Victor Vlam has a strong feeling that Wilfred Genee hates him and that is why, for the time being, he has not received more than four appearances in Today Inside. “It was a bit out of tune.”
TV critic Victor Vlam is someone who, at first glance, fits in very well with Today Inside: right-wing conservative and not afraid to express a strong opinion. On the other hand, he is very bad eager to become a permanent part of the VI family and in particular the open application he made to the Shownieuws desk has reduced his chances of this.
‘Wilfred hates’
What really didn’t go down well? The hunt for information about the private life of Wouter de Winther, a respected guest of VI. Victor seems to have ended up on some kind of blacklist since then. But it is also very clear that Wilfred Genee and René van der Gijp in particular are a bit too much for the TV critic. cocky find.
Victor says he has been a guest in VI four times. Is it over and done with now? “I think Wilfred hates me a bit. He has also conducted a kind of half-campaign against me. Just in front of the screens, it all took place there on television,” he says in the podcast Powcast.
Raymond or Victor?
At a certain point, Wilfred started to ostentatiously look for negative reactions about him, according to Victor. “He was asking everyone at the table: ‘Raymond Mens or Victor Vlam?’ Yes, look, I also find Raymond Mens very sympathetic and I even find myself less sympathetic than Raymond Mens, so I would also go for him.”
“That is of course a bit of a false dilemma that is presented there, but I will say it: this is just how VI works and this is what comes with it. This is also what makes it entertaining, so you should just take it as it is.”
Not a big fan
All in all, Victor seems to have been blacklisted by Wilfred. “I don’t think he is a very big fan of me at the moment. These are daily races in the programme. Suppose I were to be there once and for some reason it suddenly clicked, then it could suddenly be good again. Sometimes it is just a bit of a fluke.”
How was the contact backstage with Wilfred? “I haven’t spoken to him very often behind the scenes,” concludes the TV critic.