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Dutch television presenter Hélène Hendriks, who was a regular guest in ‘Vandaag Inside’, says she receives “severe death threats”, now that the talk show has been stopped after the statements of football analyst Johan Derksen.
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jvhBron: The Telegraph
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Hendriks took over the presentation of the talk show ‘HLF8’ this week, after presenter Johnny de Mol was also accused of misconduct there. During the broadcast of that program on Friday evening, she announced that she would give her opinion “not too much” about the Derksen incident for the time being. She says she is being threatened with death, and the police have advised her to “keep a little aloof”, she said.
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“Perhaps good to indicate in advance: I will not give too much of my opinion about this”, Hendriks said when the subject was discussed. “That is actually at the behest of the police because there is a strong threat. They urgently advised me to keep a little aloof. Of course I have a reasonable link to VI.”
According to Hendriks, it is not the case that she does not want to give her opinion. “I will really give it one time, and I will absolutely not be silenced, but I think I have to be sensible sometimes. So I’ll leave that with you on this one,” she told her guests.
The presenter also said she is not the only one to receive threats, but did not name names. “And maybe I’m going too far now: Johan is a really good and nice colleague of mine, and I will never lose a colleague. That’s not to say I approve of his slip. He has already said enough about that, but I want to make that known.”
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