Johan Derksen, dead and downright exhausting…

Johan Derksen, at 77, is still boasting about the attention. More than he himself thinks, at least. His age? Impressive, to still be so sharp at that age, but if you at the same time don’t realize that every now and then you’re really exhausting, perhaps it’s still time to look in the mirror. What does this have to do with PSV? Nothing at all... except that Derksen does point to Peter Bosz...

Johan Derksen has responded in his podcast Groeten uit Grolloo to his misstep with Wilfred Genee on Vandaag Inside last week. Derksen believes that his colleague more or less disqualified him by saying that, at 77, he is no longer allowed to talk about sex. "I think he’s a very good presenter, but beyond that I have absolutely nothing to do with him", Derksen repeated himself once again. For the umpteenth time, Derksen lays it out that he has nothing to do with Genee. In other words, painfully tedious. 

Derksen and Genee clashed last Thursday during the broadcast of VI. The former then made a sexually suggestive remark, after which the presenter pointed out his age and jokingly called him to order. "You're 77, it may be a bit less", Genee said to Derksen, who reacted frustratedly. "That's a hypocritical remark and it doesn't make any sense. You don't decide what I talk about."

"So because I’m 77, I’m no longer allowed to discuss certain topics? You shouldn’t get smart with me," Derksen said in a tone that was characteristic of him. Genee: "Oh, what happens then?" Derksen: "You know what I think of you. Then you’ll get a turn around the ears from me sooner or later." The TV personality will address the argument again in his podcast on Monday and, surprisingly enough, it hadn’t cooled off yet. The emotions are still coursing through Derksen’s veins even at the age of 77. The older he gets, the crazier, we can conclude about this exhausting man, who still wants to have the last word on Vandaag Inside. Asking a random question to the table guests in general invariably leads to an answer from Derksen, who interrupts everyone every day because he wants to get off his annoying remark. Because just imagine, Derksen who can’t vent his opinion for once...that is, exhausting to the point of death, and then some.

"I was very pissed off. It isn’t good to express that on television, but on the other hand that is the charm of the show. Wilfred said: A man of 77 shouldn’t talk about sex on television. In doing so, he actually, in my view, said that I’m unsuitable for this talk show. Someone sitting at a talk show table has to be able to talk about everything", according to Derksen. "I also don’t know why I shouldn’t be allowed to talk about sex when I’m 77. There are no rules." The pundit thinks that the 'woke family reasons like this'.

"If your own presenter finds out that you are unfit for this talk show, then I’m pissed off. Then Talpa has to throw me out. Wilfred forgot in his enthusiasm that he’s the one who brings up the topics. Goedele Liekens was with us and she conducts a study of the concept of 'beffing'. We had a video about that", Derksen explains. "Wilfred brought it up because he likes thought-provoking topics. I took it seriously and, as someone with experience, I said a few things about it."

"I think Wilfred is the best presenter in the Netherlands, you know. That isn’t the point. But I don’t think he should portray people from his own show as people who don’t function, using my age as an argument. Everyone knows that I’m 77. If that’s a problem for the program or for the people at the table, they should say so. Then I’ll be gone today. Otherwise, it’s just John de Mol I have to deal with", says Derksen, who speaks of 'pure age discrimination'. "Until what age am I allowed to talk about sex?"

"Are there, in addition, any other topics that I, as a 77-year-old, am not allowed to talk about? I think I have the most life experience of all. I talk about everything and I decide for myself what I talk about." There is no point in working through the disagreement with Genee, says Derksen. "There is hardly any talking with Wilfred. That’s the problem. Wilfred thinks he is in the right, and if you then have a conversation with him, he’s on his phone. I always wonder whether he’s really interested in it. I think he’s a very good presenter, but besides that I have absolutely nothing to do with him."

Meanwhile, Derksen is still preaching that he has some football sense, and yes, why not. As a former pro, the first-class sourpuss also has an opinion about the succession of Ronald Koeman. Again, Derksen comes back to Peter Bosz, whom he would already have sign a pre-contract so that, after his contract at PSV ends, he can take up a position at the KNVB. And until that moment, the summer of 2028, Ron Jans would have to take over the reins from Ronald Koeman. For the record Johan...