Joling Urges โRTL too Honorโค Schrijver‘s Legacy, Forbids Replacement on ‘The Masked singer’
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Gerard Joling has implored RTL to refrain from replacing the late Loretta Schrijver โฃon the jury of the hit show The Masked Singer.Joling directly advised RTL executives against finding a substitute, believing Schrijver’s presence is irreplaceable.
Schrijver, who passed away inโข March at the age of 68, leaves a important โขvoid in โคthe popular RTL 4 โขprogram as it prepares โฃto return โto air in โa month. Joling shared his feelings about recording without his colleague in a recent interview with Party magazine, โคstating,โ “Tough. You miss her. The laughter, certain comments, thatโค make you think: she would have thought this was fantastic and she would have been in love โwith this โขagain.”
RTL has reportedly heeded Joling’s advice,opting โขto continue the show with its existing panel of Carlo Boszhard,Buddy Vedder,Monica โขGeuze,and Joling himself.”Because I don’t โthink โคsheโ can be replaced,”โ Joling explained. “That’s how I reported it to theโค management โof RTL.I โsaid: ‘guys, we shouldn’t do that. We now just do it with the four of usโฆandโ not with โคanyone else,โข because it will be burned โคdown!'”
Despite the positive progress of the new season โค- with five โor six episodes alreadyโค recorded and a lineup of extraordinary โขmasked โขperformers – Jolingโฃ acknowledges โคthe โขabsence is deeply felt. “It’s an empty, dark dressing room that you always walk past โwhen youโ go to the toilet. That’s awful.โ Very bizarre โฃand not fun,” he said.
The โshow will honor Schrijverโข with a special video tribute in the firstโ broadcast. Joling concluded,”Conversely,we miss her presence,her amazing spontaneity and especially all those laughs from her. Loretta was a treasure.”