André Hazes tells Humberto what criticism does to him

I can completely be thrown off if I haven't had my day or if someone shouts something rude at me on my bike (I live in Amsterdam so that happens surprisingly often). Just imagine if you get buckets of criticism like André Hazes. I wouldn't find it all that fun, you know. Okay, it's your job so the spotlight comes with it, but I would just tell all the talk shows: don't call me. I'll stay in my cave until you’re done talking about me.

Now, to be fair, there is often a lot to talk about regarding him. Especially on a relational level, of course. It was no big surprise that these matters came up when he sat at the table with Humberto last night.

‘How do you keep the fun in it? Every day you somehow end up in the newspaper. And not in a good way,’ Humberto asked him. André could only agree, and according to him, the fun is ‘hard to find’. ‘They say it should remain fun. It’s a lot, and you’re not looking forward to it, even on a night like this.’ Well, see, I was right. And I can totally imagine it, because you already know in advance that it won’t be about your career, but it ultimately revolves around your private life.

‘You have something to promote, but you’re back on TV with your face.’ Yes, because seriously: he was there to talk about De Avond van je Leven, a mega show he’s going to give in Ahoy. But you probably don’t want to know too much about that. Did he share more about how things are going after all the commotion and the switch from Monique to Sarah? Oh definitely.

‘At first, I thought: I can handle this little joke too. But it is a thing. It sucks a lot of energy... I’m just a 27-year-old guy doing what I think is right. The only thing I’ve done is choose my own happiness.’ Well, and indeed, all of the Netherlands had something to say about that. According to him, it’s not that bad in the end: ‘Then you see those negative reactions and think that’s all of the Netherlands. But those are five hundred people from Appelscha or something, because on the street everyone is nice.’ Well Appelscha, you know what you need to do: be a little nice to Dré.

Because seriously, I don’t belong to those five hundred people. I found him really incredibly sympathetic yesterday at Humberto and I still sing along passionately to his hits (although that happens significantly less now because I go out less, thanks to corona). Anyway, I find it an interesting phenomenon that you get all of the Netherlands talking about you when you leave the mother of your children. Whether it deserves a beauty prize or not, people have nothing to do with that relationship anyway? It also helps that the contact between him and Monique is just good according to André, and all parties involved continuously speak respectfully about each other. In fact, some others could learn a thing or two from that.

Image: Screenshots Humberto, RTL