Justine Marcella is not impressed by Duncan Laurence’s charm offensive. The royalty expert is quite fed up with the Eurovision Song Contest lad. “I’m a little tired of him.”
After a period in which he was thoroughly bashed, Duncan Laurence is now trying to win back the hearts of the audience. He sat at the table with Humberto Tan last night, where he denied that he is a drug user. He also talked about the psychological suffering that the Mia & Dion drama has caused him.
Fun with Duncan
However, Justine Marcella shows no sympathy. The royalty expert lets in Show news know that she is quite done with him. And she does this just after colleague Guido den Aantrekker shows compassion for him.
Story boss Guido: “We’ve had our fun with Duncan, we were all surprised by it, but of course he has a fantastic voice and we must also give him credit for the fact that he now has another beautiful album and he is also held in high regard again, I think. Of course he can sing fantastically.”
“I’m tired of it!”
Presenter Manuel Venderbos sees Justine looking doubtful. “Well, I see you looking, Justine…”
Then Justine goes wild. “Well, of course I feel very bad for him that he has struggled so much with mental problems. After what you just said, I hardly dare say anything anymore, but yes, I am actually a bit tired of Duncan. I understood that he did this interview in Dutch, then I thought: hey, hey. We are in the Netherlands after all.”
Only in English
Duncan suffered from Regilio Tuur syndrome for several months: he had been to America three times and suddenly could no longer speak Dutch. “He only spoke English for a while and I think he also said this morning that he would send Mia & Dion to the Eurovision Song Contest again, because they are so fantastic live. That is not the case,” says Justine.
Guido: “Yes, I miss that bit of self-reflection again. I think it’s a lot of me, me, me when it comes to him. If things don’t go well it’s them, them, them. He just hasn’t been there for Mia & Dion. He has pressed his mustache. He just didn’t do that well. No matter how good he is as a singer, he should not interfere with the Eurovision Song Contest.”
American
Duncan tried yesterday at the table with Humberto Tan to speak as little English as possible, but sometimes he just couldn’t avoid it, for example when it came to his mentorship of Mia & Dion. “Sorry if it’s an American word, but I was them creative director. I don’t really know the Dutch word for it.”
Humberto: “Creative director.”
Duncan: “Creative director! Well, I wore that hat. I was creative director for a year.”
Google Translate
According to Duncan it is one frame that he only wants to speak English. “Yeah, I don’t know where that came from. No, I think I know. At one point I had an interview with Jordan, who was also involved in the creative… Uhh, being the creative director.”
He concludes: “It was a very quick interview and I said, ‘Do you want to do it in English, because then we can do it together.’ Instead of me standing there like some kind of Google Translate.”