Thomas van Groningen has been reprimanded by Johan Derksen for wearing ugly clothing on television. You can dress your casual in the garden, but not on television, the VI-snor thinks. “Have something else now.”
The departure from Sam Hagens to the public broadcaster has opened many doors for Thomas van Groningen. He returned to SBS 6, shone this summer as a replacement for Hélène Hendriks and can now be seen every evening as host of the news of the day program. And last night he was sitting at the table again with the men of Today Inside.
Nap
Thomas is a hard worker, but has to do his best if he is standing in front of the wardrobe, says Johan Derksen. He personally announced that the presenter.
The 35-year-old Thomas says in VI: “I just arrived here and then Johan said to me:” I just want to give you one good tip. Sometimes I see you sitting on TV and then you are sitting there as if you have just been working in the garden and that you then drove to the studio. Those clothes of yours … “Then I got a net jacket.”
Wanderer
Wilfred Genee is shocked. “Yes, do you really find that he is there like a wanderer?”
Johan: “Well, look, I think a presenter of a talk show should look correct. You don’t have to go in a suit and with a tie and stuff, that is for old men, but you occasionally come in like a bullshit fox. Then you think: yes, he has to do a shake.”
Shirt
It is a small effort to look well cared for, says Johan. “If you also do a shirt under the jacket … If you want a tie, I will bow it for you, but you don’t have to. You have to be a bit representative.”
Thomas concludes: “Of which deed. I immediately put on a different jacket.”