Peter van der Vorst, the television boss of RTL, doesn’t care at all about the ‘retards’ who participate in Temptation Island. At least, that’s what Youp van ‘t Hek says. “Next patient!”
RTL has been making programs for years and years that try to force relationship breakdowns and that has now blown up in the media company’s face. Two suicide attempts later, Temptation Island is temporary on hold was put in place, but that only happened after pressure from outside. Just for the stage, Hélène Hendriks then shouted.
Corpsball television
Youp van ‘t Hek agrees with that. According to him, Peter van der Vorst, the television boss of RTL, knew perfectly well what he was broadcasting. How would he describe Temptation? “Something about cheating that is filmed, after which the images are shown to the unsuspecting home front. That’s where they start to cry. And shouting ‘dirty hypocrite’.”
He continues in VARAgids: “That will of course also be filmed and broadcast again. When I read about it I thought: wonderful that I never saw this. This kind of garbage is made for viewers with the brain contents of an ounce of plankton. Commercial slickers have no trouble putting together this kind of big-budget television.”
‘Peter must be itching!’
Peter allowed this kind of practice for years, Youp continues. “The makers will be itching that there will be casualties. Viewing figures. Advertising money. That’s what it’s about. The participants? Just cannon fodder. Peter van der Vorst and his friends will be itching to see what happens next with those bastards.”
RTL will now talk to damaged participants. The reaction becomes predictable and unbelievable, according to Youp. “Van der Vorst is going to say ‘sorry’ and perhaps pay a small amount of compensation. And he goes on to say that this was of course never the intention. But of course it was.”
Stupid stuff
Does Peter really not learn any lessons from this? Is RTL’s moral compass more tightly adjusted from now on? No, Youp sneers. “Then the penalty clauses for the talking candidates will be adjusted a little tighter so that this stupid stuff can never run out of steam. And then they look for new candidates. All this under the motto: next patient.”