Jeroen van Merwijk: ‘I want to take the time to die’ | Entertainment

entertainment">“I find it more difficult to say goodbye to painting. That is impossible ”, says Van Merwijk in the second episode of Full Halls, which can be seen on NPO 2 on Tuesday evening. He is no longer undergoing treatments for the colon cancer, because he is fed up with the wild side effects. “Basically I’m fine here. I’m not doing so well, but I have to. ”

entertainment">The comedian does not mind exchanging the temporary for the eternal. “It was also beautiful once. I really want to sit down and take the time to die. ” Although he thinks it is sad for his wife, his twin brother and his mother. “But I am not at war with anyone, so I can just die peacefully. Contrary to what people think of me, I am a sweet and nice person. ”

entertainment">He spends his days painting and drawing on vases and canvases in his studio in the French cottage. “I have not had an easy life. I have a difficult boy in mind, but I found the solution in art, ”he says during a tour of the house. “Art is everything to me. I understand that people die for that. ”

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