Marieke Elsinga open about tension on first working day after break | Stars

entertainment">“It just feels like the first day after a long high school summer holiday,” Marieke told her colleague Mattie Valk just after the start of the program. “I’m really excited, but you don’t sleep well that first night because you’re so nervous that you see all your friends again.”

entertainment">Elsinga temporarily stopped working in April to “get her energy back.” She then informed the listeners via an audio message that she was going to take it easy for a while. “I often get the question: how do you keep it up? That you make radio and television,” she said. “My answer is always: I just think it’s the best thing to do. It gives me a lot of energy. But lately I notice that it actually costs me energy. And that’s why I decided to step on the brakes for a while.”

entertainment">Recently, there have been rumors that Marieke had temporarily stopped because she would participate in the new season of Wie is de Mol?, but she immediately disproved those stories on Monday morning. “I would find that very intense. If you use mental health to participate in something like Wie is de Mol? or Expedition Robinson or whatever. That’s really stupid and really bad,” she said firmly. “Dear people: I was just really ready for a break, for my head. I had worked too hard for too long.”

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