HumbertOde

May I hang up the streamers for Humberto Tan? Now that Eva and Beau are enjoying their vacation, children, and other projects, he keeps their chair warm. Where he was put out with the bulk waste a year or so ago, he is simply back. With a straight back. He had that in the bulk waste situation too, by the way. I believe RTL had offered him to stop after the news, but Humberto waved his left index finger (probably just in such a way that you could still see his IWC watch peeking out from under his shirt) in refusal. He was not going to do that. Until the last credits, he kept making the best show he could give. I think RTL also knew that the declining viewership at that time was certainly not all Humberto's fault. But just like a politician falls for a failing civil servant or a football coach for an unfit striker, he also had to take the blame.

Humberto did not sit on a bench feeling depressed, I can't imagine that. He presented radio programs and continued to maintain his network. Bibian Mentel, Viggo Waas; all those people share their special story with him. Because Humberto kept seeing them, texting or visiting.

With a new management, Humberto was allowed to return. On Sunday. And when Eva suddenly got sick recently, he was right back there. Fit and with eyes that can switch from sparkling with joy to full of tears in ten seconds. And now he gets to guard the fort during the summer month. And because Humberto is Humberto, he also finishes the agreed Sunday series. Nowadays, almost every presenter finds a five-day workweek too much (Khalid and Sophie alternate, the Op1's have a comfortable carousel, and Arjen Lubach negotiated that he would make a maximum of four broadcasts per week) Humberto is there. Six days, for two weeks. A glass of water with, let's be crazy, his signature slice of lemon. Humberto, if I wish this for anyone, it’s you. Just so you know.

Image: William Rutten