Martine van Os has presented her talk show Tijd voor MAX with André van Duin a few times in the past, but there is no more interest in that collaboration. “I’m not a play doll.”
It is truly unprecedented: not an interview with Martine van Os goes by without her complaining about how terribly tiring her programs for Omroep MAX are. That woman is 67 years old, can simply stop, consciously continues and then still complains that she finds it all so difficult. It’s really hard to follow.
Complainant
Wilfred Genee is known for his healthy work ethic and also thinks Martine is a nag. “He complains a lot, doesn’t he? She wants to be with her husband and wants to go on holiday more. Yes, that is a complaint,” he said recently on the radio.
Does Martine have anything to complain about? Yes, in the latest Weekend she complains that she no longer wants to work with André van Duin. “Would you like to do another TV program with André van Duin?” a journalist from the magazine asks her.
Play doll
Martine answers that she no longer wants to be with André. “André presented Time for MAX with me. But I don’t think it fits very well. You had André van Duin and Corrie van Gorp. And you have André van Duin and Janny van der Heijden. Janny is the 2.0 version of Corry van Gorp.”
Such Janny, as André’s informant, is a bit incited, according to Martine. “It’s a character. And she also likes to be used as a kind of play doll by André. I’m less good at that.”
Sandwich
Finally, Martine also has an exciting anecdote about her private life. “I juice all kinds of vegetables in the morning. Then I have breakfast, but not that much. I’ll have one slice of bread or some crackers. And in the afternoon I eat normally, but much less than before. But just a shake, I can’t make it on that.”
What was that like before? “Then I could really eat ten sandwiches at lunchtime. And while reading a book, later that afternoon, I ate sandwiches again. Then my mother shouted, ‘Food!’ and then I went to dinner. So I have always eaten a lot, but as I get older, I have less need for it.”
Gosh, this is even more boring than We’re Almost There.