It is a recurring thing: Jan Smit and Monique Smit who react very awkwardly when they are asked a question about each other on TV. This time it’s Mo’s turn again. “That’s not true at all!”
A striking coincidence: Monique Smit had a press day yesterday, exactly on the day that her brother Jan Smit’s divorce from Liza Plat was announced. “Let it be that Monique Smit decides to release her single today, we have her in front of the camera and what do you do?” says Dyantha Brooks.
Very fresh
There is only one thing you can do, answers colleague Bart Ettekoven at the desk Show newsnamely asking for it. “I think the news was still very fresh for her too. Of course, we couldn’t avoid asking Monique whether she had already heard the news and whether it surprised her.”
Monique responds quite measuredly: “Yes, this is a private matter for him and it is not up to me. I cannot say anything about this. This is very fresh and again: it is a private matter and it is not up to me to say anything about it now.”
Awkward
That’s not too bad in terms of discomfort, but if… RTL Boulevard asks Juice about disagreements with her brother Jan, it all becomes quite awkward. According to the juice channel Reality FBI Jan ensured that Monique was not allowed to perform in the après-ski bar Cin-Cin in Gerlos. “When I come I don’t want her here,” he allegedly said.
The channel previously: “A rumor that has consequences for Monique. Because everything has already been arranged and booked, she would now have been booked for a shadow of the price in other tents in Austria, so as not to incur any costs. But if this is true, it once again says enough about the dynamics between the two.”
‘Not true!’
According to Monique, this is not true at all. “That’s not true at all. I just performed three times in Austria. In fact, I’m flying to Austria again on Sunday to sing.”
The reporter: “We all know, of course, that there seems to be some disagreement between you and your brother. What about that now?”
Monique awkwardly: “Well, we’re having a nice chat here about the new single.”
Manager intervenes
At one point even Monique’s manager intervenes. “I read it then and we laughed about it, so it’s a bit of a joke, so to speak.”
And what about those Sinterklaas songs from Monique that Jan had taken offline? “I was disappointed about that at the time, yes, but that opens new doors, and I can tell you that we will probably call you at the end of the year.”
Are there any new songs coming up? “That could be possible. Hahaha. Hey, I’ll leave it at that! Hahahaha! I think I answered very well! We’ll leave it at that!”
Mega fight
The disturbed relationship between Jan Smit and Monique Smit has already resulted in very uncomfortable TV moments on several occasions. Five years ago, the singer reacted really ice-cold when he was asked about her in front of the RTL Boulevard camera. Three years ago, Monique confirmed that they still do not meet each other.
Who caused all this? Monique, said Private boss Evert Santegoeds last year. “It’s been years, hasn’t it? That they don’t visit each other very much anymore. It seems to have everything to do with the time when things weren’t going so well with Jan. He was in quite a bit of trouble, he also went to live somewhere else.”
Gossip aunt
Monique is said to have gossiped at the time. “He had a house for himself in Monnickendam. Jan then found out that Monique was participating in a lot of gossip about him, about extramarital affairs and things like that. She also sent apps that Jan saw and as a result the atmosphere between the two became very bad.”
A great distance has arisen between brother and sister, and Jan would not like to have to encounter Monique during his TV work. That’s why he would have had her cancel the Muziekfeest op het Plein. And the new rumors about the Austrian sewing region fit in perfectly with that…