#ender scholtens

[jackfrostsander]

Interview with Nathan Bouts

[annadriesen2121]

KNOKKE OFF 🇧🇪💯💫🍾

Ender Scholtens interviews Willem De Schryver! 💟 You can see them on youtube at the Gossip Guy channel.

Finally after days of waiting!

[bruisingknees]

Hello 🥰 Willem de Schryver has just done another Gossip Guy podcast with Ender Scholtens. Would you mind translating? I know it is long so if you don’t want to I understand

Hi! 😀 before I got started on this I did a quick search here on tumblr and it looks like @jackfrostsander is going to translate/get translations! So I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy the translated podcast over there soon!

[gezellig]

Hanne made a photo shoot of Claudia De Greef

she’s ender scholtens’ girlfriend right? i wonder if they get paid for the promo because it doesn’t say it’s an ad? maybe it’s just a photoshoot in return for some promo? but still, i think they’d need to mention that it’s an ad somewhere?

[euhhhhmm]

this frame reminded me so much of ender scholtens

[goeie-morgen]

Gossip Guy podcast with Willem De Schryver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjtRYOGS00

translated by @jackfrostsander @bruisingknees @lblogss @yousmina and me :)

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E: I do have another present for you.

W: Oei oei oei, presents.

E: I do that every week. I give something to my guest of the week.

W: Oei oei oei. Do I slide it?

E: Here in the front is a flap that you have to fold upwards…

[Intro]

E: Wassup people, welcome to a new episode of the Gossip Guy podcast. My name is Ender Scholtens and today I’m here with Willem De Schryver. Everything ok?

W: Sure sure (In Dutch sure is used as a confirmation to a question).

E: Is this your first podcast?

W: Yes, this is my first podcast.

E: Stress?

W: No, it will be fine, right? Relaxed.

E: I don’t know… (laughing). For the people who don’t recognize you, from where could they know you?

W: Hmmm, probably from the youth series WTFOCK where, in the third season, I play the role of Sander.

E: And we are allowed to talk about it in this podcast.

W: Yeah I also heard that. Yes, it’s over.

E: Was it a difficult chapter of your life to close?

W: Yes, I still clearly remember the last moment… Like really the last last scene at the sea… That was an emotional moment because you went through a lot as a group, you did a lot together, and emotional scenes, intimate scenes. But yes, I think, if I speak for the whole group that it was a goodbye to the series but not a goodbye from each other. We still keep in contact. Mainly through WhatsApp.

E: Yeah, the end of the series was beautiful. I sat next to my girlfriend when it just came online. Because there were a few scenes that we hadn’t seen yet and we were just watching them… And we refreshed and the last episode was online… The last piece was online… So, I thought… I really cried… It caused quite some emotions.

W: For many people… Also under the cast and even the extras that were present for that last scene… Even among them. I can remember that they got emotional because it really was over over. I think that we, WTFOCK, have been able to impact a lot of young people in Belgium. So, it’s beautiful… We closed it beautifully…

E: I don’t doubt that. I really liked the end. What is your favorite memory from your whole WTFOCK experience?

W: Hoh, hmmm. Do I have to choose one? Difficult to choose one… I think that the most enjoyable moments… At the end of each series… Almost… We were at the sea or in the Ardennes, as a group, for a vacation. Away together. And those moments… Away with the whole cast and crew… Being away for a whole weekend. And in the evening, talking late into the night and that creates a special connection and I think that, in general, was the most enjoyable… Yes, it affects me… You share, as a young person, a common dream or something we want to realize as an actor to succeed and everyone who works so hard for that… That’s nice to see.

E: I recently talked to Veerle and I know that if she sees Nora, like somewhere, say at a party… Then they stay together for the whole evening… Do you have that? With who did you have the best connection throughout that whole experience?

W: Yes…

E: That doesn’t mean that the rest is not chill or so…

W: No the rest is all stupid… There’s only one person… I hate you all! (joking) No! Yes, hmmm, I think that I definitely have the best connection with Willem. Just because we have been through a lot… I always compare the WTFOCK crew a bit to my own friend group, aside from the cast. I mean, I know to whom I can go for what. I know I can go to some if I feel sad, to talk and I know who I can go to to have a laugh. And who I can go to to have a general chat. And everyone has their qualities or like their own aura around them… Where I love to hang around. So, it differs from person to person. So, it’s hard to choose one person but Willem then in the sense that, if you jump naked together in a swimming pool and if you have intimate scenes together… That creates a connection, of course. So, yes, if I have to choose one person…

E: Is there a barrier that you have to overcome to play such scenes? Because they are very intimate, indeed. And I, personally, couldn’t imagine… I can’t act… But, to empathize with a role… To play such scenes… Is that difficult for you?

W: Huh, yes, that’s a question I get often. I mean like… Yeah and you have to empathize with that character… But yes, you step into that project with a certain professionalism and you say “okay, we are going to create a story and bring it to the public with certain values and that we want to tell something and show something” …So, yes, you don’t really think about it. So, it’s not like I thought “Ooooo, I am kissing with a boy but I am interested in girls”. That was not a problem for me because it really is about telling the story and making that together and if the story requires that then you just completely go for it.

E: That’s cool. What are your future acting ambitions? You now have played in a series, is that something you want to do more in the future or do you like theatre more or movie or…

W: I find it difficult to choose between theatre and film, for example. After WTFOCK I played in Déjà Vu, which you can see on Streamz and later this year on Channel 4… And I study theatre at KASK. And I notice the difference, due to the recordings, I am really in the field and I am busy and I work, while at school I learn new things about theatre… So, in my opinion I have more experience in television work because I actually have done projects for that and I haven’t yet for theatre, which is still school and learning. So, I think it’s currently hard to choose but I think, maybe it’s a cliché answer, but the combination is maybe ideal, of course. But I am still exploring and I will see how it goes…

7:02

E: What is your favorite food?

