Yusaku Maezawa announced on Thursday that he would give up participating in Full Moon Lover , a reality show program following his search for a girlfriend to accompany him on his journey around the Moon, reports The Verge . The Japanese billionaire will indeed be the first private passenger of the Starship of SpaceX bound for the natural satellite of the Earth, around 2023.
The online business tycoon originally wanted artists to accompany him on his journey. He then changed his mind and opted for a companion.
Due to personal reasons, I have informed AbemaTV yesterday with my decision to no longer participate in the matchmaking documentary, hence requested for the cancellation of the show.
- Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) 前 澤 友 作 (@ yousuck2020) January 30, 2020He apologizes to the candidates
More than 27,000 women had applied to participate in the program and try to become Yusaku Maezawa's girlfriend. This craze also makes the businessman feel guilty. "I feel remorse when I think that 27,722 honest and courageous women took their precious time to register," tweeted the Japanese who spoke of "a selfish decision".
The billionaire puts forward "personal reasons" to explain his "decision to no longer participate in the documentary" and his "request to cancel the program". Yusaku Maezawa confides that "despite (s) sincere and honest involvement in the program, part of (him) had contradictory feelings about (s) a participation".
Those who also collect works of contemporary art conclude their message on the social network with apologies from "from the bottom of their hearts" addressed to "many people". He is thinking in particular of the candidates as well as the staff of AbemaTV who worked on the production of reality TV.
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