Speculating about René van der Gijp’s successor keeps the media firmly in the hold. But at De Volkskrant they are now ready for it. “A lifeless non-topic!”, It sounds.
René van der Gijp has finished his TV work a bit after the New Year to save his marriage, but his Wednesday replacement Albert Verlinde is already throwing the towel in the ring: he opts for a transfer to RTL Tonight. Meanwhile, talk shows, podcasts and TV sections are tumbling over each other in the search for a worthy replacement.
Non-topic
Names fly over the table as if it were a political cabinet formation, with the main prize: the coveted spot on the VI table on Wednesday. There is serious interest in Matthijs van Nieuwkerk, but he keeps quiet. Wierd Duk, on the other hand, is heard, is available and is the big favorite of Johan Derksen.
While the VI speculations continue happily, the Volkskrant refers to tilt in the highest gear. Columnist Lotte Krakers calls the entire media circus around the country’s most popular talk show a ‘lifeless non-topic’. “It was about it yesterday in three (!) Talk shows,” she broke in the newspaper.
Right doll
Lotte can’t reach her cap. “No idea when this trend has worked, but I find it extremely uninteresting, that constant speculating about which right doll is on which right talk show chair.”
The columnist describes it as a kind of “Who can come to my party?” from Johan Derksen. “This keeps the whole of the Netherlands busy, said viewing officer Tina Nijkamp in RTL Boulevard. I don’t know which coffee machine she is standing at, but it’s not mine,” she finally brands.