Linda de Mol fires columnist after bashing Hélène Hendriks: ‘Bizarre’

Linda de Mol’s magazine has fired columnist Stéphanie Hoogenberk for bashing Hélène Hendriks. Exaggerated, say critics such as Jort Kelder. “This is quite remarkable.”

Stéphanie Hoogenberk has in her podcast The Shit Show lashed out hard at Hélène Hendriks. She criticized her appearance, called her a ‘blonde bitch’ and even shouted ‘h*er’ at one point. Although this podcast is recorded with a wink, according to Johan Derksen there is no satire. “No, she meant it that way.”

Blonde part

It is not the first time that Stéphanie tackles a celebrity. For example, in her podcast she called Erik Dijkstra ‘a l * l ‘, ‘a weak bag’, ‘a piss stain’ and ‘a rat’. Although she brings something theatrical, she means it, she recently admitted in de Volkskrant. “Janneke and I are very annoyed by Erik Dijkstra. A very nasty man.”

And that is, of course, indicative of what is going on here: someone whom Stéphanie bravura calls a ‘pisstain’ in her podcast, she describes outside that rowdy environment as a ‘very annoying man’. And that will be no different in Hélène’s case. Stéphanie is obviously annoyed by her, but ‘blonde bitch’ is of course very strong.

Dismissed

In that sense, Stéphanie doesn’t actually do much different from what the guys from Today Inside do; they have expressed much stronger opinions. Yet she is now out as a columnist at LINDA., Linda de Mol’s magazine that, like Hélène and Today Inside, falls under the Talpa empire.

Stéphanie confirms this news to Jort Kelder. “We have been in contact with her for a while. She was not only thrown out because of this ‘del’ with regard to Hélène Hendriks, but also because she has apparently treated Dutch celebrities unfairly several times,” he says on NPO Radio 1. “She has caused a stir. Yes, you can’t. That is really remarkable.”

‘Can’t even’

George thinks it’s grossly exaggerated. “So you can’t say Del anymore. That’s a forbidden word, because, let the LINDA. tell Stéphanie: women must show mutual solidarity. (…) May we congratulate Stéphanie Hoogenberk on the result achieved? We still recommend all LINDA. readers to switch to The Shit Show.”

The criticism of Stéphanie’s dismissal is widely supported. For example, Luuk Ikink calls it ‘total nonsense’, Sander Schimmelpenninck refers to it as ‘a disgrace’, WNL journalist Elif Isitman calls it ‘totally moronic’ and Wilson Boldewijn expresses the suspicion that ‘the Talpa connection’ has something to do with it. has to do.

Columnist Jan Dijkgraaf understands the dismissal: “Rightly so. Hands off Hélène Hendriks! I say: beating with sticks.”

Virtue cap

Who’s at the LINDA. has chosen to dismiss Stéphanie is unclear, but it is of course inevitable that this will go through the editors-in-chief. It is still formed by Linda de Mol and Karin Swerink. The person who carried out the dismissal is in any case ‘chief editor’ Rianne Meijer, says Telegraaf star Kitty Herweijer.

Kitty tweets: “Ironically, the dismissal was carried out triumphantly by telephone (after 3 years) by chief Rianne Meijer. Once known here on Twitter as deugmuts first class, but left when there was a fuss about forwarded breast photos of models for that boring special issue.”

Women’s Solidarity

Rianne gets a good beating from Kitty. “Those kinds of people are always at the forefront to take a stage away from someone who is funny and has something to say, with a raised finger and so-called ‘women’s solidarity’. Solidarity as a stick to beat with, false hassle. And Hélène herself probably doesn’t even care.”

The latter is still the question. It is striking that Hélène has been silent for days, also on social media. She was also in Today Inside on Friday evening, when the dismissal was already known. There she was not asked about the delrel at any time, while the VI men spoke shame about it in her absence: “What a t*t!”

Can Hélène still save Stéphanie’s column? And if so, does Stéphanie still want that column at all? Probably not. Fortunately, she has her own successful stage with De Shitshow. All episodes can be found here.

Fragment

Jort about Stéphanie’s dismissal: