Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Says Mark Cuban ‘Saved My A–‘ (Exclusive)

Kevin O’Leary’s years-long relationship with Mark Cuban can bring splits to his eyes.

In individuals’s special very first consider the Shark Tank capitalist’s look on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?, O’Leary obtains psychological as he reviews exactly how his costar and buddy has actually never ever stopped working to appeared for him.

Host Chris Wallace starts by asking O’Leary concerning his job in Canadian national politics. In 2017, business guy went to be the head of the country’s Conservative Party yet “dropped out at the last minute” due to the fact that he could not talk French “well enough.”

“I was leading in the polls, dramatically, until I hit Quebec,” O’Leary remembers. “I’m dyslexic, I’ll never learn French. And it also leads to a story about Mark Cuban that is very important when people pit us against each other, a lot.”

The tv individuality clarifies that prospects that shed in political races have to “pay back your losses, if you’re a loser in a race at $1,600 per contribution by only Canadian citizens.” He additionally keeps in mind that if prospects fall short to repay their financial debt in 24 months, they can encounter jail time.

“I was $2 million in the hole, and I wanted to write the check and just clear the books, and the government said, ‘No, you can’t do that. You’re going to be subject to the laws of the land,'” O’Leary remembers. “So I called up Mark. I said, ‘Mark, I’m in trouble here. I need to hold an event where I can sell a lot of tickets to a lot of people who are going to attend, and I need you to fly up here and be beside me on the stage.'”

According to O’Leary, Cuban “didn’t even blink” and “was on the plane the next day.”

“He never even questioned it. He said, ‘Where do I have to be? I’ll be there,'” he proceeds, prior to asking for a minute as he obtains psychological.

After breathing and a sip of water, O’Leary includes, “Anyways, I owe him a lot for that. He saved my ass.”

O’Leary and Cuban have actually starred along with each various other on ABC’s Shark Tank given that period 3, which broadcast in 2012. The 2 have actually been signed up with by pillars Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec andLori Greiner

Season 16, which premieres on Friday,Oct 18, will certainly additionally include Daniel Lubetzky as one of the sharks. The brand-new period additionally notes Cuban’s last as a shark.

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