W: My favorite food?

E: Yes.

W: Hmmmm, in the past I was really a basic guy… Like spaghetti bolognese or so… But now, generally after my exams, I go to a restaurant with my grandma. She always buys. That’s always amazing. I am a fan. And I always take steak tartare with fries. That remains a bit of a guilty pleasure.

E: How long, do you think, would it take you to eat five full plates of spaghetti bolognese?

W: Hoh, hmmm. The thing is, my stomach is rather small…

E: Small?

W: I think that I would have to schedule in… Okay, after a certain time I would have to throw up and then eating further…

E: You’re allowed to take a break. You’re allowed to say… Okay, I take a few days…

W: No, no, not that…

E: You’re going to do it in a day?

W: Look, two plates… Three if I really push…

E: You get preparation time so you know like a week before… So, you can like…

W: Train yourself?

E: Yes, train…

W: Hoh, alee say about four hours…

E: Four hours?! Five plates, he? Like five really big plates…

W: Yeah but yeah, four minutes… I am exaggerating… Let’s say a day… In a day five plates…

E: Ok, that should work. Then you basically have every meal… Breakfast… Lunch… Dinner… and in between… pasta…

W: Pasta as breakfast…

E: One day should definitely be feasible.

W: Yes, indeed.

8:49

E: What is, according to you, the reason you were placed on this planet?

W: Fuck (laughs).

E: Existential crisis, okay? Have you never thought about what the purpose of life is and what…

W: Yes, certainly… Hmmm, I'm someone who worries a lot. When I'm in bed in the evening I start to think about questions like that and then I think “what am I doing? Willem… where do I want to go to and…” Hmmm, why was I put on this planet? Hmmmm… (speechless followed by laughing). This is really bad… It’s like I don’t value myself…

E: Noooo, but I didn’t expect a deep philosophical answer. Well, if you had one… really good but…

W: Okay I’m going to think about my philosophical answer… but no. If you want… No! Yes, now I'm really going to sound philosophical but… (crosstalk) Everyone who is on earth has a certain reason to be here and everyone… I for example have that… I really feel that… I never liked going to school. Especially, in lower and high school. I… I actually, on purpose, put my fingers in my throat in the morning to throw up…

E: Wow, that’s heavy…

W: And then going downstairs to say “papa I’m ill, can I stay home?” I don’t know why but that whole system… Sitting behind a desk all day… And those classes… that was not for me. And then I discovered my passion for acting and discovered that it really suited me. And that’s the thing… A lot of people often ask me like “how did you start?” and “I also would like to do that and where do I start and I have been rejected does that mean I am not good enough?” but I think that sometimes you shouldn’t rush to find your passion. It can take longer then you would like it to take. I think that if you too intensively search for "what am I good at?" and “I have to find something that I am good at” and… For me that’s happened unexpectedly. I did take acting classes on Wednesday afternoons after school and I kind of got into it like that… I think it differs for everyone and that everyone has their own purpose here on earth.

E: And would you say your purpose is acting?

W: Yeah…

E: There isn’t a right answer but how does it feel for you at the moment? Is that the thing you love doing the most or do you see yourself doing for a long time?

W: The thing is… I’m a person who gets tired of things very quickly. I’ve had a lot of hobbies.

E: So maybe next week you want to garden or something?

W: No, no I wouldn’t say that. No the thing is, with acting that isn’t the case. Since I was twelve… well first on amateur level…

E: How old are you now?

W: 19.

E: Oh wow I thought you were my age. 19… damn bro you’re three years younger than me.

W: 2001 represent.

E: That’s literally… you’re the same age as my brother! What the shit. Alright, no okay.

W: In November so almost 2002. I’m really a latecomer.

E: What?! You look like you’re the same age as me and everything.

12:14

W: But that’s honestly – thank you for saying that! I always used to be the “little guy.” None of the girls wanted to be with me cause they just thought I was cute.

E: I see.

W: And they came to me to talk about their love lives.

E: Oh, okay.

W: So I was always that guy who was like: “I’m in love with you.” “Oh, how cute! You’re so cute!” So I was always like: “Okay then, I’m never going to find anyone, I’m always going to stay… short. I’ll be all alone.” And then all of a sudden I –

E: Do you think height matters in regard to your chances with certain… people?

W: At this age I don’t think it does anymore, but I do think that – I think at – I just remember in high school that the romantic idea of what love was supposed to look like was very: a boy and a girl, and the boy has to be taller and stronger and bigger than the girl. But I think that now it’s more… I mean, at my age I’m convinced it’s more fluid than that, and it doesn’t have to be that way. So it doesn’t have to be an issue anymore.

E: But still, when you go on Twitter, short guys are still –

W: Yeah.

E: Totally annihilated.

W: I have notice – I have noticed – Yeah, it’s still… It’s still this… general thing that people get stuck on. Like: “Oh, a short dude. That’s not okay.” Or whatever.

E: Or like the guy has to be taller. But no, we’re – we’re – not… not all relationships… we’re really generalizing here. But I get what you mean.

W: Yeah.

E: No, it’s – I do think it’s still important. I think that when you’re, and this is really harsh, but that a lot of people look at you differently when you’re taller. I have this dude in my friend group, Louis Ledegen, and he’s close to 2 meters tall, and just some girls look at him and they just think that’s so… attractive or whatever. And I just can’t even imagine.

W: I don’t get that either.

E: That that makes them go like: “Wow!”

W: I was in the train just now and this dude walked by me and he was honestly like 2 meters tall and I was just thinking: “When you’re that tall, and you’re with…” I mean, the girl almost has to get on a stepping stool to reach him for a kiss! And girls are like – I mean, I’ve heard before that girls think it’s attractive when a man is really tall.

