Stella Bergsma falls flat hard now that she has been caught lying by her followers. She has called Today Inside an ‘unsafe place’, but decided to deny that adamantly.
Stella Bergsma’s begging to be allowed to return to the table at Today Inside is starting to take on sad forms. The invitation parasite has given another whole interview about it, this time on NPO Radio 1. She says she likes to be friends with Johan Derksen, René van der Gijp and Wilfred Genee, but that she does not succeed.
Unsafe place
Stella says she does not feel comfortable with the men’s trio. Presenter Mischa Blok at one point: “So it sounds like some kind of unsafe place, that VI?”
Stella then literally says: “I thought it was an unsafe place, yes, but I am also kind of naive. I therefore think: yes, but we can all talk together, right? And I’m going to make it a safe place! I’m not an angry feminist at all, I’m really sociable, so that will be fine. But I just felt there was no opening.”
Stella denies
Stella’s literal statements can be listened to by the whole world on the website of NPO Radio 1 (from minute 5:39) or at the bottom of this article, but when her comments make the news, the writer initially tries to pretend she never said it at all.
Stella’s assertiveness is striking. She tweeted this morning: “Are we getting this shit again. I did NOT use the word unsafe.”
Nonsense
Film director Martin Koolhoven finds Stella’s statements on the radio questionable. “Stella Bergsma can’t manage to give her own advice to women ‘don’t give a fuck!’ to follow. Especially a pity that the modern and nonsensical use of ‘unsafe’ is used. ‘Unpleasant’ would have been better”, he tweets.
Stella then, spanning several tweets: “I didn’t say it either. (…) I didn’t use that word, doesn’t suit me. (…) I am a writer, words are important to me. (…) It can all be listened back!”
Liar
If Stella is confronted by a follower that her statements can indeed be listened back to, including the exact timestamp, she replies: “Yes, I am not saying. I don’t think so either. I was just talking about myself in that podcast.”
One Countess Raven to that: “I understand the consternation. You say it at 5:45. Loud and clear. You thought it was an unsafe place.”
Stella again very firmly: “No.”
Countess Raven: Very grown-up Stella.”
Stella: “Joe!”
Falls through the basket
When more and more people confront Stella with the fact that she simply made those statements, she suddenly backs down. “Okay, nah, that must be it, I can’t listen back to it. Fine,” she says.
A little later to Countess Raaf: “Okay, sorry, I now hear that I do say it. Excuse. Anyway, with ‘I found’ added. I agree, I should have used a different word.”
Stella has now deleted almost all of her denial tweets. Has her mission to blame the media for her clumsy statements failed? “Hahah I just barely managed to listen back.”
Poem
In response to the fuss, Stella received a call from Today Inside. “VI just called asking if I want to recite my poem ‘Party’ in a video. Because they think it’s about them. They’ll want to make fun of it or something. But that’s not true. It’s just a poem about feeling left out.”
Because VI thinks it’s about them?! Not so crazy, huh? Stella herself has simply suggested that on the radio: “I really just want to be friends with them. That is also a kind of childish feeling, like: why can’t I join? I even wrote a poem about this. Why can’t I join?”
Can someone provide this woman with some form of occupational therapy?
Tweet
The denying Stella:
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You can hear Stella’s statements about the ‘unsafe’ Today Inside from minute 5:39: