Wilfred Genee and Johan Derksen step into the breach for Stéphanie Hoogenberk. They think it is going too far that the Hélène Hendriks basher has been fired by the LINDA. “It is ridiculous!”
Although the statements of Stéphanie Hoogenberk about their colleague Hélène Hendriks completely went down the wrong way with the men of VI, they find her dismissal as a columnist for the LINDA. really go too far. Wilfred Genee, who has also been treated very harshly by the writer, calls it ‘ridiculous’.
‘It is ridiculous!’
Wilfred brought up her resignation last night Inside today. Colleague Johan Derksen then: “Ridiculous. Really ridiculous. A media company that cancels… That is not possible at all! Then you need to be a bit more open-minded. In addition, if that lady is a good columnist, and I read: she was, then she should be judged on that.”
And so not on a slogan in a podcast, Johan continues. “I don’t think they have anything to do with each other. We shouldn’t catch each other on words like, you know, ‘He said that! Fuck off!’ Maybe she’s very good for the LINDA. as a columnist. Look, if she doesn’t function as a columnist, Linda can say: ‘We’re quitting.’”
Astonishing
The LINDA. apparently doesn’t think it’s good for her image when one of the columnists speaks of Hélène as a ‘blonde bitch’. Both the magazine and the presenter fall under the Talpa empire. Wilfred thinks the dismissal is excessive: “I was amazed when I read it, quite frankly. What is this about?”
Table guest Özcan Akyol: “Me too. She can write very well. They were also pleased with her. Something had happened before with other Dutch celebrities, but because now public opinion is like: you can’t say that, ‘blonde bitch’ is LINDA. – I think the editors – caved in and they said: ‘We’ll kick that out.’ Yes, I find that too easy.”
LINDA’s editor-in-chief. is formed by Linda de Mol and Karin Swerink.
Read LINDA. not!’
Johan calls people to the LINDA. no longer readable. “Then you don’t actually have to read such a magazine anymore, because the credibility is completely gone. You have to be open to other people’s opinions and statements, right? Don’t be so touchy!”
Wilfred: “It doesn’t make any sense that people are canceled because of something like that, does it? Isn’t that ridiculous?”
Johan: “You make it a very frumpy country. That everyone will weigh every word and that programs like this are no longer possible.”
Big riot
Wilfred: “It is actually the same as with the candle riot. Isn’t it ridiculous if you condemn someone for this?”
Johan: “But things also become such a big riot. With that candle riot too, you know. I was in the eight o’clock news, but after three days it’s over again, because then there’s another riot and a little later the prime minister joins me here, so it’s not too bad. But it is being elevated to a riot by social media.”
Hélène has already made two TV appearances since Stéphanie’s firing, but she refuses to say anything about it. Also on social media she is silent. She therefore emphatically does not use the opportunity to speak out against the decision to fire the writer.