Marco Antonio Regil He was one of the most famous presenters of game shows where celebrities or families could win large sums of money in the first decade of the 2000s. However, he would not remain forever on the ‘Canal de las Estrellas’ of Televisawell even rejection to the television network and signed with Aztec TV to drive Perfect Escape and these would be the reasons.
Although the former game show host Televisa, Marco Antonio Regil became a fixture in Mexican homes that tuned in to ‘Canal de las Estrellas’ to enjoy entertainment at mealtime with shows like Succeeds the price and One minute to windue to his personal projects, his change of residence to the United States, changes in programming and his ideological and moral beliefs, he would have reasons to refuse to participate in more productions of Televisa.
The Mexican announcer and presenter Marco Antonio Regil revealed that he would not turn down offers due to lack of opportunities, talent or conflicts with Televisabut because his ideological and moral beliefs were not in line with the objectives of the advertisers, since the same ex-driver of Everybody thinks they know has said that rejection several proposals due to this reason.
In several interviews, he mentioned that he had been offered some television shows in Mexico, but because the sponsors were related to junk food or animal origin, rejection the offer. Although the decision was difficult, he could not compromise his values and promote products that he does not consume or support. On one occasion, Marco Antonio Regil he recalled that he felt sad when he had to say no for reasons that they betrayed his ideals, since the television station asked him to announce what the sponsors told him.
Although the current driver of Perfect Escape recognized that the television business works under these circumstances, points out that his vegetarian lifestyle and his knowledge about the detrimental effects of unhealthy food for the human body are more important: “I understand that television depends on it, but I cannot promote something that I do not consume, so I have seen two programs go by sadly because I cannot do it,” he said. Marco Antonio Regil. However, he remembers with satisfaction his work in Televisadespite revealing, in an interview with Mara Patricia Castañeda, that he never wanted to be limited to an exclusive contract, as this required his ability to choose which projects to participate in and would not allow him to explore other opportunities.
For this reason, Marco Antonio Regil He was one of the first to work for Televisa without an exclusive contract and confessed that when he spoke with Emilio Azcárraga, the owner of the television station, he was very understanding and allowed him to work without exclusivity. However, when the game show host raised his wishes, Azcárraga made it very clear that as long as he did not plan to betray him and join Aztec TVeverything would be fine, otherwise he threatened to “hit him in the mother”, jokingly and laughing.
Until now, the presenter of the new season of Perfect Escape had kept his promise not to go to the competition, but recently signed to lead the contest program of Aztec TV. However, before making that decision, Marco Antonio Regil assures that he had conversations with the executives of Televisa to explain to them that none of the offers they made to him were suitable for his personality.