E: Yeah.

W: And yeah, I don’t know… I don’t totally get it.

E: No.

W: Maybe it’s cause I’m not that tall myself, that I’m like trying to protect myself and be all: “That’s not necessary!”

E: Yeah! If anybody knows the answer, do we, being shorter guys, have less of a chance?

W: Let us know, please.

14:53

E: Please let us know! We need some answers! Now in the show, wtFOCK, your hair’s a different color.

W: Yeah.

E: Yeah. Is that something… So that was actually – it wasn’t really blonde?

W: It was completely bleached.

E: Bleached.

W: It was more to the… But the thing is that they had to do it twice, cause the first time… I got there, for the first table read with the director and Willem [Herbots] and they were like: “Hey, Willem. We wanted to ask you something. We’d like to bleach your hair for the role.”

E: Yeah.

W: And I was like: “… Okay.”

E: Okay.

W: “And why?” No. “Just for the character and stuff.” So I was like: “Okay. That’s fine.” The thing is I had to be at the hairdresser for 4 hours for this.

E: Oh wow, heavy.

W: It was like this and this product, and it had to sit for a long time. It had to be bleached all over. And I got out of there the first time and I was completely yellow – but yellow like an egg.

E: Oh, shit!

W: And I… My mom dropped me off, and I texted her: “I’m done, will you come get me?” And I saw my mom approach and she just passed me by.

E: Oh wow.

W: She didn’t – she almost didn’t recognize me anymore. Like halfway - she was like – and then she was like: “Oh! Willem!” Like she hadn’t seen –

E: Oh shit.

W: That it was me. That I looked completely different. And then I arrived for another table read and Tom [Goris – director] was like: “Yeah… We’re not gonna go this route… This is too yellow.” So then I spent another 4 hours at the hairdresser. After that I had to be there for four hours almost every month. I did think it was cool to have bleached hair, but… You have to be at the hairdresser for so long, so that really wasn’t… my thing. I mean, I had some really cool moments with Mitch [Fabry – hair & make up wtFOCK]. Thanks, Mitch.

E: Would you ever dye your hair again?

W: Uhm.

E: Maybe another color?

W: Yeah, I don’t think so. I’m quite happy with my hair color, actually, I don’t know.

E: Alright.

W: Now it’s also like… Everyone always asks me: “So this is your natural hair color?”

E: Yeah.

W: And then I have to tell them: “Yeah.” And it’s like: “Oh, okay!” It’s this switch. But no, I’m happy with my hair. It’s fine.

17:03

E: I can also tell that you’ve got an earring? You can’t really tell on camera, but –

W: I’ll come a little closer [to the camera]. Yeah, I only got it recently, four weeks or something.

E: Yeah. Was it an impulsive, drunken decision, or something you wanted… for some time?

W: I’ve wanted it for a long time, but I was a little anxious about it like: “It’s not gonna look good on me,” and then after a while, a couple of months ago, I was like: “Fuck it, I’m just gonna do it.” And if it didn’t look good I could still just take it out, so it doesn’t really matter. But all in all I was pretty happy with it. My father, my parents – my mom: “Oh, so nice!!” And it was like – at first they give you a stud and then after four weeks you can change it to a hoop. And I really wanted a hoop, and I even asked the people in the (piercing) shop: “Can’t I please just get a hoop straight away?” And they were like: “No, sorry, it doesn’t work like that. For hygiene reasons that’s not okay.”

E: Okay.

W: But okay, so I had to wait four weeks and then eventually I could change it to the golden hoop. So I get home and the first thing my father said was: “Wow, you look like a douchebag.” That was the first thing out of his mouth, that I looked like a douchebag.

E: Is that the look you were going for?

W: No, not at all! Not at all!

E: I think it looks cool.

W: Thanks.

E: Cause a little while ago I wanted one, and so I put on my girlfriend’s earring – because even if your ear isn’t pierced it sticks a little –

W: Yeah.

E: And so I just put it on there for a day or something, and then I was like: “Okay, that’s quite enough.” I don’t know if I’d want it for longer than that. Recently I’ve been getting into rings and stuff though.

W: I wore rings for a long time, but I don’t have any anymore. I actually want – I like them too. But I have to –

18:47

E: If I’d known, I would’ve brought you a gift!

W: Go shopping. Goddamn!

E: I did bring you another gift though!

W: Another gift? Oei oei oei, gifts!

E: This is something I do every week,  I give my guest of the week something.

W: Oei oei oei. 

E: It’s just…

W: Do I just slide it –

E: There’s a little hatch over here, that you have to lift, and then you can just lift it like that. There we go.

W: There we go.

E: White hairspray.

W: If I’d want to go back to – there we have it. Too good.

E: It can be washed out really easily as well. So this way you don’t have to be at the hairdresser for like four hours. And then when you’re sick of it, you can just get rid of it again!

W: That was the thing… Thank you, by the way.

E: You’re very welcome.

W: Now I can go back – Now I can go back to my past life. No, that was the thing as well. People who – people who - after wtFOCK came online, people really recognized me with the white hair. I mean, it’s pretty noticeable, when I’m walking through Ghent station – if someone with bleached hair. I mean, if you watch the show, I can imagine that when you see someone with bleached hair, you immediately connect the two and think: “Oh, that could be him.” And then you run in to some people who ask for pictures. After that my hair was really short, cause the people from Déja-Vu were like: “We’re not gonna do this, just go back to your natural hair color.” So I cut it all off, and there was this time where… nobody came to talk to me anymore. I was able to just be myself again. It was as if – looking back on it, it was actually really nice that for wtFOCK I was able to completely get into a different character with different hair. And the first time I got rid of the hair I really noticed that was no longer being associated with the character.

