Even over Michel Perridon and ‘the tits’
Do you remember ‘The Apprentice’ with Donald Trump? A memorable series for several reasons. The elevator pitches, Donald Trump's signature hairstyle, and of course the iconic, to grab a well-worn word by the horns, catchphrase ‘You're fired’. The show already had a Dutch variant with Bram Moszkowicz (speaking of an iconic hairstyle), who not only had a winner but also ended up with a new girlfriend. Yes, let Bram slide when it comes to multitasking.
That format is too good to let it gather dust on the shelf, they thought at Videoland. So something had to be done with it. But it had to involve celebrities, because without celebrities, there’s no show, of course. It's a va et vient of celebrities on Dutch television. What talent we have in this country that we have container loads of celebrities all eager to pencil in their calendars to dive into a new project. Okay. Celebrity Apprentice it had to be, and a presenter was needed. It became the Rotterdam entrepreneur Michel Perridon because of ‘money’, a strong ‘no nonsense’ mentality, and especially not afraid to open the Rotterdam tear. He proved that when he was a guest on Jinek last week.
At the table, there was talk about the dangers of cosmetic surgery; a Dutch girl had died as a result of a failed buttock implant, and the big why question raged as to why women pursue such an unnatural ideal image.
To involve all her guests in the conversation, Eva asked what her guests thought about it. Well, that Kim Kardashian butt, Michel Perridon found a bit exaggerated, but he understood that women had something done to ‘those breasts’, you know. When he mentioned ‘those breasts’ (the word then), he visually supported it with a hand gesture indicating his desired breast size. Human-loving Splinter Chabot countered that although he was into men, he could still find women with small breasts very beautiful. That resulted in a heavily shaking Perridon. No way, no small breasts at his door. If Perridon had kept his mouth shut, it would have been a tad embarrassing and inappropriate, but so be it. But instead of looking for the brakes, he pressed the gas pedal a bit more. He smoothly shifted to Eva's own breasts and referred to the ‘breasts, breasts’ segment from ten years ago. And now you think this marks the end of a very awkward conversation, but that was not the case either. When Eva said that this happened so long ago and that’s why she now wears safe turtlenecks, he said: ‘I think about it every day.’ And even then, he kept going. That from the moment he was asked to appear on Jinek, he had thought of nothing else.
He must have made a joke and felt so at ease that he saw the talk show table as the bar in his favorite pub, but when it comes to inappropriate, Michel Perridon ticked all the boxes.
You know what I suggest? That we make an inappropriate comments bingo card and play it together while watching Celebrity Apprentice. Bet it will be full after one episode?
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