Angela de Jong sees no reason to apologize to Johnny de Mol. She does not think she has dealt with the presenter too hard. “Show me where I did that.”
Johnny de Mol’s name has been cleared now that the declaration of his ex-girlfriend Shima Kaes has been dropped. She accused him of aggravated assault and attempted manslaughter, but the Public Prosecution Service states that her report is shaky. Here and there it is now called that some critics may apologize to the presenter.
Firmly tackled
Does Angela de Jong feel called to do so? Shownieuws presenter Manuel Venderbos asks her in the AD Mediapodcast presented by him: “Do you have anything to say to him?”
Angela: “No, what then?”
Manuel: “Well, you dealt with him quite firmly beforehand.”
Angela: “When?”
Manuel: “Not?”
Angela: “No.”
Manuel: “Oh, well then I’m wrong.”
‘Show me!’
That suggestion is just nonsense, according to Angela. “Yeah, show me where I hit him hard. In fact: I am the one who said at the table at VI, when Johan Derksen said that he could not continue at HLF8: ‘That seems a bit nonsense, because he got this talk show a year ago when these accusations were already made. ‘”
She continues: “I didn’t even have to get him off the tube. Again: show me where I have dealt with Johnny de Mol firmly. I once wrote a column about the fact that he was high five with Rutger and Bilal Wahib (…) and about a number of people who think they should talk the alleged victim into the ground at prime time.”
kept aloof
Angela is referring to John van den Heuvel, who never missed an opportunity to damage Shima’s credibility. “That made me quite sad because it came pretty soon after The Voice. For the rest I kept very aloof from what was right about this assault case. I was not there.”
At the beginning of the month, when Johnny’s case was dropped, John made it clear that Angela had better stick with her last.
‘He can go on’
As far as Angela is concerned, Johnny can continue, but: “I would say: think carefully whether you still want that HLF8. I know it’s his dream, but the program adds little on the eve. It’s not really doing very well.”
“I mean: it was once set up with the idea of having a kind of different sound than the talk shows on the public broadcaster, but there is little enthusiasm for it. I don’t think he was made to be a talk show host.”
