The opinion circus has claimed three victims at RTL 4 in just a few days: Art Rooijakkers, Beau van Erven Dorens and weatherman Marc de Jong receive a punch in the nose.
Three RTL 4 faces have to face tough criticism one after the other: Art Rooijakkers, Beau van Erven Dorens and Marc de Jong. In the first two cases of a TV critic, in the last case of talk show lady and Linda de Mol bestie Antoinnette Scheulderman. What are the gentlemen doing wrong?
Nepotism TV
To start with Art. He has a program in which people who are related to celebrities perform: DNA Unknown. Types like Tooske Ragas’ daughter and Nielson’s brother come along. “We see in DNA Singers that the concept of ‘celebrity’ can always be extended even more broadly,” sneers TV critic Alex Mazereeuw in the Volkskrant.
Alex thinks that Art completely misses the point with this formula. “You can see this as complete nepotism TV (and it is), but for the relatives of the celebrities, this therapeutic ‘nepo karaoke’ is finally an opportunity to also be seen.”
C stars
On to Beau: what did he do wrong? He is back on the air with a program in which he interviews celebrities somewhere in the sun and the guests this year are of a very sad standard, according to AD dragon Angela de Jong. “An hour and a half of model Sylvia Geersen and rapper Typhoon? Come on dear Beau, you can do better than that,” she writes in the newspaper.
Like this bore, thinks Angela. “The first is, with all due respect, a person that TV makers call when they need another can of ‘celebrities’ for yet another reality program. I have heard the other person tell his life story so often in recent years that I can dream it. Come on Beau, save the viewer from this mediocrity.”
Heat wave
And finally, weatherman Marc de Jong. What could that poor man have done wrong? He only reads the weather, right? Yes, but he does it too enthusiastically, according to talk show appearance Antoinnette Scheulderman. “The RTL weatherman who is constantly shouting about what fantastic, beautiful, great weather it is… Super annoying.”
She continues in her complaint message on X: “But yes, I am a heat hater. Still, I can’t imagine that everyone likes these temperatures as much as he does. Dear Marc, after this week I now know how FANTASTIC you find the heat, you don’t have to say it four times per weather bulletin, as far as I’m concerned.”
Rob under fire
The new week has only just begun. Has there already been a victim in the RTL stable? Yes, Rob Goossens! According to former Journal boss Hans Laroes, he is one hell of a guy: