Karin Swerink, editor-in-chief of LINDA together with Linda de Mol, has no regrets about the dismissal of Hélène Hendriks basher Stéphanie Hoogenberk. “This does not suit our magazine.”
Stéphanie Hoogenberk, writer and until recently columnist of the LINDA., has called Hélène Hendriks in her podcast, among other things, a ‘blonde del’ and a ‘h*er’. The presenter immediately received many statements of support, after which the men from Today Inside also jumped into the breach for her. They called Stéphanie a ‘tr*t’.
Stephanie fired
Shortly after Stéphanie’s statements, she was put aside by the LINDA., but the men of VI – like many other critics – think that is going much and much too far. The dismissal is ‘ridiculous’, says Johan Derksen.
Nevertheless, editor-in-chief Karin Swerink supports the decision, she says in a response Villamedia. “We did indeed inform Stéphanie last week that we are going to stop her columns for LINDA. That does not only have to do with her comments about Hélène Hendriks that she made in her podcast last week.”
More warned
Karin states that Stéphanie has been warned before. “We have let Stéphanie know before and more often that we do not like the way she speaks about other women in her podcasts, especially the tone, at LINDA. find fit.”
According to her, it is not the case that Stéphanie is being silenced. “Of course she can say what she wants, we don’t want to intervene at all, but we may also think that this does not fit who we are as a magazine.”
No reaction
Stéphanie herself still does not want to comment. “I want to let it rest for now and will perhaps give my side of the story in due course.”
Hélène has also still not responded to the delrel a week after Stéphanie’s dismissal, while she has since been on television several times and also has social media at her disposal.