“We regret the broadcast of content that should not have happened,” announces public television
Of course, this year the “normal” edition of ‘MasterChef’ is going down in history for reasons the program should not be proud of. Such was the scandal of the last program, in which a contestant decided to leave the culinary reality show, that RTVE has decided to eliminate it from its networks and from RTVE Playthe video on demand platform.
Let us remember that in last Wednesday’s delivery, we saw Tamara making the decision to leave because the pressure was taking its toll on his mental health: “It is more important for me to be well than to disappoint you”alleged the contestant, who was reproached for a derogatory Jordi Cruz. “Very good, bye. Her door »
Playing with mental health
An exchange that did not take long to spark criticism among viewers, who criticized not only the attitude of the program’s judge, but also the fact that a message was allowed to be broadcast. so contrary with the alleged commitment to mental health that public television champions, as reiterated https://twitter.com/RTVE_Com/status/1783944192932118621.
“We regret the broadcast of content that should not have happened”declares the profile of RTVE Communication and Participation in social networks, “management has strengthened internal controls to avoid similar episodes”. A decision to eliminate the program that comes after neither the producer (Shane Iberia) nor Jordi Cruz expressed their apologies, according to Vertele.
However, There has been a passing of the ball between the network and the producer, because it is RTVE that has the last word in the final version of what ends up being broadcast. On the other hand, it’s not the first time that from ‘MasterChef’ they do not know how to work with the mental health of their contestants, let us remember cases like that of Veronica Forqué Two years ago.
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