Youp van ‘t Hek expects Ahmed Aboutaleb to leave this month as one of the panel members in the flopped talk show RTL Tonight. In any case, he encourages him. “You don’t want this, do you?”
It is currently Hilversum’s favorite Pispaaltje: the failed talk show RTL Tonight. RTL 4 boss Peter van der Vorst called it a bit about himself by buying away talk showers everywhere, but since the failure of the TV channel Talpa by John de Mol we all know: the viewer is not for sale at all.
‘Aboutaleb does not want this’
Chances are RTL Tonight total-loss ends, but what happens to all those expensive experts? “I was looking at Aboutaleb with the supreme surprise,” writes Youp van ‘t Hek in the Varagist.
He continues: “In my eyes a wise guy, once the steadfast mayor of the metropolis of Rotterdam and now on a gossip row with the chattering Albert Verlinde. You have to want it. And I don’t want this.”
‘Get away before October 1’
Youp has the idea that we no longer see Ahmed on such a RTL chair for long. “I think he will take his bags before October 1 and will do something fun with his remaining time on earth.”
The former cabaret artis is much more likely to look at Pauw & De Wit. “A relief to see the first evening on his old trusted talk chair in addition to the RTL-Rommel Jeroen Pauw. Sharp, fast, short through the bend.”