Francis van Broekhuizen always calls very politically correct in talk shows that we should not pass judgment on celebrities against whom a report has been filed, but yesterday she did that herself at HLF8.
Celebrities consciously choose a profession in which they are extremely dependent on their image. The risk of image damage is factored into the extremely high wages that the stars earn. If they unexpectedly have to deal with someone who files a report, then it is part of the game that there are publicity and therefore image-technical consequences.
Francis intervenes
One of those consequences is that such a declaration is endlessly discussed in show sections and at talk show tables. Reprehensible, thinks Francis van Broekhuizen. “I always find that a bit difficult in those talk shows. Can I just say that?”, she cackled at the HLF8 talk show table last night.
In HLF8 it was about the prosecution of Thijs Römer. “Then we all start speculating what could have happened,” said Francis. “Shouldn’t we just have that sorted out by the judge?”
Bit hypocritical
Fellow guest Frans Duijts can agree with that: “In the meantime, those careers have come to a standstill. Marco Borsato no longer dares to go out on the street and Ali B is gone for a while.”
Ah, Francis does want to speculate about their alleged misconduct: “Yes, I don’t know if we should make a fuss about that. Those kids also have years of trouble. I do understand that those careers… That is all very bad, but those children who may really be dealing with that misery for years, I think that is a bit worse…”
Chat
Francis then gets her boomerang back right in the face. Frans: “You say that very well: maybe.”
Then Francis realizes that she herself is speculating just as hard. After all, the Public Prosecution Service has not even decided to prosecute Ali and Marco. “Yes, but that’s what I mean: we’re all sitting here chatting all the time, but we don’t know anything, because we’re not there. Let that judge sort it out.”
