It seems that all TV commentators agree: Albert Verlinde is failing as a regular guest of RTL Tonight. Victor Vlam also agrees. “He is just too dominant at the table,” he said.
After Tina Nijkamp and the men of Today Inside, Albert Verlinde is now also criticized by Victor Vlam for his performances at RTL Tonight. “I think that the main interpreter of the program is also not functioning properly. That is Albert Verlinde. Tina Nijkamp also criticized him last week and I share that,” he says in Victor Indicates TV.
Most used
RTL Tonight relies a lot on Albert, Victor thinks. “He has 42 appearances by far the most commonly used interpreter. Frits Wester and Saskia Belleman are in shared second place with 29 performances.”
“Albert is really used most often, but the problem you see there was last week when he sat at the table with Twan Huys. The problem is that he is often too dominant and does not allow other people to make their point.”
Greenland twist
Twan Huys argues that Mark Rutte gets too much credit for Donald Trump’s Greenland spin, but Albert thinks that is lame. He believes that his VVD buddy does not receive enough praise. “The difficult thing is that Twan is there to make his point and he should be able to do that,” says Victor.
He continues: “He is there to express his opinion on this matter. If you think he should not say that, then you should not invite him. If you invite him, he should be able to make that point.”
To heaven
According to Victor, Albert feels too much like Mr. RTL Tonight. “I think Albert has decided that it is better for the program and the viewing figures to praise Rutte.”
That sentiment is also strong in the country, he knows. “But the point is: if you have Twan Huys sitting there, you have to give him the opportunity to make the point.”
Too dominant
What is Albert’s problem? “He is simply too dominant at the table and silences other people. That is not wise in a talk show. It is undesirable and it does not work. That indicates that Albert has put on too big pants.”
“Albert is simply one of the four interpreters, although he is the most often deployed and the most prominent, but he wears big pants and that doesn’t work there at the table.”