Marco Borsato will undoubtedly be fully committed to rehabilitation if the judge acquits him of indecency with a minor. Which talk show will he take part in? “In any case, don’t go to Eva Jinek!”
The big trial against Marco Borsato starts in three weeks and relatively shortly afterwards we will know what the judge thinks: does he consider the singer guilty of indecent exposure to a minor or not? If he is acquitted, we will undoubtedly see the singer on TV somewhere soon, because money has to be made again and he therefore benefits from good PR.
‘Not to Jinek!’
Which talk show should Marco choose to tell his story? “You can’t do that in a talk show, I don’t think, unless you have to devote the entire broadcast to it,” says Evert Santegoeds. “Let’s first wait and see what will happen on October 28 and 30 and then what will emerge in mid-November when the judge reads his verdict.”
In any case, it would be better to avoid Eva Jinek after her interview with Boris Becker, the show expert sneers in the podcast Strictly Private. “Not if you are interviewed in that tone. I really wouldn’t recommend that.”
Wet chest
Evert thinks that Eva is sometimes very much the prosecutor. “We have seen that with Tom Waes and out of the blue with Boris Becker, so you can bet that Marco Borsato can also get his chest wet if he is acquitted and tells his story. Otherwise he will not tell his story and wait for the appeal.”
Colleague Jordi Versteegden wonders whether Eva’s setting is also comfortable for Marco. “Should Eva do these kinds of interviews on a couch or something? Instead of being so close together.”
Marco Talk
Evert thinks that Marco might go for a big special with a celebrity friend. “I don’t know. Maybe he will do it on another channel and it will become a separate program: Marco Praat.”
Jordi: “But live. I would say: that has to be live, that it cannot be cut. You just want to experience it at that moment.”
Evert then: “Nah. That depends on his condition and how the best program comes out, I suspect.”
Only after the verdict
In any case, Marco should only do this after a final ruling, Catherine Keyl believes, and therefore not before the lawsuit. She says in the Story: “That is not appreciated by a court. Moreover, as an interviewer you must first have heard all parties. You base your questions on that.”
And former TV maker Rob Geus says in the same magazine: “I think he should wait. It could possibly influence the lawsuit. Marco has been in blisters for so long now! Just hold on a little longer… But after the lawsuit he absolutely has to give a major television interview.”