As a presenter of RTL who values a safe working environment, Bridget Maasland is not happy with the decision of her boss Peter van der Vorst. “Matthijs van Nieuwkerk returns too early.”
By using her underage son for an advertising campaign, Bridget Maasland has lost a lot of sympathy this week, but she still feels she is in a position to point fingers at others. For example, she strongly disagrees with the decision of her boss Peter van der Vorst to join forces with Matthijs van Nieuwkerk.
Correct or not?
Matthijs has been on the penalty bench for more than a year due to misconduct at De Wereld Draait Door in the past. Misconduct that is not punishable, but for which he was – according to many rightly – punished with a year in prison. But many also think that it is now a good thing; They keep postponing that report on NPO work culture.
The man leading the investigative committee, Martin van Rijn, has already postponed the report so many times that the latest planned publication date – the end of January – is seriously unreliable. Matthijs also wants to continue working again and Peter now gives him that opportunity. And that is striking, because Peter is known for being very politically correct.
Bridget critical
Bridget Maasland is now disappointed in Peter. “I encounter a lot of criticism that RTL did not wait for the investigation into the work culture at the NPO. It strikes me that mainly men have no problem with this and that mainly women really do have difficulty with this,” says the presenter in The BLVD Podcast.
Bridget does not understand Peter’s haste at all. “Because what difference would it have made if you had waited another month with this news? It will pass in a month, right?
Belated announcement
Matthijs’ first RTL show doesn’t start until the end of April. Bridget would have found it more convenient if they had kept the capture of Matthijs under wraps for a while. “What does it matter? That doesn’t matter, does it? That happens all day, especially in television land. You can capture it, but you don’t have to make it public, do you?”
Bridget thinks it was a wrong choice on Peter’s part. “I understand very well – but I am also a woman – that it really leaves a bad aftertaste for the victims, because how difficult is it to wait a little while, even if it is only out of sheer decency?”
Sight
Peter apparently doesn’t pay enough attention to the victims, she thinks. “I’ve seen people who were absolutely shaking when they heard he was coming back into the workplace, so I know the other side too and I think you should always keep that in mind and not rush over it. ”
She concludes: “Let’s hope that he has indeed learned his lesson and has learned that you can also make television in a different way and that you can get the best out of people and perhaps make much better programs.”