René van der Gijp initially felt a lot of emotion with the news about Suzan & Freek and his fatal cancer diagnosis, but he is now different in it. “It works on my laughing muscles.”
It caused a national shock: the news that Freek Rikkerink (32) will die from the Suzan & Freek duo early due to metastatic lung cancer. The two have recovered and nevertheless started to perform again in festivals through the country, where they are welcomed with a lot of cheers. Freek always addresses people.
Laughing muscles
However, René van der Gijp is starting to become uncomfortable. “Do you know where I am this weekend … Look, I think: at some point I am moved and at some point it only moves me a little and then at a certain point it will work on my laughing muscles, you know. Do you have that? I have that at Suzan & Freek.”
He continues in the podcast Kieftjansenegmondgijp: “I find it all very touching what happens. Look, that man is sick. There are more, hey, there are more sick, he is not the only one in that. But I think it is very touching that we suddenly hang on the lips of Freek, who, for example, says,” Say your job! “
‘Say your job’
Freek called on the audience of a festival in Heerlen to enjoy life more: “Nobody knows what will bring tomorrow. So go on a journey, cancel that job and let the person you love, know ‘I love you’.”
A strange statement, René thinks so. Canceling your job sounds nice on a festival meadow, until you are at the Albert Heijn cash register. “Then I think: yes, there are also people who have been working for three years to get a job, they finally have him and they hear then Freek hahahahahahah …”
Sneer to Patty
According to René, it is too emotionally done. “Do you know what I like so much, I understand that there are girls of 14 in the audience who stand in their eyes with tears. I understand that. But I don’t understand that adult people like Patty Brard and Ronald Molendijk will also say at such a table of:” This is how you see that life in one go … “
“But you know, we all know from the fact that we were very young that we all end up with a stone above our heads? Knowing you can put everything in perspective that you are experiencing.”
Melodrama
René himself also tries to put everything in perspective. “Whether you sell 380 thousand booklets … There are also those who have sold 30 million …”
So you don’t have to do that melodramatically, he concludes. “Then I think to myself: I understand those children with Suzan & Freek, but I have to laugh when that Patty Brard starts calling:” There is more in life. “