Frits Wester thinks that Huub Stapel danced really badly during John Williams’ much-discussed performance in the talk show Humberto. “Just a high school teacher!”
John Williams’ hip-hop performance in Humberto Tan’s talk show led to hilarity last weekend, because all guests jumped from the table to dance, except Frits Wester. He remained at the back of the talk show table, looking somewhat sour. And with that he unintentionally became the most talked about man on the broadcast…
‘What is this about?’
And not Huub Stapel, who started dancing and jumping at the age of 68. Very strange, says Frits. “Yes, I think: what is this about? I saw yesterday… Someone forwarded me something from Algemeen Dagblad. And photo included. I think: well guys, is this today’s news?” he says The Press Stand on NPO Radio 1.
He continues: “But I really thought: yes, this is not really my thing, this music. And next to me, they can do all that. I think: then I’ll just stay put.”
‘Huub dances badly!’
Frits thinks that not he, but Huub was embarrassed by Humberto. “These are not the easiest moments on television. And I saw Huub Stapel, who I have known very well for a year, who tried to participate…”
It really didn’t look like much, says the political reporter from RTL Nieuws. “I think: when Huub sees this himself, he will also think… It has something of the high school teacher where you think: don’t join in the dance.”
8 p.m. up
Isn’t it nice that Huub participated spontaneously? “Yes, that day I had been up for almost 20 hours and then I saw everyone all out to go. I thought: oh, no… Then I had to think for a moment: Frits, no Job Cohennetje now. Everyone may remember it from the 2010 campaign: early in the morning in the polonaise with Arie Ribbens.”
He continues: “I thought: we’re not going to do this. But I liked the way other people responded to it or enjoyed it. But I thought: I’ll let this one go.”
Up very early
Frits also points out that he has to get up very early these days and therefore needs some rest in the evening. “I am definitely a night person, but I am now in a kind of transition, because I now do the Breakfast News four times a week. That means getting up at a quarter past four in the morning, quickly reading the newspapers online and then at the Media Park at six o’clock.”
He concludes: “I must say that things are going reasonably well. I like it a lot too. The big disadvantage is that you have to go to bed very early. And then you can only see the first half of some football matches.”