Bridget Maasland finds it ridiculous that Johan Derksen is given so much space to continuously downplay inappropriate behavior in Today Inside. “Bizarre!”
If you misbehave as a television major, you can now count on the support of two very old TV celebrities: Jan Slagter and Johan Derksen. Even now that WNL boss Bert Huisjes appears to be a horror figure, Johan is again at the forefront of portraying the women who stand up to him, including Eva Jinek and Leonie ter Braak, as ‘bitches’.
‘It’s bizarre!’
Bridget Maasland finds it really irritating. “Do I have anything to complain about? Hahaha. Like one of those bitches that Johan Derksen keeps talking about. Those nagging women. It is bizarre that such a gentleman of that age – he is already in his 70s – that you can make these kinds of statements on television every day,” she gushes. The BLVD Podcast.
It is inconceivable that such a person is still given so much space, says Bridget. “Then you are no longer in this world at all, aren’t you? You don’t stand with two legs these days, do you?”
‘I’m embarrassed’
Colleague Rob Goossens adds in surprise: “And that he can still come home!”
Bridget: “Yes, because she is also a woman. You can still think: there are a lot of men at Today Inside and at Talpa, they can still laugh about it… And that you tell it as a joke in the football club, that you think it, that’s all fine. But you don’t have to ventilate this anymore, do you? Aren’t you just embarrassed?”
Through the bracket
WNL has now announced that all kinds of investigations are being conducted again, although this is a repetition of steps: there is already a Van Rijn report. Bridget: “Isn’t it very strange that another investigation now has to be started? He also temporarily stops work, so it is not like he is resigning.”
Fons van Westerloo, who sits on the Supervisory Board of WNL, has still not apologized for his disgusting response to the charges against Bert. “You’re not going to hear that from Fons and you’re not going to hear that from Johan Derksen either. These are men who will never admit that they say something that is actually unacceptable!”