Peter R. de Vries is one of the few people who has rightly pointed out Dieuwke Wynia, Matthijs van Nieuwkerk’s screaming horror assistant. “He called her hard and unkind.”
The misconduct of Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and his horror assistant Dieuwke Wynia has never been visible to most guests of De Wereld Draait Door, because it all took place in the editorial room. At least once a Dutch celebrity did witness this, namely Peter R. de Vries.
Screaming Dieuwke
Matthijs Kleyn, who was a reporter for De Wereld Draait Door as Jackal Thijs for some time, strongly recognizes himself in the Volkskrant revelations about Dieuwke in any case. He also shares the experiences of RTL Boulevard presenter Lex Uiting, who was scolded by this angry lady in his time as a Jackal.
With name and surname Matthijs elaborates on the RTL Boulevard site extensively about his bizarre adventure as a DWDD reporter. “My image of Dieuwke in particular changed quickly. In morning meetings she could lash out enormously. Then she started screaming at young editors.”
Terrified
At first Matthijs thought it was a joke. “But the editors turned out to be terrified of her. I became that too. The greater the fear became, the more a compliment meant. Sometimes she texted me during the broadcast that my video was fantastic.”
And the next morning? “She kicked you off the pedestal. Then I had to come to the office and she yelled at me. Then I had to explain how I got it into my head to deliver something like this. I only understood after a while what had happened: Matthijs had walked up to her after the broadcast and told her what he thought was bad.”
Peter intervenes
The low point was when Matthijs had made a film about Ramses Shaffy, but it did not make it to the broadcast. “I went to the studio to convince Dieuwke to broadcast it anyway, because it was really beautiful. She yelled at me in front of everyone. How I got it into my head to contradict her. I was shocked and fell silent.”
And then? “No one said anything, except Peter R. de Vries, who was there because of Ajax. He calmly told her that he found her tone “harsh and unkind” and said he was curious to see my video. It was broadcast the next day.”
Thijs’s story
You can read the entire shocking story of Matthijs on the RTL Boulevard site:
