With that eternally contemplative expression, Natasja Froger seems to be the most understanding woman in the country, but nothing could be further from the truth: she verbally tortured hubby René because of his star appearance.
Critics sometimes accuse René Froger of having an arrogant face and his wife Natasja seems to agree wholeheartedly with that. In fact, he used to want to come home with that head. It doesn’t make a person more fun if everyone puts you on a pedestal, says Natasja in conversation with the Female†
RENÉ FROGER!!!!
Natasja immediately put René with both feet on the ground. “Oh, but I totally recognize that image. If everyone treats you like you’re the Pope himself, you’ll start to believe that you’re great. I always immediately pressed that head. Then every now and then he could come in with such a head that I thought: wait a minute.”
What did Natasha do then? Then she started blaring in front of his face as if she were some kind of Martijn Krabbé in The Voice’s battle round: hilarious. “Then I would stand in front of him and announce him as if he was going to perform in front of a packed house: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, RENÉ FROGER!!!!’ Then he could hate me and throw a vase at my head.”
Mirror for René
Fortunately, René never threw that vase and that’s a good thing, because Natasja’s tableware is incredibly antique. But… Isn’t Natas tackling our folk singer a bit too hard? “No, say, just come in, as my husband and not as the artist! The next day he does say: ‘How wonderful that you keep holding up a mirror to me.’ Fortunately, that passed quickly.”
Natasja and René are now communicating normally again. “If you lose people, get sick – René prostate cancer, I had meningitis that almost killed me – then you quickly realize that success is only part of your life, you are not your success. In any case, it is not blissful.”