RTVE withdraws the final 'Masterchef' program, criticized for the remedy of a contestant | Television | EUROtoday

Masterchef has added extra pressure within the final hours to the difficult scenario of RTVE. The entity has eliminated the most recent recreation present from its digital platform and social networks after quite a few criticisms, together with that of the Minister of Health, Mónica García, about the way in which during which the presenter Jordi Cruz handled a contestant who deserted the competitors for not feeling properly mentally. In its account on the social community

But the scenario doesn’t finish right here. Sources near the RTVE Administration Committee defined to this newspaper on Saturday morning that, for the second, “the chapter has been provisionally withdrawn, as has happened on other occasions with other content. When it is evaluated, it will be decided whether its removal from the catalog is definitive,” they say. That decision, they point out from the public entity, will be made in the coming days. “When a mistake is made, an apology must be made, and that is what RTVE decided yesterday, due to the image that that content offered. You have to accept it. It was an error by RTVE's editorial control,” they add. Regarding the statements that Minister García has shared through her social networks, the Board of Directors considers that “the public entity is in a very delicate moment and adding gasoline does not help.”

The first measures to forestall it from occurring once more have already been taken. “We regret the broadcast of content that should not have happened. Management has strengthened internal controls to avoid similar episodes. RTVE reiterates its commitment to mental health,” states the company's message. Tamara, the contestant who left this system, justified her resolution by saying that she didn’t see herself ready to be within the remaining: “I feel very frustrated and I don't feel like continuing the dynamic in which I am not well. Forgive me, but it is more important to be well than to disappoint you.”

Jordi Cruz replied before asking for the apron and showing him the door so he could leave: “I wouldn't ask you any questions, I would just say 'very good, ciao.' “You have taken away people’s opportunities.” The Minister of Health assured in her grievance about Cruz's conduct that prioritizing emotional well-being is a courageous act and that it shouldn’t be interpreted as “selfishness.” “We want a society doped with caffeine and anxiolytics,” García reprimanded.

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