It is now becoming a bit too hot under Guido den Aantrekker’s feet now that Yvonne Coldeweijer remains under contract with Talpa. He makes a whole plea as to why she does not belong to Shownieuws.
The judge has ordered Yvonne Coldeweijer to continue to be paid by Talpa and now that her program De Juice is cancelled, the big question is: what will the media company let her do for that nine thousand euros per year? Will she stay at home on her couch in Muiden for another year and a half or will John de Mol say yes to her proposal to sit in Shownieuws?
Pyrrhic victory
Royalty fan Sandra Schuurhof thinks it’s great of Yvonne. “Isn’t it a huge victory for her?” she says Show news.
Story boss Guido den Aantrekker thinks that Yvonne should not count herself rich. “I have the feeling that it is a Pyrrhic victory, so a victory that seems like a victory, but in the end it is not. Look, you are in a situation with two parties that actually do not want to continue with each other.”
Secured
Guido thinks that Talpa is going to try to get her in something. “She has certainly secured that amount with this victory, but it may also be that Talpa says at a certain point: ‘We simply cannot continue now’, can also prove that and then the amount could ultimately be somewhat lower.”
For the time being, Talpa says: “We have taken note of the judge’s ruling. It stipulates that we must honor the payment agreements, which we will of course do. The judge has also determined that there is an exclusive collaboration.”
Chill
Guido thinks that Talpa doesn’t want anything with her. “They call her ‘Mrs. Coldeweijer’, well, that also indicates a certain coldness, which strengthens my idea that this is a kind of intermediate phase and that Talpa may ultimately just want to get rid of her.”
Fallen criminal lawyer Bram Moszkowicz does not think we will see Yvonne on TV at Talpa. “I think that they are now condemned to each other, in the sense that they have to sit down at the table and then come to an agreement, an agreement. I cannot imagine that Mrs. Coldeweijer wants to have anything to do with Talpa anymore.”
Sandra: “Especially the other way around.”
To Show News?
Presenter Airen Mylene then asks her colleagues what they think if Yvonne came to Shownieuws. “She has also said every time: ‘I would like to sit at the table at Shownieuws.’”
Bram: “Yes, but look: you have to say that and that is what her lawyer must have advised. She keeps saying that now, but I think the reality is that the parties want to separate.”
Sandra: “Do you see her appearing on SBS again?”
Studio guest Art Rooijakkers: “I have no idea. I can imagine her saying: ‘First offer news to Talpa’, and that this table would be the place.”
40 thousand euros
Guido doesn’t see it happening. “Yes, but you have to imagine, Art, that she earns 40,000 euros a month. Every program also has a budget, a budget, and if you have to pay for someone like that from your own program budget, that is not possible at all. You cannot get that charged.”
Sandra: “But of course that is not necessary, if you ignore that for a moment.”
Bram: “Yes, but Guido, the other side of the coin is: if you don’t offer her anything, then you also have to pay her.”
Sandra: “Exactly! Then you also have to pay! And then she doesn’t do anything!”
Airen: “Then you better let her do something.”
Guido not happy
Bram sees it as a possibility. “Then you could say, from Talpa’s perspective: ‘Let her work for the money.’”
Sandra: “Would you like it if she were sitting here at the table?”
Guido is not happy. “Well, I don’t have a feeling about it. I met Yvonne once at a party. It was all very charming and attentive. I find her working methods reprehensible. I think the juice she has brought, whether or not there is any truth in it… I once described her as an e-mail inbox, a kind of distribution center.”
Reprehensible
A distribution center for gossip, according to Guido. “That she immediately puts everything online and then possibly corrects it the next day if it turns out to be untrue. Yes, I don’t think that is journalism. It is a form of journalism that she practices, I don’t like it and I find it objectionable, but that does not alter the fact that she has character traits.”
“She has courage, bravado, she dares to do something… You also see that in such a lawsuit and you also see that public opinion is: she is taking on the great John de Mol.”
Viewership hit
Yvonne at Shownieuws would undoubtedly be good for the viewing figures, Art thinks. “Well, something will happen, I think, when she comes to the table. Seen from the outside, right!”
Guido: “Yes, that’s what I’m wondering. Look, Yvonne is a soloist. This has also become apparent from the experiences shared by her team members. You also have to be able to work in a team. You don’t make a TV program alone. Even if you are an expert. We have meetings and discuss things with each other. You have to be able to do that.”
“Don’t you know!”
An attitude of unease prevails in Guido. “If she is sitting here at the table: that show is not about her and so I know whether she can join in.”
Airen: “Yes, but you don’t know that.”
Bram concludes: “It is difficult for me to imagine that she will be part of a journalistic program without taking its standards into account.”
The gossipmongers have spoken: Yvonne is not allowed in.
