Linda de Mol has been silent for a week and a half after the childish statement in which she lashed out at critics such as Angela de Jong. “She really should have been a little smarter.”
It is the biggest PR blunder in Linda de Mol’s career: the immature statement she put on her website a week and a half ago. Critics logically question Linda’s passive attitude in the abuse scandal surrounding The Voice: She had inside information about the predators of the program, but did nothing.
sad and stupid
Where a hand in her own bosom is in its place, Linda started shouting like an unhinged Michella Kox across the online market square that she is disgusted by Angela de Jong, Beau van Erven Dorens, Rob Goossens and Youp van ‘t Hek. And what else? That she won’t say anything about the abuse riot around The Voice. Because of all that fake media!
Format developer Kirsten Jan van Nieuwenhuijzen, who started his career as one of John de Mol’s first four creatives, finds it a bit embarrassing. “I think it’s sad for her in a way, but I’m like: it’s not useful,” he says in his podcast Content Wars†
Shit hit the fan
Kirsten Jan realizes that Linda is having a hard time. “The shit hit the fan for Linda in a terrible way for her I guess, but also kind of expected. A few months ago we talked about how Linda seemed to have lost her shine and she didn’t really understand what was going on, and it shows now.”
What shows that? “That you see that I think she made a mistake of judgment by not telling anything about those two ladies who joined LINDA. have reported (the alleged victims of Ali B, ed.). She has her reasons for that, but in hindsight I think she should have done it differently. More people agree with me that.”
break up
The criticism that Linda receives is justified, according to Kirsten Jan. Then you shouldn’t start screaming like that, he thinks. “She should have just sat still when you’re being shaved. You shouldn’t throw out such a statement, because that only adds fuel to the fire and you also see that everyone goes wild again on her statement, so somehow it seems…”
He continues thoughtfully: “She didn’t make that mistake before and she just thought: I’m not saying anything, I’m going to let it burn out. But now… If you start throwing out statements like this, everyone will go wild again.”
Be smart
Linda must be a little smarter, he thinks. “You just have to be smart and think: I’m not going to respond to this, then it will go out. Her response wasn’t the most helpful either. She should have said, “I made a mistake in judgment, I should have done it differently and said something about it to John or Talpa.” I don’t think this helps her.”
“Professionally, this is the hardest year of her career. She has never had so much adversity as this and the question is: what will it mean for her credibility in the near future?”
