Aran Bade, star reporter for RTL Boulevard, is annoyed by the latest fuss surrounding Ruud de Wild. He thinks the radio DJ is a childish man who doesn’t learn from anything. “Think about it!”
Ruud de Wild and his sidekick Lauren Verster have been discredited because they conducted a rather insane radio interview with Julie Ng, who made a documentary about the first generation of Chinese Dutch. The ‘China News’, Ruud called it. What followed were only questions about babi pangang and spring rolls.
Really embarrassing
Ruud and Lauren are seriously to blame, and the two have now apologized. After the interview, they immediately called Julie back to acknowledge their mistake. “I also found it embarrassing that second conversation, because she didn’t feel like it anymore, so I understand that too,” says celebrity expert Aran Bade.
He continues RTL Boulevard: “I don’t understand Lauren Verster either. She has done a study and made several reports. This woman, the maker, Julie Ng, has worked on this documentary for ten years and in the end it is only about how that sauce is so obscure. I find it really embarrassing.”
“Come on!”
Ruud has now received death threats. “Yes, but death threats? Guys, come on! Where things are going these days, stop it!”, shouts Eddy Zo¨ëy.
What does Ruud’s boss think about it? “Dominique Weesie says: ‘Guys, there has only been talk about babi pangang, if that is no longer allowed, you should go live somewhere else.’ I think you agree with that, if I hear you like that.”
Wrong angle
Eddy denies that. “No, then you’re putting me in the wrong corner, but you can act normally towards people who are making a joke.”
Aran: “Yes, the reactions may be intense, but I also think that Ruud should perhaps think twice before he shouts something. It also went wrong with Olcay last time.”
Humor
Sometimes you make jokes a little too quickly, says Eddy. “Yes, but that doesn’t work with humor, does it?”
Aran: “Yes, but if you discuss a documentary about these kinds of prejudices… Then read up.”
Finally, presenter Luuk Ikink: “Yes, they should have read up and then thought: this is a serious documentary.”
