Imanuelle Grives breaks down at Jinek: ‘I wanted to break, Eva’

These are the TV moments where you almost forget that breathing is also part of it. Getting someone at your table after a public scandal is – no matter how rude it sounds – exactly what you work for as a journalist. Of course, the ratings go through the roof. Of course, everyone wants to hear what the person in question has to say. Of course, we wanted to know how Patricia Paay felt after the intimate videos leaked. Of course, you want to be the person she trusts the most to tell her story.

‘How are you doing now? How could this happen? How can it be that such a smart woman like you goes to deal with a huge load of drugs at Tomorrowland? How is that possible, Imanuelle? I want to understand.’ Eva throws it in without hesitation. I understand that Imanuelle chose to make her ‘comeback in the media‘ last night at Jinek. Eva remains professional, but also human.

When Imanuelle tells her story in tears and at one point breaks down, creating a long silence, Eva jokes: ‘You know what the best thing is about my transition to commercial television? That I can make longer broadcasts. So we have the time. Take your time.’ This gives Imanuelle just the push she needs to swallow her tears. The broadcast is honest and pure. Yes, Imanuelle made the dumbest mistake of her life.

‘I hadn’t thought about the consequences, about what could happen to me. Nothing mattered to me anymore,’ she said. According to her, the actress suffered from an ‘importer syndrome’, the fear of being unmasked as a ‘fraud’. ‘You keep thinking that people will find out that you are a huge loser, and not as fun as everyone thinks. It doesn’t matter what you have built up and what you have achieved.’ She doesn’t make it a convoluted bullshit story. Yes, she had an unstable period, then went thrill-seeking, went too far in that, and then fell flat on her face. Is it smart? Far from it. Do people sometimes make very stupid mistakes? Well...

Opinions are also divided on social media. On one hand, there is misunderstanding for her story on Twitter (‘Why are you giving a drug dealer such a platform??’), on the other hand, respect (‘How many people in the Netherlands make stupid mistakes when they are not feeling well? Enough.’) Anyway, we can say and think all sorts of things about it., be sure to check the broadcast yourself.