Criminal lawyer Natacha Harlequin thinks her job at Shownieuws is very important. She even abruptly left a rare reunion of her student house because of it.
Some celebrities still sell their mother-in-law if it means they can appear on television more often, for example, think of types like Dries Roelvink. But Natacha Harlequin also attaches more value to her job at Shownieuws than you would expect from a criminal lawyer. She even sacrifices her private life for it.
Call from SBS 6
Although victim advocate Sébas Diekstra finds the journalistic level of Shownieuws questionable, Natacha is very proud of her role in the show section where types like Peter Gillis are defended.
Natacha even sacrifices her private life for it, she says Weekend. “I really don’t think anyone else would want me as a partner. If my call rings, I’m gone again. We are eating, a client calls, I am gone again. Belt Show News, same thing. I had a reunion with my student house, called Shownieuws because there was something urgent.”
“I’ll be right there!”
Shownieuws called because there was something urgent? Did Nicol Kremers have a black eye again? Did another questionable colleague have to be whitewashed? It doesn’t matter. “Then I’ll go to the studio. I can’t say, ‘I’m a crime expert, there’s something urgent and I can’t.’ I have that dedication.”
News for Natacha: if Shownieuws calls you while you have a private appointment, you can also just say no. Apparently she just likes to be on television. “That’s why I was at the reunion for a shorter time.”
‘Very nice’
Natacha admits it: she just really likes the TV spotlights. “I like it a lot. I often work at the back of the week, from Thursday to Saturday. Then I had the legal situation at the beginning of the week. We will adjust it accordingly. So I thought about it and it goes together.”
She concludes: “In terms of topics, the broadcast is very detailed. Then a bit heavier, then about a birth, so you always have to be there. Sometimes I have no opinion, I just have to laugh, and other times I think: why do you think that?
Just ask Marco Borsato’s victim.