Wow, the Op1 editor must be shocked after inviting Johan Fretz. He or she received a devastating text message in return. “I will NEVER come to you!”
The celebrated opinion maker Johan Fretz no longer needs to be texted by the editors of Op1. He has made it more than clear that he will never, ever appear on the program. The straw that broke the camel’s back for him? Last summer’s broadcast from Ter Apel, with some asylum seekers behind a fence in the background.
Infantile talk show
Johan received an invitation from the talk show sometime after that broadcast, and now he shares the devastating response he sent back. “Ha. I just heard your voicemail message, sorry for the lateness response. Thank you for your message, but I am not interested in being in Op1 tomorrow.”
Oh, what then? “Not because of the subject, but because I think that Op1 in extremis contributes to the maintenance of reactive sentiments and an infantile society.”
Tasteless idea
It is a terrible program, says Johan. “Op1 symbolizes everything that I do not stand for, with the most recent low point being the live broadcast in Ter Apel, which was an unbelievably tasteless idea even before three refugees appeared behind a fence.”
He continues the app message: “It proved once again that there is indeed no moral lower limit among the editorial staff of Op1. This is of course by no means a personal reproach to you, but I thought it would be good to say this once, so honestly and unvarnished, so that you know that I will never join Op1.”
‘Goodluck’
After Johan has completely vomited the program, he ends his text with: “Nevertheless, I sincerely wish you good luck with the broadcast. Have a nice evening and kind regards!”
Well, that’s nice of the guest who never came. Now that Op1 is disappearing from the air, the appeal of Bert Huisjes and his comrades will only become less effective. Prominents will prefer a talk show that continues to exist, and with which they maintain a relationship, over something that is dying.