{"id":178456,"date":"2025-07-03T11:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/from-pit-crew-to-center-stage-bruno-alcantara-brings-heart-healing-humor-to-happy-endings-with-bruno\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:59:54","slug":"from-pit-crew-to-center-stage-bruno-alcantara-brings-heart-healing-humor-to-happy-endings-with-bruno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/from-pit-crew-to-center-stage-bruno-alcantara-brings-heart-healing-humor-to-happy-endings-with-bruno\/","title":{"rendered":"From Pit Crew to Center Stage: Bruno Alcantara Brings Heart, Healing &#038; Humor to Happy Endings with Bruno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/bruno-alcantara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruno Alcantara<\/a> has entertained audiences with his handsome looks but now he hopes to delight our souls as well. The Brazilian model and <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/meet-instagram-hottie-bruno-alcantara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beloved Pit Crew member<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/rupauls-drag-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em><\/a> is stepping into the spotlight as the host of <em>Happy Endings with Bruno<\/em>, a deeply original new series from World of Wonder premiering July 5 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowpresentsplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WOW Presents Plus.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this feel-good, full-body experience, Bruno trades tight shorts for healing hands and invites celebrity guests into his massage studio for a mix of soothing ASMR, laughter, and emotionally honest interviews. But don\u2019t let the playful title fool you: <em>Happy Endings with Bruno<\/em> goes well beyond the skin-deep. Each episode is a chance to slow down, get real, and explore the journeys that shape queer identity from mental health to self-love to affirming your purpose.<\/p>\n<p>With guests including <em>Drag Race<\/em> icons like <strong>Kameron Michaels<\/strong> and <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race Live!<\/em> dancer <strong>Nick Lemmer<\/strong> (who you may also know as Lazi Susan), the series is as diverse as it is tender. And at the center of it all is Bruno\u2019s warmth, strength, and vision on full display as he guides guests (and viewers) toward discovering what their \u201chappy ending\u201d truly looks like.<\/p>\n<p>We had a chance to chat with Bruno about the new series in our exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ePCLcV6u_co\" data-id=\"ePCLcV6u_co\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ePCLcV6u_co\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Happy Endings with Bruno | Trailer | WOW Presents Plus\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ePCLcV6u_co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u200aCongratulations on the new show. How does it feel to go from being on the Pit Crew to having your very own show on WOW Presents Plus?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, sometimes it\u2019s unbelievable. Sometimes I have to pinch myself. I\u2019m like, yes, this is happening. Sometimes it makes me cry, honestly. I\u2019ve been in the US for 11 years, I couldn\u2019t even speak English, so I\u2019ve been living the dream. I\u2019ve been having beautiful, amazing experiences. I\u2019m very grateful for my relationship with my <em>Drag Race<\/em> family and everything that has been happening.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, I want more and more things and I think this shows one opportunity I have to show another side of me\u2026to go beyond the eye candy and just bring something else. I get to step into a new position and, more than that, be in a project that brings a beautiful message to people.<\/p>\n<p>We are in a moment right now when it\u2019s been very hard to keep balance and to be grounded. As a human being in general, it\u2019s not the easiest thing to be in tune with our emotions and our bodies and I think this show is just coming in a perfect moment that can touch and inspire so many people if they are interested. I\u2019m very excited and happy for many different reasons and for being a host of my own show but on top of that, this is coming with a message that I feel like everybody can learn from. I think we can all learn from the stories that were told. <\/p>\n<p>After I finished filming the show, I think what I was most satisfied about is how comfortable [the guests] were with me on set and how open they were and the vulnerability that they brought to tell very deep stories or things that are very meaningful or hard to even talk about for them. So, I think that alone just made me very happy because you cannot guarantee the result of anything but, of course, I brought the best intention possible. I think when you do things with the right intention, nothing wrong can happen from that.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLKaP6JA59s\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p><strong>Massage is such a personal experience where you\u2019re talking to people at kind of their most vulnerable. How do you create a safe space for your guests to open up on camera?