Jorien van der Plas, Albert Verlinde’s niece, will no longer be in charge of RTL Boulevard for the time being. According to Luuk Ikink, she is on sabbatical and he will take over some of her duties.
It is a very important pillar in the eve of RTL 4, despite the fact that it is such a good program nowadays: RTL Boulevard. For the editorial staff there, 2026 starts differently than usual, because Jorien van der Plas will not be present as editor-in-chief for the time being. Albert Verlinde’s niece is ready for some rest and has taken a sabbatical.
Luuk as final boss
Co-presenter Luuk Ikink now does the honors, he explains Dear Viewers. “Our editor-in-chief is on sabbatical and we have divided her position into about a million pieces, so I and a colleague can also be interim deputy editor-in-chief of the program.”
TV authority Tina Nijkamp on her analysis channel: “Hey, what am I hearing now? Is Luuk Ikink going to follow Peter van der Vorst? In addition to a career in front of the scenes, is he going to start a career behind the scenes? He has become deputy editor-in-chief. So together with someone else. I suspect Leon de Ruyter.”
Linda-kniprel
Jorien is known to the general public from the Linda de Mol cut riot. The Boulevard boss committed a historic blunder at the end of 2024: in a North Korean mood, she decided to cut widely shared criticism of Linda de Mol from the broadcast. As a result, the program was not available online for almost an entire day. She hoped no one would notice.
Who was the victim of the censorship? Rob Goossens. And no one dared to say anything about his boss’s nonsense. Not Rob, not Luuk, no one. “They are apparently afraid that if they speak out, their jobs will be at stake,” was the analysis by TV critic Victor Vlam at the time.
It is not known until when Jorien will be on sabbatical.