By our entertainment editors
Dec 8, 2023 at 7:51 AM Update: 4 minutes ago
Matthijs van Nieuwkerk is leaving the public broadcaster and going to RTL, the commercial broadcaster reported on Friday. The presenter left BNNVARA at the end of 2022, after de Volkskrant wrote about the culture of fear that prevailed there The world goes on.
The presenter can be seen from April 21, 2024 with a weekly, current program full of music on Sunday evenings on RTL 4. Other, newly developed programs for RTL and Videoland are also discussed.
Van Nieuwkerk left BNNVARA in November 2022 after the publication of the Volkskrant article. Several former employees participated in this The world goes on their story. For example, the presenter had tantrums and outbursts of anger, insulting employees.
“Matthijs has gone through a period of reflection and has spoken openly and honestly about it NRC“, says RTL program director Peter van de Vorst. “Now that those involved have been heard and the investigation by the Investigation Committee for Conduct and Culture of Broadcasters is as good as complete, we believe that Matthijs can return to television in the new year. Because the open and good discussions with him have already led to an agreement, and the presentation of the research has recently been postponed again, we no longer want to wait to announce it.”
Van der Vorst emphasizes that RTL and Van Nieuwkerk have also entered into discussions about a safe working environment. “As far as we are concerned, this clears the way for a return to TV.”
“The outstretched hand of RTL was cordial and immediately very substantive,” says Van Nieuwkerk (63). “They knew what they wanted to ask me for in the coming years and I was very happy with that.” The presenter says he also wants to make reports and interviews for Videoland. “I missed work.”
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Van Nieuwkerk is ashamed of tantrums
A committee led by former minister Martin van Rijn is currently investigating unacceptable behavior at the NPO and in Hilversum. The outcome is expected to be published in January.
Frederique Leeflang, the chairman of the public broadcaster, said in October that she believes that Van Nieuwkerk cannot yet return to television. One condition for this is the results of the research. RTL and Van Nieuwkerk did not wait for this.
Van Nieuwkerk gave his side of the story in early September NRC. In this he said, among other things, that he did not know that dozens of employees left De Wereld Draait Door with a burnout. “That we have made so many people unhappy behind the scenes. We have made them sick. Then you are completely ashamed.”
When asked whether the program could have been so successful without the working climate that prevailed, Van Nieuwkerk said: “Without my tantrums, not without my strict strictness and ambition.” Furthermore, the presenter said he was “ashamed” of his outbursts of anger that were described in de Volkskrant.
Until the end of 2022, Van Nieuwkerk was one of the regular faces of the public broadcaster. After the end of DWDD in 2020, he made programs such as Songs with Rob Kemps and Matthijs Continues.
2023-12-08 06:51:15
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