“I was still sweating about it in the car home, about how embarrassing it was,” said Luuk in a new episode of De BLVD Podcast. The presenter says that prior to the broadcast he is in make-up with next to him Good morning Netherlands-presenter Maaike Timmerman, who is also a guest. Tamar Bot and Fanny van de Reijt, better known as ‘the media girls’, are also there. They tell Luuk that Marcel is a big fan of good morning Netherlands – an important detail in Luke’s story.
Luuk continues: “Gijs Groenteman was already in that small room, all crammed together, and then Marcel comes in. He looks into the room, looks at Maaike and says: ‘Heeeeey!’. It is very clear to everyone in the space: he will greet Maaike nicely, because he likes her. Very sympathetic moment.”
But the moment Marcel extends his hand, Luuk comes into action with what he says is a ‘dumb head’. “I think: he goes for me. So I grab his hand in front of Maaike, take his hand and say: ‘Hey, I’m Luuk!’, like a kind of groupie. So everyone in the room was like: this is uncomfortable It was already uncomfortable, but now it became completely uncomfortable.”
Luuk quickly understands what a blunder he has committed and quickly lets go of Marcel’s hand, only to get a new hand a little later. “Fortunately someone talked about it, but it was a really awkward moment.”
Despite his blunder, Luuk is having a great time as a guest. What he also likes about it is that the program attracts a completely different target group. “I got from my brother – apparently he doesn’t watch RTL Boulevard – I got that: you were in Media InsideI always watch that. How nice! Then I thought: I’m on television every day, but apparently he doesn’t find that interesting enough.”
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