Pedro Ruiz presented “The Open Night” on RTVE without too much trouble when one day a guest turned the pre-production of the program upside down due to its arrival at the public entity. That celebrity was Bertín Osborne, who together with Ruiz has revealed to the world the intense planning of said program in the space led by the Spanish singer and presenter on Canal Sur. Andalusia’s public television hosts the “Bertín Show” and, this past Friday, this event revealed all the details of that fateful invitation which was about to mean goodbye to “Open Night”.
Boycott Osborne on public television
Pedro Ruiz’s program on Spanish public radio and television was broadcast since 1997 until 2004, but it was the program in which Bertín Osborne was supposed to appear that brought the most problems to Ruiz himself in almost a decade of broadcast.. Bertín’s presence was going to be a problem for RTVE, since a manager did not entirely agree with his presence, but Ruiz prevailed over the censorship of the public entity and defended Osborne tooth and nail, as he has said. on the singer’s show recently. “I invited Bertín to come to “The Open Night” and, apparently, Some boss there didn’t want me to come.“, blurted out the legendary presenter, who received threats to cancel the program if Bertín Osborne set foot on the set of the public entity. It was then when the singer and presenter himself stepped forward, helping Pedro Ruiz, gesture that has become known to the general public on Friday night.
According to Ruiz, Bertín called him pretending to be sick to avoid attending the programwhich was at risk of cancellation. However, Ruiz decided not to give in to the company’s pressure and invited him to participate anyway. “I told him to come do the program and that if they took it away from me the next day, I would hold a press conference because they wouldn’t have banned the program because of a terrorist but because of you.”Ruiz commented, underlining his determination in the face of what he perceived as an attempt at censorship. Finally, the program was carried out, and Ruiz He was satisfied that he had remained firm in his position to carry out the broadcast.
