Dilan Yesilgöz believes that Wilfred Genee treated her ‘extremely harshly’ at the Today Inside talk show table, especially at the beginning of the show. “After that I thought it went well.”
The run-up to the elections has been quite unfortunate for Dilan Yesilgöz, because her party VVD has really plummeted in the polls. The day before yesterday she made her appearance on Today Inside, the most watched talk show in the Netherlands, and she was not given a warm welcome. And while her party has the voting preference of the talk show.
Extremely sour
Both Johan Derksen and René van der Gijp indicated at the end of the broadcast that they would vote for VVD again, but Wilfred Genee is still keeping his cards close to his chest. He does not believe in Yesilgöz, despite the fact that he personally knows her very well, as he makes clear in the chat section In The Walkways.
How does Yesilgöz look back on her VI performance? “I thought it was a pleasant table. I thought you started off extremely sour, so I thought for a moment: wait, I’m at Nieuwsuur. But after that I thought it went well.”
Pity
Wilfred does not think it is sour, but realistic. “I said at the beginning that I felt sorry for you, but if I had also felt sorry for you, it would have been much worse.”
Yesilgöz: “I can take something, it’s just fun to see.”
Wilfred: “The strange thing is: we have known each other for so long. There is of course mixed feeling about it. When I had my 15th anniversary, you came all the way to the Arena, but on the other hand, it is of course also true that I just have to do my job and I get grades that are very painful for you.”
Very nasty
Yesilgöz talks around that. “That is possible, but then again: you have heard me say it before, so that is what I really mean: I am not bigger than the party, but the party is also not bigger than the country. What is at stake are very different things than these figures.”
Does she understand where those numbers come from? “Yes, I get it. I think people have become very upset about the image they have had of me in recent months. Three months ago we were at thirty and I had very different figures.”
Douwe Bob
Wilfred wonders where things went so wrong. “Is the Douwe Bob story so decisive?”
Yesilgöz finally: “Also, undoubtedly, but it is about much more. Ultimately, I cannot blame people for the image they have of me. I have to work on changing it again. I would find it cowardly or stupid to focus blindly on these figures.”