E: Hannah Montana vibes! Your hair changes color and nobody knows who you are anymore.

W: “Who are you?”

E: “Who the fuck are you?!”

W: “Does anybody want to take pictures with me? It’s me! It’s me! I swear!”

E: “I’m that dude from wtFOCK! I’m that dude from wtFOCK!”

W: So if people don’t recognize me anymore I can just… *pshhht* in the morning.

E: Exactly! If you want to take some more pictures, you can just…

W: No, no. That’s fine. No, yeah.

E: It’s kind of crazy, actually. Because, honestly? The very first time I saw a flash of you, with this hair color, I also thought: “I recognize you from somewhere…” But I think I’d already gotten in contact with you through social [media] and I didn’t put two and two together that you…

W: Yeah.

E: “Aaah!”

W: “Aaah! You’re that guy!”

E: Yeah, so…

W: But that’s the whole thing. If someone recognizes me, which doesn’t happen that often by the way, it’s always – I think it’s funny to be like: “No, that’s not me.”

E: No.

W: People really start doubting themselves, it’s very: “Uhm, can I ask you a question? Are you that guy from wtFock?” “Me? No.”

E: “No!”

W: “That’s not me.” And people will often be like: “Oh? What? But I recognize you…” That doubt on their faces is pretty funny but yeah, then I tell them it’s me.

E: Just the reaction of someone being like: “Huh, do I know you from somewhere?” “Do you watch porn?”

W: The confrontation.

E: “Oh… qmdkjg.” And it’d be even better if the parents were right there as well. “Argh!”

W: “Yes, Jürgen, care to explain yourself, young man?”

E: No, it’s just funny to joke about. But you’ve never – Do you just get: “Hey, are you that guy from wtFOCK?” Or have people also asked you: “Do I know you from somewhere?” Or: “What do I know you from?”

W: Yeah, it depends. The thing is – I go to school in Ghent and when the [popular place where college students go out] was still open before Covid-19, not that I went there often because I didn’t really like it there –

E: No.

W: - in the sense that the combination of young people who –

E: Watch wtFOCK.

W: - watch wtFOCK and alcohol – and people who’ve had alcohol to drink –

E: And are horny?

W: - their limits or boundaries are just gone. “Oh my god!!! You’re that dude from wtFOCK!! Can I kiss you??” Things like that!

E: Oh, fuck!

W: And I was really like: “Okay…?” I’m just a regular dude and I’m trying – and I actually thought it was less annoying for myself, but I thought it was more disruptive for my friends. Like even when we were just walking down the street, we got recognized a couple of times, and I was just like: I just want to have fun with my friends, and not have to spend too much time thinking. That’s another thing I was subconsciously thinking about. Imagine I drink way too much.

E: Yeah.

W: And I end up in the gutter somewhere, and people start filming that… So yeah, that made… So because of that I spent more time in friends’ dorm rooms just having dorm parties.

E: And since your bleached hair is gone, have you gone to a party?

W: When my bleached hair was gone corona was already a thing so I haven’t been able to enjoy it. But it’s starting to come back [the parties] so that’s nice. I’m looking forward to… tomorrow I’m going-

E: Are you going as well?

W: Are you going to Plein Air by Fuse?

E: Tomorrow I’m going to Jaimie Lee who-

W: …Is going to DJ at three festivals.

E: Yeah at three festivals and I will be backstage I guess.

W: Okay.

E: One of those festivals?

W: Yeah I don’t know. I have tickets for Fuse Open Air in Brussels.

24:19

E: I honestly have no idea where I’m going. Anyway, I’m excited. And I always asked, what’s the first event you went to ever since it’s allowed? Did you go to We Can Dance festival?

W: No I was studying.

E: Was today your last exam or yesterday?

W: Yesterday was my last exam in the morning. I was stressing so much, because I thought I would fail, but eventually I think it went relatively well. If you’re watching professors, let me pass please. No I think it went well.

E: Are you someone who is stress resistant?

W: Uhh no.

E: No?

W: I let it take over my body.

E: You get physically unwell?

W: I will be laying in bed and I’m tossing and turning and sweating. And I think about how I’m not gonna pass tomorrow. And the combination with my worries is really not good. It makes me stay up really late. The thing is with stress resistant, I for example made my own play at high school about a kid with divorced parents for my final work and the whole audience was filled with my family and my parents. That’s pretty confronting to tell a story that’s also a little bit of their life and is pretty personal. I’m always stressed for things like that. Then it’s weird – from the first word I spoke I had a lot of stress and worries and the first sentence that I said was something like “I don’t know what to do”, and then it’s all of a sudden poofff. The train has left.

E: You said you didn’t really know what to do now.

W: That’s the first sentence of the text that I wrote and the moment I said that sentence I thought in my head “the train has left, there’s no way back now” and then the stress disappears automatically. But before the final rehearsal there was a moment that I was moving around heavily and I was throwing with chairs. And afterwards I had to pack moving boxes, which was okay. But from moving around and the combination of stress it made me almost gag in the box from the stress so I almost puked. So at these moments it gets pretty heavy.

E: Did other people notice or were you hiding it?

W: Yeah the final rehearsal was luckily not with an audience, but my teachers were like “Everything alright?” and I was like “Yeah I’m good. It’s a bit much”. But when it comes to stress, a lot of people always say – I’m even a little stressed right now actually.

E: Really?

W: Podcasts, oh no no.

E: Oh shit. You have to be (stressed)

W: A lot of pressure on my shoulder here. No, but a lot of people say that it doesn’t look like that I’m stressed even though I really am dying from all the stress.

E: Only now you can hide it really well. You should become an actor.

