In the middle of a televised debate Louis Ventura she spoke about the bullying she experienced by a renowned television producer at the beginning of his career.
The journalist specializing in entertainment told his personal experience in in the afternoon (America, Mon-Fri 3:30pm) and surprised his teammates.
It all started when the cycle leading Karina Mazzocco They talked about the women who reported the abuse they suffered while working Jorge Porcel.
As he reflected on the 80s and the harassment suffered by so many actresses and dancers in those times, Ventura intervened and made it clear that not only women were victims of abuse.
In this context, the media have argued that many “beau men” have had to accept certain things to get important roles and have also admitted that he himself had been molested in his early days.
“It was also the other way around. Eye, there were also men who were abused‘ said the driver.
“I say that more than 50 percent of gallant Argentines…” he said, implying that many had been mistreated.
“Sexually abused?”Mazzocco wanted to know. Then Ventura confirmed it and clarified that the abuses were from men.
“There was a channel that those who came were doing favors,” he launched. And she clarified: “It was not reported because perhaps it was experienced in a less traumatic way. Because everyone was playing that game… the one who went there knew he was going to play that game”.
Afterwards, Luis opened up and talked about his personal experience, which happened when he was newly married and starting his career in television.
“I immediately had it on a television channel and with a first division producer”contacted.
Later, she developed: “I was just married, I was very young and I went to work on a celebrity program within Channel 7 programming”.
The journalist explained that, although it was thanks to a friend of his, on the channel there was a producer who had other intentions with him.
“I went as a producer, a great figure took me who is a great friend of mine. But inside that organization chart, in that pyramid of work, there was someone who perhaps looked at me with different eyes”.
“I didn’t want to be a cameraman because I had no experience, I was a photojournalist, and yet the first day they sent me to take a fucking note“, held.
And he explained: “I recorded the note 13 times because my voice was shaking, my pulse, I was nervous.”
The attitude changes before her rejection
In this context, the reporter recalled a specific event in which he had to stand up to his superior: “There was a star producer who the game started to favor meto give a lot of camera, to give a lot of screen for a whole month ”.
“And one day he invites me to a party but I was half turned and… he harassed me in a way that made me uncomfortable and i stopped him”, he recalled.
And he continued: “I told him ‘look, what you propose is not my choice, I have clearly defined what I want, I’m just married, don’t mess with me‘”.
“I already had my balls full of him standing on top of me”argued Ventura, who said he ultimately ended up losing his job, but “because of a channel instance.”
In addition, the cycle América speaker told how he continued his work after the situation with the producer: “What yes, the comeback was that I never appeared on camera again. My little hand with the microphone appeared, I didn’t appear”.
Finally, Luis clarified that he had a good relationship with the professional, with whom he continues to cross paths to this day.
“For me work was still work, he in his place and I in mine. What’s more, i I meet him now and have a good relationship with him because I love him”, he ruled.
Source: Clarin
