André Hazes Jr. is terrified that Rachel Hazes is going to sell the brand name ‘André Hazes’ to Talpa. “So I don’t want to argue with her. That’s why I act this way.”
André Hazes Jr. is no party in the inheritance dispute between Rachel and Roxeanne. The reason? Yvonne Coldeweijer reported six months ago that he does not want to make his mother angry, because he would risk the use of his stage name ‘André Hazes’ (i.e. without a junior behind it). “She tolerates that and he now pays 0 euros for it.”
‘I don’t care about money’
Now André admits that this does indeed play a role. “My mother and my sister are in a fight that I really try to stay out of, because… Look, we all need money and I don’t come to perform for nothing, but I think it’s really poisonous,” he says during an interview with Beau van Erven Dorens in the program Casa di Beau.
Poison? He explains: “I have a seven-year-old son and when I see what is happening now and I can imagine having such a fight with my son later… Yes, that is my biggest nightmare. You don’t really know what you’re doing right, you know? My only feeling is that I should stay out of it. I honestly don’t care about the money.”
Brand name Hazes
André indeed fears what Rachel might do with the stage name he uses. “The only thing that matters to me personally is the name, you know? For me the most important thing is and that is why I always like to be a bit like Switzerland: I am always afraid that strange things will happen with the name ‘André Hazes’.”
What kind of weird things? “So, for example, if one day my mother thinks: I’m going to sell it to John de Mol, and John is going to turn it into twelve singing programs… I want to be careful about that. And maybe that’s why I always act this way, because I don’t want to argue or anything like that.”
Very sorry
One thing is certain: André hardly has any contact with Rachel at the moment, but there is no real argument. The future does not look hopeful for their family bond. “Everything that is going on now and what is happening now ensures that we will never grow closer again.”
He concludes: “We are just growing apart and I think that is a real shame.”