Marije Knevel, one of the participants of the popular TV program Wie is de Mol, has responded to accusations of racism. Last night’s broadcast showed how she and Charlotte Nijs split eyes while portraying music numbers that had to be guessed by the participants in the game.
On social media people responded who thought it was “racist” and “out of date.” Knevel writes on her Instagram page that during the recording she said “This is really not possible” to a fellow candidate, while she made her own eyes cracked for the song. Gangnam Style to portray.
“That part has died in the editing, so that the context is gone, and the image has been created that I do this,” she writes. “What I’m sure is that no one meant this racially … it should never have been broadcast.” She apologizes to anyone who has been hurt.
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