Albert Verlinde is seriously concerned about the popularity of juice channels such as Yvonne Coldeweijer’s. He fears that a Lady Diana-like situation may eventually arise.
It has been almost 25 years since the British Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris. She was chased by paparazzi, causing her driver to drive too fast through a tunnel and crash into a pillar. According to Albert Verlinde, we must be careful that something like this can never happen again.
Hunted to death
However, due to the popularity of juice channels, Albert expects the worst. “I think honestly, and it’s quite a fierce comparison I draw… Look, she was killed by the paparazzi, of course, period. This was an accident that was coming,” he begins his story in the talk show Op1.
He continues: “Not so much this accident with her, but the fact that paparazzi took such liberties and hunted people like this… It had to happen. After that things changed, you see? It has calmed down a bit. They behave, but something has replaced them.”
waiting for accident
Then Albert points to juice channels such as Yvonne Coldeweijer’s, without mentioning her by name. “I think what is happening right now with the social media and the juice channels, which of course also prey on people… And in my opinion, and that is a very bitter note, it is almost waiting for an accident that has to happen one day .”
Albert fears that action will only be taken when it is too late. “That you think: oh, that can cause this, if you all hunt on social media…
“Name a name!”
Thomas van Groningen tries to seduce Albert to call him man and horse. “Well, ‘all together’… There are a few, right? Call them by name, I’d say.”
Albert: “No, because it’s not about people.”
Host Jort Kelder: “Yes, but Albert, what do you mean? You cannot derail a car with social media. What do you mean then?”
rush
Albert: “No, but you can rush someone like that. That social media arrives on your phone and your phone is a means of communication. You use it, you cannot cancel it.”
“At a certain point when you are the center of something that is happening very intensely, it constantly comes to you and that is so intense. That’s hunting. I think that’s something we should all pay attention to.”
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