W: A lot of people have said that to me often, but it’s not my interest. Also not much work in the field.

E: That too, fuck. Are you someone who constantly pretends like you’re okay?

W: Yes.

E: Even when you have a lot of shit going on in your head and you’re processing other things?

W: I'm one person. One person?

E: "I'm one person" [laughs]

W: I am one person. No, but I'm someone who often keeps their stuff to themselves, so that I can listen to what others need.

28:15

E: That was my next question. You listen more to other people’s problems and you’re the person people come to with their problems?

W: I think, at least I hope, that a lot of my friends do know that they can always come to me for a talk or a phone call. I'm someone that will shove away their happiness for someone else, which isn’t always positive of course.

E: It is a beautiful characteristic, but it shouldn’t take over indeed.

W: In the past it has happened that I was falling apart, but I kept pushing it away, because I wanted to take care of someone else. I noticed this a lot during the divorce of my parents. My parents had a hard time with the divorce and I remember that I came home as a little boy and I saw my mom sitting and I felt the duty to comfort her and to be there for her, even though I was 8 or 9 years old. That’s not something you expect to do or think from an 8 year old. It really broke me and now I can openly speak about it, because I have had enough conversations with my parents about it, about how it was for me. And I made a play about it, as I told earlier, so it’s been a whole process and that has scarred me till at least my 16th. My parents got divorced when I was 5 or 6 years old. It took me a long time to open up because of that. I notice it a lot in previous relationships, that I walk away from fights, because I would find the confrontation too heavy to get into a fight and to discuss. The divorce and fights with my parents scarred me so hard that I didn’t want that again. I wanted everything to be rainbow and sunshine, but life doesn’t work like that. And that was partly a misconception from me, that I thought that a relationship had to be perfect, if there is a fight, then it’s not going well. Now I realize that fights are part of a relationship. And also part of steps you take into accepting each other, listening to each other and understanding each other. It’s needed for a stronger connection. You can’t, well you can, but in my eyes you can’t be with someone for a long time without ever having had a conflict. Even if it’s a discussion, because then you’re adapting too much to the other, and then you say okay, I’m adapting to the demands of her and I suppress my own things or things I want to do, only to avoid the discussion, and that’s something I learned. And that’s how everyone learns their own things along the way.

E: You still see it in the youth, those romantic movies, where everyone is so in love and it always ends with a kiss or something and it’s always good and then you think, this must be the case in real life. Why can’t I find Gabriella Montez for my Troy Bolton. Even though that was a shitty relationship too, they were constantly fighting. No, but that gives a wrong image about relationships and for other things because of movies. And the reality is just different.

32:16

W: Yes. I recently for the first time -this is kinda embarrassing because it’s a must see- watched The Notebook.

E: Me too! What did you think?

W: It has been a few weeks ago. Or a few weeks, maybe 3 or something.

E: I watched it last weekend.

W: I almost cried.

E: Really?

W: I’m a really emotional person. I can really cry. I can really get lost in a movie. “No not the puppy, why?!” Those things, where I think "Willem, act normal". But no it was a beautiful movie.

E: Yeah I have a different opinion, because I just fell asleep. I fell asleep, because it all went so slow, it started so slow. I didn’t even watch the kiss in the rain scene.

W: The moment. It’s in literally every romantic movie. In the rain, it happens everywhere.

Ender: Yeah mate, it’s such a cliché actually, but yeah.

W: I bet you that they’re just standing there with a garden hose.

E: Definitely.

W: It can’t be that they’re waiting, “is it gonna rain today? We need to do that scene now”.

33:27

E: Checking the rain alarm while everyone is inside. There are definitely sprinklers there. It’s in a lot of romantic movies. Now that we’re talking about it, the filming you did with wtFock, you sometimes had scenes outside. Here we have those (light) spots, I assume that you don’t carry them outside. How do you guys do that?

W: Sometimes we do have spots outside, but as long as the light from the sun is okay – with a binocular (telescope), well it’s not a binocular, it’s a round thing you can look through and with it they can determine the brightness of the sun and if the sun is too bright for the lightning they need, then it gets shielded, the same that is in front of your lamps. With that they can dim the lights. Or when there is not enough they use isomo plates, that’s really weird. Sometimes there are really intimate scenes in a series where it looks like it’s really close to the skin of the actors. There is a camera with a plate on it and a stick for the sound above it, it sometimes made it really hard for me to focus, because everyone is sitting there and the director and I’m like “yeah, okay okay”. So it takes a lot to get it all professional.

E: Was there a crazy moment where you forgot your lines? That you’re laying in bed and you’re like “which sentence do I have to say now?”

W: Yeah we’ve definitely had a lot of bloopers. Yeah forgetting lines or.. the thing is, as long as the director doesn’t say cut, you have to keep going. It’s a matter of "how do I improvise myself around this scene to get to the point we actually have to get to", because you have a scene and you have your lines, but if you forget something, then you do know the main lines of where the scene has to go to. You know the scene will end in a kiss or something and these subjects will be spoken about in the conversation, so when you forget your lines, you try to work your way through it as best as possible. And when the director says it wasn’t good, then we’ll do it again. I’ve had a lot of moments where I forgot my lines and I was laying in bed with Willem and we would look at each other and we’d know that I had to say something, but I was stuck, so there would be a 10 seconds silence, hoping for them to say cut. Yeah so those kinds of moments a lot or moments where I… I also had that with Déjà Vu. I remember… by the way it was amazing to work together with such big names as Natali Broods and Koen De Graeve. And Koen, lovely person, was kind of the father figure on set and we had a scene, next to the bed, a quite emotional scene. And the camera was focused on me, close up on my face. And I still remember that, the sound was going, everything, and Koen had just told a joke, or made a face that made me laugh. So, I had to laugh really hard, but I had to act very sad. It was an intense scene of goodbyes. All the time, starting to laugh about everything. I still remember for wtFock we made a video with bloopers and those are very fun to watch back.

