Bente Rabba in Farmen believes that Dan Håvard Johnsen was arrogant and manipulative

The autumn “Farmen” are half done and things are really starting to improve at Li Farm in Stange Municipality.

This week Bente Rabba (54) is the great farmer of the farm. She is very determined at first to choose Ivana Miric (28) as the first champion, but that plan is quickly reversed when Miric’s good friend, Lyngen Mayor Dan Håvard Johnsen, tells him she is happy to take on the role of first champion. to spare his friend.

But not everyone falls in love with the mayor’s attempt at “kindness”.

– Dan Håvard manipulated Ivana. There is no doubt about this, Bente Rabba tells Dagbladet.

– “Arrogant jerk”

She talks about a big discussion between her and Johnsen this week, an argument that took place with no cameras present and therefore will never be seen on TV.

– Dan stretched the rubber band so much that I exploded. Ivana and I had one thing, and then he started defending it without seeing what really happened. I told him: “You, damned provocative …!”. I was really pissed off. Then he again took it upon himself to be Ivana’s defender.

The discussion is said to have involved Rabba explaining to Miric how she would boil porridge earlier, which the 28-year-old is said to have experienced as a criticism.

– “You’re an arrogant asshole,” I said to Dan. It was chaos like no other, he had done nothing but spread oaths and bile, about how he could sabotage everything and create a lot of frustration. I didn’t like the way he was arrogant and manipulative.

– So how do you think Ivana was manipulated?

– The two had a very special relationship, but I still think Dan ruined it for them. She was captured in her canvas. He turned out to be very bad this week, she played the game to her fingertips and reduced Ivana to someone who couldn’t stand on her own. The way he continually defended her caused irritation in the group. But I realized what he was up to and I told him.

– It didn’t mean any harm

Ivana Miric herself does not hide from Dagbladet that she and Johnsen had a good relationship at “The Farm”.

– I always said he was almost like an uncle to me. But the manipulation … It wasn’t, because then I, as a person, let myself be manipulated and, which didn’t happen. I am an adult who can take care of myself, he says.

The 28-year-old stresses that the participation of the “Farmeni” is also a game.

– My tactic has always been to stay a little in the background. I tried to be myself and tried to stay away from chaos and drama.

– How did you yourself experience the way Dan Håvard was supposed to protect you in there?

– We are two different people and the choices he makes are not my choices and vice versa. Dan did a lot of what he wanted, he’s a grown man. But I felt that everything he did, he did it in good faith. I never asked him to protect himself or sacrifice himself for me.

She continues:

– But I can’t say I’m a super fan. I told him he didn’t need to do all of this for me, because it can quickly seem like he can’t stand up for me on his own. But I know he didn’t mean anything bad, he just wanted to defend a friend, he tells Dagbladet.

Many were critical

Another participant, Lasse Fredheim (26), supports Bente Rabba’s statements.

– He made sure that Ivana didn’t reach her full potential. She took it very much under her wing. He was absolutely sick, and absolutely no reason to be like that, because Ivana is a really strong woman, says Fredheim.

The “Farmen” participant believes the mayor of Lyngen “signed up” as the first fighter to look tough on TV.

– And I think he did it to get a more dignified end to his stay if he still fails in the next duel.

Johnsen: – Ugly

Dan Håvard Johnsen received all statements from Rabba and Fredheim. In front of Dagbladet, he asks viewers to make a decision about himself, but also about Lasse Fredheim.

– Regardless of how I behaved in there, I’d say I’ll come out better than Lasse, he says in a practical way.

– So what do you think of what is said?

– I think it’s a bad thing to say to both me and Ivana, and I think it’s nice to speak well of people when you’re not there yourself. I choose to do this in the future as well, so Lasse and Bente will rather delve into what they mean by all of this.

Was this deliberate manipulation on your part?

– No it was not. If anyone perceives me as a manipulator, it is deplorable. I want to be kind and respectable, and that’s how I appear in private. But from time to time I get misunderstood here at home and, I admit it. I can take up some space and direct some, she says with a smile.