Johan Derksen responds to speculation about his return to RTL and goes through the dust once more for his failed attack on Angela de Jong. “It was my fault that things went wrong.”
Now that the merger between RTL and Talpa has failed, Johan Derksen and his colleagues from Today Inside are suddenly back in a huge position of power. Talpa has to manage on his own and desperately needs the VI trio. The gentlemen play a key role: without their program, very little remains of flagship SBS 6.
Debating about money
The market value of VI’s men is very high, so they can ask for a significant salary increase during contract negotiations. And otherwise they will talk to the major competitor RTL, experts think.
John responds RTL Boulevard: “Let me put it this way: I don’t get involved in that at all, Wilfred does. I don’t feel like it at all, dude, to sit there and argue about money. You just said I’m 74… Look: I can make the decision to call it quits at any time of the day. I’m not looking ahead at all, am I?”
Clash with Angela
Furthermore, there is still a lot to do about Johan’s failed attack on his table guest Angela de Jong. How does he look back on that? “It was my fault that things went wrong. I explained it very badly. You have those nights when you’re not sharp and then you start talking, don’t you? That was such a night.”
Reporter Lex Uiting: “You were a bit lost in the woods.”
Johan: “It was just a bad evening.”
Did Angela send him a present for his birthday? “I have not received anything from Angela de Jong, no.”
