The new Art has been chosen
And this is him
I was hanging at the bar with a caipirinha in the pool when the sad news reached us, otherwise I would have comforted Kiekster. Really, Kieks. Art Rooijakkers is leaving ‘Who is the Mole?’ and if you do WIDM like Kiki, then this is earth-shattering. By the way, this is how you check if you are a WIDM addict:
2. You read all Kieks Mollotenbrabbels
3. You mistakenly call your colleague Olcay or Jan
But back to the news of the day. The new Art has been chosen, there is white smoke in Hilversum and it has become… drumroll… Rik van de Westelaken. Our Rik van de Westelaken, to be more precise. The man who in 2016 took home the Amayzine Look of the Year Award for best-dressed man under his sharply tailored, suit-stuffed arm. The Rik van de Westelaken who even Kiki considers a worthy successor to her Art.
Rik himself had the following to say: “Presenting Who is the Mole? is a great honor: I was already an enthusiastic fan, candidate, winner, and presenter of MolTalk.” So it’s a bit of shuffling in broadcasting land to get some excitement going again. Art is moving from public to commercial RTL, Rik moved from public to the SBS-Net5 stronghold and is now back with his old love. And us? We see our loves Rik and WIDM living long and happily together.
