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Australians have been watching tradie turned TV host Scott Cam on their screens for almost 20 years, but there’s one thing many don’t know about the larrikin Block star. His real name isn’t Scott Cam.
What may come to a surprise to most fans is that Scotty has been using a shortened version of his surname, which is actually Caminetti, the Daily Mail reports.
Speaking on the KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O Show, the 55-year-old revealed that the name was changed during the war.
“My father’s side was Italian, they came here in 1882. They’ve been here for five to six generations and the name was changed during the war, because we’re fisherman.”
He continued, “Cause the Italians were you know, the enemy during the war so they changed the name of the business to “Cam and Sons” from “Caminetti and Sons.”
“I didn’t change it, it was changed before I was born,” he added.
But Scotty isn’t the only Australian TV personality to change his name. Karl Stefanovic revealed his surname was changed when he was younger because of problems at school.
Even Meghan Markle uses a different name.
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