It has only been a month since Pedro Ruiz decided to return to La 1, after 20 years away from public television. A special called Nothing from the other world, in which “things that happen for the first time” were shown. Despite the low audience, the presenter was optimistic on his social networks to be able to “reconvene the public that has been dispersed for years.” Something that “is neither easy nor impossible.”
Now, he has decided to give an interview to Semana magazine in which he has confessed, among other things, that he has been presenting projects to TVE for years, all of them rejected, until they have given him the opportunity to return. He has always made it clear that he has never done anything he didn’t want to do.
A return that has made him especially excited, since he left without wanting it. “I left it because Spanish Television told me that I couldn’t do theater and television at the same time, that I wasn’t worthy,” something that he was not willing to accept, since he considers himself an artist above all else. For this reason, he chose to dedicate himself to the world of theater and abandon a promising career on the small screen.
And if something is certain about Pedro Ruiz, it is that he is very clear about what he wants in life. So much so, that he has very strong values. For the artist, parents are sacred. “Someone who is not going to see his mother is telling you what he is going to do with you as a partner, as an employee and as a friend. Don’t give it any more thought,” he stated forcefully in the aforementioned medium.
The love he feels for his parents is very great, so much so that his house is full of photographs of his mother: “She was kind.” Therefore, she did not hesitate to separate many things from her life to focus on taking care of her when she needed it most.
But at 76 years old there is something that he has not stopped doing for a single day: swimming in his pool. Whether it’s hot or cold, the presenter is clear: “I shoot every day regardless of the temperature.” And this could be thanks to his iron health, which he wouldn’t sell for the world.
Upon his return to television, he is clear that he wants to continue his old methods. And the fact is that, as she has reported, “not even the Civil Guard” has a earpiece on him. His memory is such that it allows him to live without agendas, not even inside his mobile phone. Something he brags about because he doesn’t have “any number recorded.”
Now we just have to wait and see what their next steps will be, given the low data collected by their new program. Even so, he was clear from the beginning that he could not control the “battle of the audience.”
