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Caroline van der Plas in 9 surprising facts

Caroline van der Plas

‘KaBBBoem’ headlined De Telegraaf this morning about the sensation that Caroline van der Plas caused with her FarmerCitizenMovement. Bam, there she was suddenly at the top with her party. A woman unpolished, her heart in the right place, who prefers to clean rather than chat and who tears past the worn-out Hague paths to walk her own way. And her life story has always been surprising, as it turns out.

  1. Caroline did not study
    After high school, she went straight to work as a journalist. Did she get that from a stranger? No. Her father was a sports journalist. Her mother was actually an alderman and a city council member, so the apples haven't fallen far from the tree there either.
  2. Caroline is half Irish

  3. Caroline had a little spat with Maarten van Rossem
    At least, she dared to contradict him. When she participated in The Smartest Person, there was talk about D-day and Maarten van Rossem said it is not known what the D in D-day stands for. ‘Isn't that Decision Day?’ Caroline said, only to be waved off by Maarten. She googled it at home later and was right. Although there are multiple interpretations of the D in question, this one was also correct. Eventually, the segment from the broadcast was cut, and Caroline had something to say about that. ‘Our heads are on the chopping block, but you’re going to protect your presenter.’ And that is so typical Caroline.
  4. Her husband passed away four years ago from cancer
    ‘He looks down and thinks: what are you doing?’
  5. Caroline was so nervous when she voted yesterday that she colored outside the lines of the dot
    ‘That’s just a bit of nerves. I can’t say who I voted for, but I can say the party and that is the BBB.’
  6. During the counting of the votes and her victory speech, her mother stood by her side the whole evening

  7. She has a TikTok dance ban for her sons. Singing is also on the blacklist for her sons.
    ‘Never do this again!’
  8. She dropped everything a while ago because her son was admitted to psychiatric crisis care

  9. Pieter Omtzigt congratulated Caroline van der Plas on her victory
    Maybe he should start his position elsewhere at BBB?

Image: BBB FarmerCitizenMovement