37:03

E: Are those bloopers ever published somewhere online?

W: I don’t think so.

E: I think if you’d be able to release them somewhere that a lot of people would be interested in them.

W: Yes, yes. I don’t know why, indeed. The fans would be happy with those.

E: I think a lot of people- because we were just talking about your biggest fan.

W: My biggest-

E: Your grandma.

W: My grandma, yes. Big shout out to my grandma.

E: Do you think she’s watching right now?

W: She’ll definitely watch, I hope so.

E: What’s your grandma’s name?

W: Micheline.

E: Micheline, thank you very much for watching Micheline.

W: Micheline.

E: I appreciate it.

W: Women in power. She deserves a special place. No really, she follows all the fan accounts of wtFock. And then sometimes, or very often, we call and she gives me an update of what’s being said on the internet. Or yes, I also remember, when scenes come out and there’s things being said and she’s like "Willem, is that true, what are they saying?" And I say "Grandma, it’s nothing, it’s all from the show." "Ah okay, okay." So yes, very sweet grandma. She’s like the grandma where everything was allowed. I think that’s the same for everyone. At home, there are a lot of rules, and then you got to sleepover at your grandma’s and it was like: "Oh, I get to stay up later, and she made pudding for me." Her vanilla pudding-

E: That good?

W: Grandma, if you’re seeing this, please make some vanilla pudding when I visit.

E: Dude, everything’s falling out of my pocket.

W: You’re letting everything fall out of your pocket? Maybe you need to buy another pair of pants.

E: The chair is too comfortable that I’m kind of sinking in it, and now I constantly get-

W: The conversation’s too comfortable-

E: It’s just my phone, it’s vibrating, I think it just vibrated out of my pocket. So, silent, great. Eh, what were we talking about? About your grandma.

W: About my grandma.

38:46

E: Now, totally different subject. If you were a fish, what color fish would you be?

W: A fish?

E: Which color do you identify most with?

W: Eh.

E: And you’re a fish too of course.

W: Identify with which color. The thing is, I’m in the scouts. And in the Jins, that’s the last year before you become a leader, we were given a color totem, and the whole group decided on a color that fits you.

E: All right.

W: And mine was mango orange.

E: Wow, that’s cool.

W: Yeah, I thought it was cool too. And it means, if I have to think back, mango has quite a hard peel, relatively, but the fruit itself is quite soft. And that refers to my personality. I’m someone that lets people in fast, around me, but in the beginning, suspicion is a little strong, but kind of like, testing. Let’s say that. But once- From the outside I might look a bit hard. A lot of people say that when I have my straight face-

E: Resting bitch face.

W: That I’m angry. I was once told on the subway by a dude, and I was just listening to music, staring in the distance, and I think, suddenly a dude comes up to me, in French: "C’est quoi ton problème, heh, tu regardes come ça, c’est quoi ton problème." And I was like: "I’m sorry". Apparently, I was looking in his direction with my-

E: Bitch face.

W: Bitch face. He must have thought I was looking for problems. So yeah, that’s why the mango, a little hard on the outside, but once you get to know me better, a soft, sweet boy. So that’s why, orange. So, an orange fish then.

E: A little bit of Nemo vibes.

W: Yes, Nemo then. But let’s, what’s that theory. Did you hear that?

E: Theory?

W: About Nemo.

E: What’s the theory?

W: Haven’t you heard that? I keep seeing that online. I’m having a crisis. So the thing is, your childhood will get ruined.

E: Fuck man.

W: The thing is-

E: But there really are, no keep going, I have something I want to say afterwards.

W: The thing is, I’ve heard, that Nemo is Latin for nobody, and that the father is imagining that he still has an egg left, but that that fish doesn’t actually exist.

E: Oh fuck.

W: And that Dory joins him, and he sees, we’re actually not looking for anyone, but because he has memory issues, he constantly forgets that they’re not looking for anyone. So, they’re actually looking for nobody. And I saw that online and I was like.

E: Damn, so all the eggs are eaten, but he imagines that someone still has to be there.

W: Yes, something to keep living for.

E: Fuck man, that’s very brutal. That’s very fucked up.

W: Sorry to everyone for who Nemo is ruined now.

E: There’s a similar theory about Phineas and Ferb, and then Candice, their sister, is based on a true story about a girl that lost her brothers and still imagines that they're still doing stuff in the garden. And she keeps telling her mom: "Look, look, they are still here, they’re doing that." And that the mom says: "They’re not there." And that’s why she can never see that. You get it? Brutal right?

W: My whole childhood is ruined. Fucking hell.

E: That’s going to be the title of this podcast.

W: Childhood ruined.

E: We’re ruining your childhood.

42:17

W: We’re ruining your childhood. No but that’s good because, thankfully, I have a half-sister, but I say sister because I think half-sister is an ugly word, of seven years old. She thinks she’s 16. She’s a real diva.

E: Oh wow, okay.

W: She’s very, I’ll tell you a story later, but the thing is, I experience all those things with her again. In the beginning it was like, turning the tv on, Bumba, again. And I could secretly watch with her without feeling guilty. I was like, I’m watching Bumba and secretly I’m enjoying it, but sssh, I’m just watching it with my sister.

E: That exactly.

W: And now it’s Ketnet, like Hoodie, those series that she’s watching. And yes, I notice that because of all the technology today, she has an iPad, she’s on YouTube, she’s watching those self-made crafts.

E: 7 years old?

W: 7 years old, yes.

E: Wow.

W: She watches those- where people are playing with Barbies and they make a little play with them online on YouTube and they do stuff. Yes, a tablet. She has an iPad that’s bigger than her head. That makes me think- well, an iPad is usually bigger than everyone’s head. Or well, almost.

E: Not if you have a mini of course.

W: Her head isn’t that big.

E: Okay.

W: She’s on it a lot though. But she’s a real diva. I think the best story I have, there’s multiple. I remember the story, we were sitting at the table and she was having another moment of "I’m the princess, and everyone can leave because I do what I want and fuck you all". But the thing is, there’s five kids at home. I have a brother and two stepbrothers. So, she has four brothers, and she knows very well that she has four brothers. And that makes her feel even more like she’s the princess at home. So, we were sitting at the table. And she kept staring at my dad like this while throwing her cutlery on the ground. Like "what are you going to do". And my dad was like: "Liv," because her name is Liv by the way, "stop that."

E: That wasn’t nice of Liv. (Liv sounds the same as lief which means nice in Dutch.)

W: No. Not nice of-

E: Haha. Sorry.

W: Badam pam ts. Can’t we put that under here. Yes.

E: No, sorry, keep going.

W: So, he was like: "Liv, stop that, stop that." He started to get annoyed, because she kept going. "Liv, what is so hard to understand about no." And then it got silent at the table so I thought, okay, it’s done. The o.

E: Oh wow.

W: 7 years old and she drops that.

E: Oh wow.

W: And I thought, okay.

E: Damn bro.

W: The o. That she even dares to say that. Yeah, and she has those moments. She was sitting at the table, with her mask on, eating. So, she pulled her mask down to eat, and then she was chewing with her mask on. And then I asked: "Liv, why are you wearing your mask?" "Yes, you came back from Ghent, you’re not in my bubble."

E: Okay, okay.

W: So, then I said: "Okay, that’s fine." It’s crazy how that goes around among young children. Because my sister came back home from school crying once. And I asked her: ‘Liv, what’s wrong?’ "Yes, my friends didn’t let me play with them." So, I was like: "Why?" "Margot says I’m not allowed in her bubble."

E: Oh wow.

W: See, that’s becoming the new- we played with Pokémon cards on the playground and now it’s about playing games in bubbles because it’s so-

E: Damn.

W: Yes, you’re only allowed to have four people in your bubble so we don’t play with more than four.

E: Oh wow.

W: So I found that kind of crazy, or confronting that it made me think like, even at such a young age it has an impact. And I know that the-

E: That it leaves an impression.

W: Yes, and I know that my dad-

E: It’s sad that children have to think about it.

W: Yes, exactly.

E: Well, it’s not that- everyone should think about it of course.

W: Yes, yes, of course. It’s also that I know the way my dad feels about raising, that he tells Liv straight up about things that are happening in the world. He doesn’t make things seem nicer, or saying, eh, yes, no, but that’s- The classic story of how babies are made, with the cauliflowers, and what not.

E: I also just think-

W: How am I going to explain that to my kids?

E: If you don’t make it a taboo to start with, is it that bad? It’s just- it’s just. Oh well, that’s a whole other conversation.

W: Yes, no, definitely.

E: But straight up just telling what’s going on to your kids. I think I would prefer that to making up a story about the flowers and the bees.

W: Yes, yes.

E: Because the story about the flowers and the bees, I don’t even know how you actually- pollinating and stuff, is that what that means?

W: You do it like this, pollinating.

E: Yes, no, exactly.

W: Yes, but well, children, that’s still a long time from now.

E: Do you want kids, you think, later?

W: Yes, please.

E: Do you think you would be a good father?

W: I hope I would be a good father. Despite my parents’ divorce, I really do… I do look up to my parents. I’m proud of the way they raised me. So yeah if I would be a good father… sometimes, but maybe that’s the age, kids frustrate me. I’m a leader in the scouts for the Welpen and Welpen -great guys- but they can also be annoying and say “I’m not participating” and “that’s a stupid game, can we do something else?” and I’m like “we invest so much time in this and so much preparation, please participate” so sometimes that bothers me. But I would prefer not to have just one (child). Certainly more than one because… are you an only child?

E: No I have a little brother.

W: Yeah only child… with all due respect to people who are only children but sometimes I think… for example, I’m very happy that I have a brother. Not that it wouldn’t be fun without a brother per se, but I don’t know, the contact I have with my brother is nice.

E: The thing is, you don’t know what you’re missing so it’s hard to miss it I guess. But I do think that my brother has been a great added value to my life.

W: Yeah, yeah.

E: In the same way, I never really had grandparents. They all died before I was born and the grandfather I did have was quite old when I was actually aware that I had a grandfather. So I’ve never really had the grandparents experience that you see with family gatherings and stuff. But I don’t feel like I’ve missed anything but I still know how much other people benefit from having grandparents. Also what you just said about how often you call each other and stuff. I think that’s the same with being an only child. If you don’t have any brothers or sisters, you don’t know what it’s like to have that, what you’re missing. But if you do have it, it’s an added value I think.

W: Yes, exactly. No that’s true. My brother is very helpful to me now. I know that I can count on him.

E: Older or younger by the way?

W: Older.

E: A lot older?

W: 21.

E: 21.

W: Oh boy I had to think about how old my brother is. Embarrassing. Love you man. No but we had - maybe you had that too – but when we were younger, we really fought.

E: Physical?

W: Real fighting. Yeah, it’s has now gotten much better. I think we understand each other a lot better, but it used to be real… we had Catch WW on the Wii and we reenacted that on the couch so that was… “In the right corner Ramy Stereo” and we were bare-chested and both had one boxing glove on and fighting each other until one of us cried, bled or gave up. Usually it was me.

E: That’s just the fate of the little brother.

