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Giuliana Rancicand her husband are no strangers to the public eye.

How she jumped at a chance to interview Bill Rancic in 2005.

Giuliana Rancic and her husband, Bill Rancic

How they hit it off.How they got married.And how the rest became reality TV history.

Bill Rancic has more layers than most people realize.

Here’s a look at some of the things that make Giuliana Rancic’s husband such a renaissance man.

Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic

“My grandma decided to teach me how to make pancakes.

“When they left, they all put five-dollar bills underneath their plates.”

Bill came clean, but that was the end of pancake breakfasts at Grandma’s.

Donald Trump and Bill Rancic, Giuliana Rancic’s husband

“They knew I was kind of a different breed early on,” he said.

Bill was the last one to make the cut.

His success apparently led tothemapproachinghimto apply for the show.

Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic

The idea all sprung from a guest speaking role Karen wrangled Bill into.

“Karen asked me to speak at her son Zack’s elementary school,” Bill toldMyCentralJersey.com.

He recalled, “Walking to the car, I said to Karen, ‘These kids need an outlet.

Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic

We should do a book.'”

Secrets, Stories, and Advice from a Madly-in-Love Couplewith wife Giuliana Rancic in 2010.

Bill said the idea came to him on a flight from Alaska.

Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic

“I started thinking, ‘What would happen if this plane went down?'”

he shared, as reported by theChicago Tribune.

“In my mind, I outlined the whole scenario for what turned out to beFirst Light.”

Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic, at the New York marathon

Bill flew to Haiti with Sara Lee executive Jon Harris and delivered thousands of pounds of food.

On that trip, he met a boy named Didi Vladimir Thomas pierre-Louis.

In 1999, his then-roommate bet Bill he couldn’t execute the race.

Bill Rancic and Giuliana Rancic at RPM Italian

He accepted, trained for only ten weeks, andran as Billy “The Kid” Rancic.

He finished in 4 hours and 34 minutes.

But Bill’s food prowess isn’t limited to being a restaurateur.

Bill Rancic, Giuliana Rancic’s husband

… Our chef partner, Doug Psaltis, has certainly shown me some skill in the kitchen.”

Giuliana Rancic’s husband continued, “I love cooking Italian food and I also love to grill.”

He’s not just talking himself up, either.

Bill Rancic, Giuliana Rancic’s husband

9, “He is an amazing cook and a grill master.”

“[Agema’s] parents owned a condo in New Buffalo,” Bill toldThePlumbingInfo.com.

“They worked hard but they weren’t magical by any means,” he said.

Trump Tower Chicago, which Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic, helped build

“I took the ‘Why not me?’

And he owes much of that mane’s robustness to his steadfast use of Rogaine.

He even served as a spokesman for Rogaine in the mid-2010s.

Bill Rancic, Giuliana Rancic’s husband

According to an interview withAskMen, Bill began noticing this problem in his 20s and started using Rogaine.

The choice was not a tough one for the Chicago native.

And he talks up the city and its people every chance he gets.

Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic

Bill loves Chicago so much he wrote a beautiful love letter to the city forHuffPostin 2012.

From 2010 to 2014, he hostedAmerica Nowwith formerEntertainment Tonightcorrespondent and talk show host Leeza Gibbons.

Bill said in an interview withThe Hollywood Reporterthat the transition to anchoring was a tough one.

Giuliana Rancic and her husband at a cancer fundraiser

“I was certainly a work in progress in the beginning.

I like to think I’ve come a long way.”

The show lasted one season.

Giuliana Rancic’s husband, Bill Rancic, wakesurfing

People can contribute through NIH.”

“Cancer doesn’t discriminate,” Bill said in an interview withTulsa Worldabout the auction in 2005.

If you’ve never heard of wake surfing, that’s ok.

But Bill’s gotten so good that he cantoss footballswhile doing it.

Giuliana Rancic’s husband can even surf alongside two friends, as he showed off in oneInstagramvideo.

According to thepress release announcing the ambassadorship, the Rancics own a 2018 25 LSV.