Caroline van der Plas responds to the fuss about the generous salary that she and the other three ‘stars’ receive for their participation in Dutch celebrities in the hospital. “I’m not taking it.”
The celebrities who participate in the program celebrities in the hospital on SBS 6, which is intended to highlight the hard work of the care heroes, are paid a lot for it. According to Marcel van Roosmalen, the producer makes a starting bid of 2,500 euros, and according to Emma Wortelboer you can make a counter offer of 10,000 euros at such a time.
angry reactions
Suppose the celebrity and the producer end up somewhere in the middle – say 7,000 euros – then that is very lucrative for three half-days (!) of work. There are flows on the comment page from RTL Boulevard hundreds of angry reactions from people. They believe this is not in proportion to the salaries of real healthcare workers.
For example, Sharon says incensed: “2500 euros for three half-days? A qualified nurse with many years of experience works there, full-time for a whole month, in shifts and on public holidays! With responsibility for people’s lives! Greetings a nurse!”
Big bonus
According to Shirley, it is inappropriate to pay the celebrities at all. “I think they should be happy to see how things are going in a department, that they can walk along and that the nursing staff makes time for them. A bit of madness to get a big bonus for that too! Scandalous action by you four ?.”
And Juan: “It’s ridiculous, that’s a monthly amount for a real care worker. Or often even lower. Dutch celebrities only have to film for a few hours and they are gone. Hoppa: the money is in. I will say: donate the money to the real healthcare heroes.”
Caroline responds
Caroline van der Plas, one of the four celebrities who participate, responds to the fuss that has arisen. She emphasizes that the money will not end up in her own bank account.
The politician says: “I have not collected my ‘pay’, but at my request this will be deposited on Casper van Eijck’s supportcasper.nl for his fight against pancreatic cancer. I do that with all my possible fees.”
What does the rest do?
It is not yet clear what the other three participating celebrities are doing. Natasja Froger will probably donate the money to a good cause, it is unclear about Phillipe Geubels and Rachel Hazes will do anything for a ringing wallet.
Rachel even wanted to take her very own daughter Roxeanne Hazes into court today, because in 2016 – during her breakdown – she would have been cheated for about 10,000 euros. Not by Roxeanne, but Rachel had to testify. she decided not showing upto protect her mother from herself.