Johnny de Mol has a strong feeling that the Meilandjes are only saying that they are going to quit to get a more lucrative contract with Talpa, the media company of his father John de Mol.
Martien Meiland has been saying for years that he wants to quit television, but his daughter Maxime had a sky-high mortgage to pay, so they kept making new seasons of Chateau Meiland on SBS 6. Now that she is also fed up – she is angry about the criticism of her rape accusation – the Meilandjes then throw in the towel.
Johnny critical
The end of Chateau Meiland is in sight. After the current season and the Christmas special, there will be no new episodes, according to the Meilandjes. Although critics have their doubts.
Johnny de Mol, the son of SBS 6 and Talpa owner John de Mol, also distrusts the reality family. “Yes, I heard it, but isn’t that the first time they’ve said that? Then they came back again, so first see and then believe,” he says. The Telegraph.
‘They want more money’
Johnny suspects that the Meilandjes are looking for more money. “What I say: first see, then believe. If I had a really successful program, my contract is expiring, yes, the first thing I would say is: ‘We’re stopping!’ Good for negotiations, right?”
Although the presenter can imagine that it is tiring to be followed by cameras so often. “I can’t imagine what they have gone through over the past ten years with a camera like that on your nose day and night. It’s not for me, so I can get into that,” he concludes.