Refuses to answer the question: “You’ll see”
Updated 2024-03-18 | Published 2024-03-17
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Women are good at cleaning, cooking and keeping order.
Guys want to eat food, are stronger and better.
Fredrik Bolander’s statement in “Robinson” has caused many to react.
– I know that people are bothered by such statements, that’s the kind of society we live in, he says.
- The “Robinson” participant Fredrik Bolander has found himself in a storm after his statements about women and men, and is criticized on social media.
- He claims that women are good at cooking and cleaning while men are stronger and better, and this upset other contestants and viewers.
- Bolander says he loves to provoke, but refuses to answer the question of whether he is joking or serious.
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– If I had to decide, there would have been a woman in the team because they are good at cooking, they are good at keeping order and cleaning. There we have the negative of not having a woman in the team. We men want to eat, of course.
The statement from the “Robinson” contestant Fredrik Bolander40, has caused many to react, including to “Robinson’s” social media.
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full screen Fredrik Bolander. Photo: TV4
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full screen Fredrik Bolander. Photo: TV4
The change in “Robinson” 2024
In this year’s season, women and men are divided into different teams.
When the presenter Anders Lundin65, asks Bolander if he thinks it gives the women a better chance to win this year, he gets a quick answer.
– No, it will be a guy who wins this year. Boys are often a bit stronger and better than girls.
Several participants react to the statement in the program. The girls protest loudly and Gustav Jacobson27, makes a startled face.
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full screenAnders Lundin. Photo: TV4
Bolander also says in the program that he does not get along very well with women and feminists.
– I am very masculine in myself, and I have a very masculine jargon, and think it should be equal, but you should also understand who is the man in the house.
“Writes that I’m a man pig”
When Aftonbladet talks to Bolander on the same day that “Robinson” premieres, he says that he has already received reactions and messages from viewers.
– They write that I am a man pig and that I have the wrong view of women.
At the same time, he is aware that what he says about women triggers people.
– I love to provoke. It’s clear that I like to see reactions, I want that, says Bolander.
He continues:
– I know that people are bothered by such statements, that’s the kind of society we live in. So it was fun to drive a bit the other way around, I thought.
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fullscreenGustav Jacobson. Photo: TV4
Fredrik Bolander about the reactions
The statement that a woman is needed to clean and cook in the boys’ team is what he received the most reactions to.
– Many who wrote are not very happy.
What do people write?
– That we live in 2024 and you shouldn’t be like that and everyone should be equal and all that. But at the same time, you do what you’re good at, right?
But men can also be good at cooking and cleaning, right?
– Yes, but we have a lot of other things to do, don’t we?
Like working out with rocks?
– Exactly. Pump muscles and work out, we have to think about how we look, we have to look tanned and that takes time.
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full screen In the boys’ camp, Bolander and some of the other boys practice with stones. Photo: TV4
This is a statement that upsets many. Do you feel you can stand by that statement?
– That is a difficult question. I say this; you will see a little during the course of the program whether it is something I stand for or not. So I can say.
Many also wonder if you are serious or joking?
– That is the question, am I kidding or am I serious? I don’t answer that.
Why not?
– Either I might be responsible for it later or I won’t. You will see that.
“Robinson” is broadcast Sundays at 21.00 and Monday to Thursday at 19.30 on TV4 and on TV4 play.
