It causes a lot of irritation for radio columnist Patrick Kicken how celebrities like Isa Hoes deal with the death of Manuëla Kemp. “Leave the self-deprecation!”
When a famous person dies, it is invariably accompanied by celebrities posting photos with the deceased, articles such as ‘Known Netherlands mourns…’ and many Instagram hearts. A lot. Someone who is bothered by this is Patrick Kicken, the most famous radio columnist in our country. He saw the same thing happen after the death of Manuëla Kemp.
‘How can I make this…’
Manuëla, who made radio for Omroep MAX in the last years of her career, does not understand it. “What is it, when a famous person has just died, many (famous) people don’t know how quickly to dig up a photo of themselves with the person in question? And then post it on social media as quickly as possible.”
This is often accompanied by a text, he continues Speaking tube. “Like ‘what fun we had together’ and ‘how glad I am that I knew you’. Am I the only one who gets a knot in his stomach and thinks it’s a typical case of ‘How can I make this about me’?”
Blue Monday
It often concerns ‘celebrities and CN’ers’ who knew the deceased in question ‘once a blue Monday’, according to Patrick. According to him, you also saw it with Peter R. de Vries. “They didn’t know how quickly they had to get their old hard drives out of the attic to post that one photo and say ‘look, I knew him!’”
You can also simply post a photo of the deceased without yourself there, he continues. “Suddenly everyone was ‘very close’ with ‘Maan’ (Manuëla Kemp), they always worked so well together and even more superlatives, even though they didn’t say a word to her before her death.”
Unpalatable
It’s just distasteful, says Patrick. “You as a (semi) famous person: stop that disgusting behavior.”
“I understand that narcissism predominates in the media world, but for once DO NOT make it all about YOU and what is in it for you, but just show respect and leave out the self-deprecation.”
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