Normally Victor Vlam is the attacking party, but this time he himself is mercilessly attacked. The well-known Volkskrant columnist Adriaan ter Braack thinks he is a terrible guy.
Victor Vlam seems to be out of favor with the men of Today Inside, but with Hélène Hendriks – tonight she is back on the air with her own talk show – the TV critic is still welcome. She told RTL Boulevard yesterday that he can count on invitations again, because he always causes some commotion on television. And that is of course true.
Lost friends
Victor is not very popular with the masses and that is mainly because he is on the right side of the game, but also because he is quite eager. The Shownieuws fragment in which he openly applies for a permanent position at the table at Today Inside is famous. That somewhat embarrassing job application will haunt him for a long time.
One thing is certain: Victor certainly adds something to the TV landscape, which nowadays increasingly revolves around a spicy opinion. And he has specialized in spicy opinions. At the same time, he says this causes problems in his private life, in which he has lost some people.
Right-wing opinions
TV fame has cost him friendships, according to Victor. He does not say whether his former podcast buddy Lars Duursma is also included, but he does comment Veronica Super guide know: “The really bizarre thing is that I really just lost friends because of it. It’s really bizarre to say that, but it turns out to be reality.”
Why then? “I have more right-wing opinions and that is a sensitive issue in society. When they were confronted with it, for example in a viral video, they had difficulty with it. They do not agree with it and think it is bad that that opinion is expressed.”
‘It’s worth it’
Is it all worth it? Yes, Victor thinks. “That’s certainly worth it to me. If people don’t want to be friends with you, that is sad in a way, of course, but it is also a choice that people make themselves. You can then wonder whether they were really your best friends.”
However, according to Volkskrant science journalist Adriaan ter Braack, also known as Sjamadriaan, there is a completely different reason why Victor loses friends. He sneers X: “Yes, or you’re just one all round obnoxious prick.”