Caroline van der Plas’s position as one of the favorite politicians of the men of Today Inside is wavering. They have doubts and square public to her integrity. “And she squeaks very quickly!”
It is a bit strange: last weekend, after hours of rehearsals, Caroline van der Plas suddenly decided not to perform at the De Bevers concert in Ahoy. According to her, because she had mixed feelings about the shooting drama in Rotterdam, according to Johan Derksen, because she didn’t think anything of it during the rehearsals.
Caroline hurt
Caroline is quite pissed off about Johan’s suggestion. She reacts very offended in front of the camera of De Telegraaf. “I don’t like him that much, to be honest,” she says. “It’s just really not true. I really think it’s a shame and it actually hurts me a bit. Yes, you know, my integrity is being questioned by Johan Derksen.”
Is Johan going through the dust? Anything but. In fact, he indeed doubts Caroline’s integrity, as he reveals in the Today Inside from last night. “Caroline drove from Deventer to Ahoy in the morning for rehearsals. They lasted 4.5 hours. She was part of that for 4.5 hours.”
Entire court
There was nothing wrong with the air at the time, according to Johan. “Then she started singing with John de Bever and a technical problem arose and it didn’t work. Then there was talk, because she had an entire court with her. A documentary was made, that guy who always walked around Jinek with that microphone, he was there. Yes, Jair. He walked along.”
He continues: “And she still has those teachers who whisper to her. And suddenly one of those teachers said: ‘Caroline, we want to talk to you for a moment.’ I was just in the hallway and then she came and then she says: ‘Yes, I’m getting out, because I don’t have a good feeling about it.’ Then I said: ‘If you don’t feel good about it, you shouldn’t do it, then you’ll look like an idiot.’”
Failed rehearsal
According to Johan, Caroline just didn’t dare to do it. “I thought she was referring to the failed rehearsal. I say: ‘Then you shouldn’t do it. It’s not that important.’ So I assumed that. Then she apparently took advantage of the fact that she did not feel good to do that because of the disaster in Rotterdam.”
Suspicious, Johan thinks. “She hadn’t said a word about that hours before. The only one who spoke to me was Lee Towers. He says: ‘We have to do something, we can’t just throw a party like that.’ I agreed with that 100 percent and that’s what I did. But Caroline just started singing: ‘Guus come to home.’”
‘She squeaks quickly’
Oops, is Johan just sitting here unmasking the forewoman of BBB? In any case, that is not his intention. “Caroline beeps very quickly. (…) Look, the last person I want to hurt or offend is Caroline. I’ve known her for 40 years, so that’s not the intention. It is a misunderstanding, but then you immediately get the victim role and that squeaking.”
It’s strange if you don’t want to participate until after all the rehearsals because of the shooting drama near Ahoy, Johan thinks. “Then I don’t understand why you practice for 4 hours and drive there from Deventer.”
René van der Gijp: “Then you can also decide the night before. Come on, don’t be silly.”
Cool woman
Job Koester: “What I don’t understand is why she reacts like this now. You have to have a thick skin in politics.”
Johan: “In politics you also have to be able to take a bit of a beating. Like I’ve done something terrible!”
Sam Hagens: “She thought that this program… That you are her friends too, right? Today Inside is even in the BBB election program.”
Johan: “We are very supportive of her and we all think she is a very nice woman, but it is just a misunderstanding. I thought she left because she couldn’t sing.”
René: “It’s also strange, Johan, that you rehearse for four hours and then say: ‘I don’t have a good feeling about it.’ Then you call John de Bever the evening before.”
Fragment
Caroline is angry: