The first edition of “The House of Famous Mexico” It started a few days ago and the emotions and revelations didn’t take long to appear. It was thus that Sergio Mayer and Poncho di Nigris confessed why they refused to be part of the original “La Casa de los Famosos”, the one produced by Telemundo.
The production of TelevisaUnivision premiered on Sunday June 4 with 14 celebrities who will live more than 10 weeks in a residencedisconnected from the external world and without the possibility of communicating with it – they will not be able to use their cell phones or technological devices.
And it is that the idea is that they have a 24×7 coexistence between them. It is in this context that the conversation of Sergio Mayer, Poncho de Nigris and other members of the most famous house in Mexico. It was there that both artists commented that they had the possibility of integrating Telemundo’s “La Casa de los Famosos” but they declined.
Mayer, from 2018 to 2021, was a federal deputy for Mexico City (Photo: Sergio Mayer Bretón / Instagram)
WHY DID SERGIO MAYER AND PONCHO DE NIGRIS WITHDRAW FROM PARTICIPATING IN TELEMUNDO’S “CASA DE LOS FAMOSOS”?
During a chat in one of the rooms of the house, Poncho asserted that “I had been notified of ‘La casa de los famosos’ and the producer of ‘La casa de los famosos’ over there (Telemundo) they pulled her here and when They tell me ‘come to Mexico they tell you to put up with it’, I said ‘I put up with it, I want to be on Televisa’s‘”.

De Nigris is married to Marcela Mistral (Photo: Poncho de Nigris / Instagram)
Nevertheless, the reason subsequent to his refusal to participate in the United States show it was because he considered that the group of famous that was being put together for the last edition, the third, it was not the best to make a good product.
“The casting of Telemundo last time was very badly done”explained de Nigris. “It was very boring. Nothing happened, it was ‘pure furniture’”he added.
WHO ARE THE FIRST NOMINEES TO BE ELIMINATED FROM “THE HOUSE OF MEXICO FAMOUS”?
Next Sunday June 11 andn the second gala of “La Casa de los Famosos México” the first eliminated will be known of the 14 participants. Below are the 5 sentenced for this week.
- Nigris poncho with 10 votes
- Jorge Llosa with 10 votes
- Nicola Porcella with 9 votes
- Marie Claire with 7 votes
- Sergio Mayer with 6 votes

The 14 participants (Photo: TelevisaUnivision)
HOW TO SEE “THE HOUSE OF MEXICO CELEBRITIES”?
“The House of the Famous Mexico” can be viewed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through the streaming platform ViX and on the website of The stars. The nomination galas on Wednesdays are scheduled at 10:00 p.m. in the channel 5. While, on Sundays, it is broadcast at 8:30 p.m. by Las Estrellas.
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The reason why Sergio Mayer and Poncho de Nigris refused to be part of Telemundo’s “La Casa de los Famosos”