Elvis wears True Skates, and they were friends so he told Elvis I was in town. I went and met Elvis and we hit it off immediately and became fast friends. He has a great property in Pontypool and introduced me to side by sides. He took me out for a rip on his Polaris XP1000 and I was hooked. By the end of the summer that machine was mine since he bought a Can Am. KATVA took us out one day and that’s how we met Carolyn and it was just the best time, it was amazing riding trails for 75 kms and stopping by a lake for lunch. So thanks to Elvis I’m a huge side by side guy and got to meet great people from KATVA.
Photo by Helen Tansey, Sundari Photography
JC: I’m interviewing Elvis tomorrow. Anything I should be aware of? (Laughs) DM: You know, he is one of the most solid people I’ve ever met. Never seen him lose his temper, very even keeled, level headed and spiritual. No wonder he’s won all those championships and medals as he is a great competitor. But his
