Youp van ‘t Hek believes that his Amsterdam neighbor Beau van Erven Dorens, just like Humberto Tan, is taking part in the riot surrounding RTL Tonight in an indescribable way. “Rumpelstiltskin.”
It doesn’t happen often that TV stars are so openly mud-slinging as Beau van Erven Dorens and Humberto Tan have been doing lately. They cannot stomach the fact that their failed talk show RTL Tonight has to make way for a new program with Renze Klamer and are constantly lashing out at their younger colleague.
Rumpelstiltskin
What a sad situation, Youp van ‘t Hek thinks. He states that they are already busy covering the sidewalks in his street for King’s Day. “A place has been reserved in front of my door for a certain Beau and Humberto. According to my neighbor, this duo will soon be unemployed. They did something trivial in front of the TV,” he sneers. NRC.
The two are ‘both inconsolably furious’, the former comedian writes mockingly. “They have been on the rampage like stomping Rumpelstiltskins in recent weeks. The most important thing they are going to sell is a megalomaniac, barely used desk to which the biggest interpreters in our country have expressed their expert opinions. And that in exchange for a lot of money.”
Gossip butt
Youp then mentions all the names of RTL Tonight experts that we will miss. “Just say: the crème de la crème of Dutch television. Can the country do without them? How will I form my own opinion soon?” he writes cynically.
“Not only the desk is being sold, but also the stools on which these superstars sat orating. The stool on which Albert was spinning his gossiping butt goes for the top prize.”
An eye on things
Renze Klamer has also already reserved a spot in the street, Youp continues his metaphor. “He seems to sit on the street at an old-fashioned talk show table and doesn’t want to do anything other than laugh out loud.”
“Peter van der Vorst, the brilliant creator of this expert desk, who also lives in my neighborhood, has decided not to be near the duo on King’s Day. He is going to rest for a weekend in Loosdrecht.”