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Kevin O’Leary ‘Tried’ to Stop Mark Cuban From Leaving ‘Shark Tank’


Kevin O’Leary exclusively spoke to Us Weekly about his reaction when Mark Cuban informed him of his plans to leave ‘Shark Tank’

“I tried to turn him around on that decision because he’s been part of the DNA of the show for so long,” O’Leary, 70, exclusively told Us Weekly during an interview with Daniel Lubetzky. “They will go on and on and on and on, and that’s what we all understand and our job is to nurture them, fund them, try and pick the winners — because we don’t get it right all the time — and provide the platform and be those ambassadors for the American dream,” he told Us. “I went to see [producer Mark Burnett] at a restaurant [in a] hotel called Shutters at the beginning, before the pilot, and he said, ‘We’re looking for a real a-hole and you’re it,’” O’Leary exclusively […]

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