“There were people on Gordon’s birthday that I’m not allowed to name”

Gordon celebrated his 55th birthday last night in his penthouse in Amsterdam with no fewer than seventy friends. But who were his mysterious guests? “I can’t name it.”

© William Rutten, SBS

Gordon’s birthday party was celebrated very lavishly last night in his Amsterdam penthouse, which is still for sale for 3 million euros. The TV program Shownieuws had sent a camera crew there and they took some shots of Gordon’s terrace from downstairs and they also filmed some arriving guests.

Dinner by Den Blijker

Top photographer William Rutten was also there and he sat at the desk of Shownieuws. “His entire living room was transformed into a restaurant and seventy friends were served there during a fantastic dinner, prepared by Herman den Blijker. A few course dinner. He personally saw to it that his kitchen brigade served all of that.”

The evening started with a ‘very nice’ speech, according to WIlliam. “Two years ago he also celebrated his birthday at his house and that came to an abrupt end. It had only been half an hour before the news came in about Peter R. de Vries. That was such a shock for everyone that everyone wanted to go home immediately.”

Enjoy life

Gordon paused at that. “By the terrible impact that has had. He says: ‘Two years later, a lot of things happened to me, but above all let’s enjoy life. We nag a lot of things that are not fun and are not good in life, but be happy that you can get a year older every year.’”

He continues: “He did that with a lot of people at his house who were served delicious food. I actually left before the main course.”

Mysterious guests

Were there also celebrities as guests? “Yes, I saw Patricia Paay walking. Also some people I’m not going to name for reasons that it’s not possible for a while. Who else did I see? Monique des Bouvrie.”

Huh, who are these mystery guests at Gordon’s birthday? Presenter Dyantha Brooks does not understand what William is talking about here: “You have to explain that. Sorry?”

William: “No, I’m not going to explain that either, because then I’ll do it anyway.”

Dyantha: “But there are people there that you can’t say are there?”

William: “Eh, who were there for a while… Yes, yes, yes, that’s right, yes.”

No new love

In any case, there was no new love from Gordon, according to William. And that Evan he took a picture with the other day? “No, I don’t think that’s new love. Yes, everyone he takes a picture with is immediately labeled as new love. Just like everyone asks about those dogs.”

“That’s a very simple story. He says, “As soon as I post those dogs, there are people who really like it or who say I shouldn’t promote them because then everyone will buy those dogs.” So he no longer promotes them, but he also no longer wants to make them fly back and forth in the plane, because that is not good for them either.”

So those dogs are ‘home’, but where is Gordon’s home these days? “He’s just still happy in Dubai.”

No Patti

Patty Brard sat next to William and was clearly not invited to Gordon. That friendship seems to have cooled down considerably. Not surprising, because she is regularly critical of her former colleague in Shownieuws.

The presence of Patty could have resulted in fireworks, because the scandal surrounding her, which has been in the air for months now, could just have Patricia as a source. And that was also part of it…

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