“The three musketeers”, Chantal jokes when Ruud starts talking about Wendy and Linda. According to the presenter, there is no rivalry between the three. “Well, in my experience not.” According to Chantal, it is ‘not surprising’ that she moves into areas where the other already operates, because the Netherlands – and the TV world – is relatively small. “That’s not a problem for the most part. And sometimes that overlaps too much, and then there can be a little friction.” That’s how Linda is there not so happy that Chantal her program Oh, What A Year has taken over. “All I can say is that if the situation had been reversed, I wouldn’t have done it,” she said.
Chantal and Linda both have their own magazine and online platform. Although Chantal thinks that these can coexist perfectly, she also understands if ‘the other’ is not so happy with this. “I have never found it so very strange that someone then thinks ‘I don’t feel like that at all. Why and why?’ I think: you’ll see that it differs. And I am me and you are you. So I’ve never made a problem of that myself. I think it’s a shame if the other person makes a problem of it.”
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However, according to Chantal, they are “on speaking terms‘ together and it is made smoother than it is. When asked whether they are friends or just colleagues, Chantal chooses the second one. “I think colleagues. But as I say, that certainly goes with a hug and a conversation.”
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In the meantime, Chantal is not only making jumps in the Netherlands, but her career is also getting a major boost in Germany.
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