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think it started with the energy. I\u2019ve worked with massage for years and I always start a massage with the right intention of healing, with the intention of creating this space, a moment when this person can just relax, either sleep or whatever. But if you as the healer or the therapist come with the right intention, it already helps because they were willing to be so comfortable and then just do a good job. We can feel our emotions really are reflecting our bodies in different ways or different muscles and all that so as you touch, you can feel the areas, the tensions and all that.<\/p>\n<p>You also need to read the room \u2013 even for massage. Some people come for a massage and they don\u2019t like to be touched, and that\u2019s very interesting because that happened to me many times before. It\u2019s like someone is coming for a massage, but as they are touched, they will say something about their lives or things they\u2019ve been through and if they\u2019re willing to talk about it and share, it becomes a very beautiful healing moment as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve got some really great guests coming on the show, like some of the queens from <em>Drag Race<\/em> and notable content creators. What surprised you most about the conversations that you had with your guests on the show?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listen, I think there are a lot of things that I remember and one of them is how we are all humans and we all go through the same things, emotions, and we are all vulnerable. We all have trauma. It doesn\u2019t matter how you look. It doesn\u2019t matter what kind of job you have. It doesn\u2019t matter how much money you make. It doesn\u2019t matter where you come from because we have a variety of people and body types and jobs and nationalities \u2013 starting with the host \u2013 and that\u2019s the beauty about it, because we can all relate to the human aspect of what we are talking about. I think I did not expect to hear some things for some of those people because looking at the way they look and then finding out the kind of the things that been stressing them out or the kind of experiences they went through in life.<\/p>\n<p>We have the tendency to judge, as people say, the book by the cover and if we just get a little more curious instead of judgmental with people in the world in general. We\u2019ve got to find out things about people that we don\u2019t actually expect.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing that\u2019s very interesting is that we go through in the world thinking that we need to look this way. We need to do things that society tells us to do and I think in a few situations, all the traumas, the pains, or the challenges come from you trying to just be yourself. You\u2019re just trying to please yourself. You\u2019re just trying to choose what you think is right for you \u2013 and I include myself in this \u2013 now you have to fight to be you. You\u2019ve just got to be yourself. You just have to fight for what you think is right for you but a lot of times, that comes with a cost. The cost of just being disliked, the cost of people not proving what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p>I saw some stories that were connected to that, the passion to be choosing that and how hard it was and how hard it is to deal with the choice that you already made. You think it\u2019s right for you, but sometimes you second guess yourself because everybody\u2019s not understanding or not proving what you\u2019re doing. But I think as we realize that we are here to make ourselves happy without doing anything wrong to anybody else, we\u2019ve just got to keep it going.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHOdVPfpLNu\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p><strong>Did you learn anything surprising about yourself while you were filming the show about yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I mean, like, oh my God, I was made for this. I like it. It was a challenge, of course, because not only was it physical work, but I also needed to focus on what they\u2019re saying. There are cameras there, so you know, it\u2019s a show and I\u2019m excited, but I\u2019m a little bit scared. And, after all, it\u2019s nice to realize, oh, I can do this. Hey, I was made for this. Bring me more!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you hoping that people will take away from the show?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope they can relate to the stories from the guests. I hope they can realize that we are all humans and we all go through things. I hope that helps them not to feel alone, feeling the worst, feeling wrong. I think one dangerous thing about people that are struggling with mental health is that they feel pain about their situation and their lives and feel there is no way out. I hope that by watching the show, they can think, oh my God, I\u2019m not alone. I\u2019m not the only one struggling with this. I\u2019m okay. I can deal, I can get over this. I hope that the show can give them validation for the pain, the traumas, whatever they\u2019ve been through, and hope to actually get over it and be in a better situation. <\/p>\n<p>And if they can look at me and think, wow, this guy that was on <em>Drag Race<\/em>, just showing his body, is now here doing this. Wow. I can do that too. So that could be beautiful as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Happy Endings with Bruno premieres on July 5 on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowpresentsplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>WOW Presents Plus<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. 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