Patty Brard thinks that Margriet van der Linden’s talk show has come to a grinding halt because of Angela de Jong’s ‘destructive’ criticism. “About her glasses and what she looked like.”
There seemed to be no end to it: the terribly bad talk show of Margriet van der Linden. Not only was no dog looking at M, but it didn’t do anything for the people who did look either. You never really heard about it again. Yesterday, the presenter announced that she will stop after tonight, after five seasons.
Patty is sorry
Shownieuws star Patty Brard is one of the few people who thinks that is a shame. “I am very sorry, but I think I am the only one. It wasn’t that she really… It started with 700,000 viewers or something and it kind of fell apart, but it’s not like she really just put down stuff.”
Colleague Sandra Schuurhof: “They really tried to create a different sound, that’s for sure, but I noticed that I didn’t always tune in to it. That in itself had nothing to do with the quality, because I also think she is a good interviewer. Maybe with the guests, maybe with the composition.”
Destroying Angela
According to Patty there is something else going on. “I think it also has something to do with the fact that… Those ratings did indeed drop a bit and then you also get a scathing press. I won’t name names, but in the end it was more about her glasses and how she looked than about the content of that program.”
This is about Angela de Jong, who indicated a year and a half ago that Margriet’s glasses bother her so much. “It’s a combination of the reflection of the lenses and the bridge of the frame that sits just too low. And that disturbs on TV,” said the opinion diva. Apparently they thought so too with M, because eventually those glasses came off.
Terrible
Patty didn’t like Angela’s criticism. “And that, to be honest, I always thought it was terrible to hear, because it is a very pleasant person to be a guest. When that blunt ax is pulled out of the closet again and it concerns all kinds of things except the content, then I think: guys, had her leave the building a little more chic.”
Is she going to leave of her own accord? Patty: “The official reading is that she wants to start developing something new again, but I think…”
Colleague Bart Ettekoven: “In close consultation.”
Patty: “Yeah, let’s keep it that way.”
Bart: “Guided to the exit in good consultation.”
Fragment
Angela de Jong was a guest yesterday in Today Inside, where it was also briefly about Margriet’s exit. According to her, the program has become ‘too woke’: