“The theme of the Boekenbal is De Liefde and that happens to be very convenient in our case,” Abbring writes on Twitter with a photo in which Wollaars gives her a kiss.
Wollaars sent Abbring a message in December after a broadcast of Winter guests to compliment her on the program. The two then started talking online. When Wollaars was a guest in a pilot broadcast of The Evening Show with Arjen Lubachwhere Abbring is editor-in-chief, the spark flew.