The billionaire businessman has been a staple of the ABC actuality TV present since he first took his seat within the iconic shark’s chair through the present’s second season in 2011.
Relying on how on-line you might be, you have most likely even seen this meme make its manner round social media a couple of (thousand) occasions.
Final yr, the ‘Cubes (can I name him that? Why not) revealed on the All of the Smoke podcast that he’ll be departing the present following its upcoming sixteenth season — marking the top of an period for the present and actuality TV usually.
Now, in a brand new interview with the Wrap, Mark revealed why he is leaving the massively well-liked present — and if his days on actuality TV are numbered, too.
Through the chat, Mark revealed that his predominant cause for departing the present is to spend extra time along with his youngsters — which is sensible.
“They’re youngsters now,” he mentioned. “Once they had been youthful, my spouse and I acquired to inform them the place to be and when; now they ain’t listening to us.”
“We shoot in June and September, and simply getting the chance now once they’re getting out of college to have the ability to spend time straight with them, that’s vital. I’m uninterested in lacking that.”
Mark additionally mentioned that, regardless that he is been “getting requested” if he’ll return to actuality TV in some kind after his Shark Tank departure, he doubts he really will. However! Should you’re acquainted with the present’s segments during which the sharks examine in with their investments, then you understand that you just may catch Mark on the present even after he is lengthy gone — for a bit, anyway.
“I nonetheless should do updates with the businesses that I’ve invested in,” he defined. “So I’ll come again and go to, do my updates and I’ll flip it over to any person.”
So there you’ve gotten it. The query is — who’s your dream Shark Tank investor that you just’d choose to interchange Mark? Be happy to inform us within the feedback.