Wendy van Dijk suddenly appears in the Christmas flop of Dutch television. What is the SBS 6 star doing there? And why is her son Sem van Dijk wearing a cheap Christmas suit?
It really makes you despondent: NPO 3 has made a Christmas edition of the tragic All-rounder VIPS from taxpayers’ money. It is the easiest form of television: you invite D-stars of the caliber of Maik de Boer, put them in the same room and then let them do crazy tricks. Fine on SBS 6, but again: from tax money?
Clipping wings
Serious Christmas, as the program is called, is a joke, but enough has already been said about it. Angela de Jong is angry, Tina Nijkamp is angry and RTL Boulevard is always there to offer them a platform. And of course they are all right; This is clearly grist to the mill of Geert Wilders who wants to trim the wings of the NPO.
Anyway: that daily Christmas show by presenter Mark Baanders, which no dog really watches, had Wendy van Dijk on the air last night. Her son Sem van Dijk participates in that show and had to do a Christmas dance just like his colleagues. Well, he wasn’t happy about that at all.
Meme from Sem
Sem apparently doesn’t feel embarrassed when he drives around in mom and dad’s Canta, “but dancing here…”, he says in front of the camera. “I’m going to be hated by my friends, that won’t do you any good.”
Even before he receives the assignment, Sem indicates that he does not want to dance. “No, I really hope we’re not going to dance. That would be really terrible for me, because I’m not really a dancer anyway. Yes, at a festival, but then I just stand with my hands like this.”
Call mother
After receiving the assignment, Sem decides to call in a helpline. “I’m just going to call my mother for tips, because she can of course dance very well.”
Sem decides to make video calls. He himself is in the picture, but unfortunately mom is illiterate: “Mother, I can’t see you.”
Wendy: “No, how do I do that?”
Sem: “No, that doesn’t matter, you can see me, just take a look.”
Nightmare
Wendy, who eventually appears on screen, carefully examines the Christmas suit that Sem is wearing. “Yes, I see you!”
Sem: “My worst nightmare has come true, I have to dance. Don’t you have a tip?”
His sister then: “Yes, be a little flexible. Don’t stand there like a stiff rake.”
From VIP kid to Christmas klutz. What a television again…