Ralph Macchio, the original Karate Kid, may have his own reality show soon. But, will his family be able to keep viewers tuned in?
Ralph Macchio may be moving to prime time. The 48-year-old star of the Karate Kid movies is in talks with an unnamed network about a reality show based around his family.
Macchio has been married to wife Phyllis Fiero for 22 years and has two teenage kids, Julia and Daniel.
But first, Macchio wants to make sure his family will keep viewers tuned in. After all, with an intact marriage and kids who don’t make the news, they’ve got nothing on Leave it to Lamas or Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
However, Macchio says he’s not worried. “I’ve been in discussions about unscripted ideas before. As far as having an argument over french toast in the morning and what kind of dog we (my family) should get, I think there are smarter ideas and I’m investigating those,” he said on Hollywood.com.
Macchio has always been suspected of fans and critics alike for having plastic surgery because the star looks so young. Even IMDB.com begins his biography describing Macchio as an “Italian-American actor with boyish looks.”
Many male movie stars are getting face lifts and Botox, but there’s no evidence to suggest Macchio’s looks are anything but good genes.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Yes possible good genes… but I personally have lived an extremely healthy lifestyle since i was around 17-18 and now at 25 years + I ‘always’ get mistaken for being only 16 years old. No junk foods, lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, olive oil, fish oil etc etc… avoiding the sun! some good face creams. This is how I’ve achieved it… i remember ralph at about about 25 and he looked around 16 then also. So hopefully I will do just as well. Plus I do something called calorie restriction since i was 18 which is ‘proven’ to slow aging in mammals.