Jan van Halst is not so happy with the imminent return of Today Inside, although Johan Derksen still has a reservation. The analyst, who says he never watches the daily talk show, thinks that money plays a major role in the decision of Derksen, René van der Gijp and Wilfred Genee to return to the popular talk show in the short term.
“I did not miss the program, because I never watch it,” Van Halst said on Wednesday evening On 1† “But it turns out again: money rules, don’t they. They not only earn a lot, but also the broadcasters. And then norms and values fade, that is also clear. And that has happened in the Netherlands in recent years anyway, that we slipping in that respect. And this fits in perfectly with that,” Van Halst referred to the dubious level of Today Inside, in his view.
Derksen reacts stunned to announcement of return Today Inside
Johan Derksen did not want to confirm on Wednesday that Today Inside will return.
Table companion Rutger Castricum thinks that Van Halst has this opinion because he has been regularly addressed by Derksen in the talk show over the years. “Also, too. But I don’t look at all,” said the analyst, who immediately received a reply from Castricum: “Oh, for that reason?” Van Halst immediately had an answer ready: “No, because I think that people hurt a lot and such. That is not within my standards and values. But that is my opinion.”
Derksen was stunned on Wednesday by the coverage of the return of Today Inside on television. It General Newspaper wrote that the talk show of Genee, Van der Gijp and Derksen would be broadcast again from next Monday after an absence of two weeks. Reporter Jordi Versteegden from The Telegraph contacted both Derksen and Talpa, who both dismissed the reporting as ‘premature’.
Versteegden said in a video item from the newspaper that ‘the entire editorial team was turned upside down’ after the news of the General Newspaper† Tuesday reported The Telegraph even that there had been ‘serious talk about a return’ from Today Inside, but white smoke was still nowhere to be seen. Versteegden longed for clarification and called Derksen on Wednesday. “Johan said, ‘It’s a surprise to me too that it’s come out now’.”