W: I always went… I’ve never admitted that actually, [whispers] it’s a confession. I’ve never admitted it, but afterwards I always went to my parents and cried “Kwinten hurt me”.

E: That’s really… that’s the moment, you feel it coming and you think “ah fuck no, if I hit again it’s probably over but I want to…” [cross-talk] “no no no don’t tell mom! Don’t tell mom!” I think I was a pretty nice big brother. We often did shit together. We were at home playing on the couch together and Olaf bumps into a large box that was standing there and the box, bigger than Olaf back then, fell down on his hand.

W: Oh shit.

E: So Olaf broke his hand. And I thought “I made him jump over those chairs” and then you have to say “sorry sorry don’t tell them, don’t tell them!” but yeah if your hand is fucking broken, you’re not gonna stop crying because your big brother says “don’t cry”. Yeah, that are…

W: Yes, but the relationship [between Willem and his brother] has improved. Okay we still have our discussions but... I think moments like when we’ve both been to a pub or something and we come home at the same time and we’re always hungry and standing in the kitchen making sandwiches. Those are great moments. I don’t necessarily need to have emotionally heavy of deep conversations with my brother to know that he’s there and that I can have a good time with him. So I think that’s the added value of having a brother or brothers in general.

E: Do you guys also have a specific sense of humor? Or like those moments when the two of you are laughing and your parents or people around you think “what the fuck is going on?”

W: Yeah we speak some slang to each other for fun. Like “stu stu” and [my slang knowledge is very limited so I have no idea what he’s saying here lol], those kinds of things. Typical slang from Brussels and Leuven. It’s funny because my parents are always like “why are you talking to each other like that?” and recently, I was leaving and my mom said “stu stu!” so they are adopting those words and then my brother and I can’t stop laughing.

E: Also if your mom suddenly says “are we going to chill later?” and I’m like [laughing] “what? Mom!”

W: “Okay??”

E: It’s kind of cute. Yeah it’s fun. And what are… I almost want to go deep like…

W: That’s okay.

E: Is there a particular interaction or experience you’ve had with your brother that sums up your relationship right now? Or are those the moments when you’re laughing and eating at night? It doesn’t have to be a super deep or emotional moment.

W: I think it’s an accumulation of those moments and emotional moments too. For example, after it was over with my ex. I was really down back then, it hit me pretty hard. Those are the moments when I can walk into my brother’s room in the middle of the night and he’s there for me. I know that dude is always going to be there when something’s wrong, no matter how much we argue or how much we shit at each other. I just know, and I hope he does too, that I can call him 24/7, walk into his room 24/7 and he will be there or ready to listen. I think that’s just something… the fact that we know that about each other, that creates that bond. And the thing is, if only he would do his best and go to work, earn real money… because we went on holiday together and he still hasn’t… he still has some work to do but we’ve already planned something. I’m really looking forward to it. We’re planning to go surfing in Portugal together. Those are moments I just know I can go somewhere with him and have the time of my life without-

E: …That you can remember for the rest of your life what you did together.

W: Yeah, absolutely. Those moments that I want to cherish or want to keep or experience.

E: My little brother is also just the most annoying dude on this planet who I love the most.

W: Exactly that combination. Annoying, but you love them.

E: Of course. The cameras are back on. That means we’ve been at it for over 50 minutes.

W: 50 minutes? It feels like we’re chatting for 20 minutes.

E: Exactly.

W: Pleasant.

E: That’s good. If it’s pleasant and the stress is gone.

W: Do you actually like me? “No I hate you. We’re going to finish. It has been good.”

55:29

E: No we’re not going to finish yet, but before we do, is there anything you’d like to send out into the world before we finish? On average there are 10 to 50 people watching. Is there anything you want to say to them?

W: To the 10 to 50 people?

E: Yes.

W: 10 to 50 people, you are awesome. No, what I’m saying… maybe a little deep but it doesn’t matter. Very often in your life you are going to encounter that you run into a wall, that you’re going to have setbacks, that you think “I don’t want to anymore, I can’t to this anymore, life is all one big shit show” but I think that there is a certain… at least I believe that – everyone has their own opinion of course- that a certain path has been mapped out for everyone. Not necessarily that things are set in stone but there is a road that you are going to take and that road is going to have curves, is going to have hills, is going to have valleys, is going to have everything. Maybe it’s a gravel path, maybe rocks you stumble over but -it sounds a bit stupid- put on your best walking shoes and just walk that path the best way you can. Just try to live life with complete joy and euphoria because you’re 100% worth it. No matter what other people say or think about your ideology or style or way of life. Everyone is entitled to it or should be given the opportunity to be appreciated for who they are. I think that’s something we do too little in this society, but yeah.

E: Just don’t be too hard on yourself in the end?

W: Yeah, don’t be too hard on yourself. A lot of people blame themselves too much. Or “oh I’m like that and I don’t fit in because of that” or something. Then I think: so be it.

E: Do you sometimes feel that you should do more or have achieved more at this age? Of course you’re already doing a lot of cool shit but social media, I know there is a highlight reel of all people’s achievements and that sometimes it’s very difficult to filter between what is real and how much is that person actually sitting on the couch doing nothing. Do you sometimes feel that because of social media of because of your environment or I don’t know, that you’re not doing enough?

W: Gosh, sometimes I think my life is too full.

E: Too full?

W: Not that I’m saying “oh I have so many things to do” but I’m like... I’m letting that grow organically or so.

E: Not putting too much pressure on yourself?

W: Not putting too much pressure on yourself. I’m doing a course now that I’d like to finish because I’ve had those two projects and there are friends of mine who say “why are you still studying? You’ve had your opportunity, you’re going to get new opportunities right?” and I say “hey! I’m also only 19”. Sometimes I think “fuck Willem you should have achieved more already” but I also think I’m only 19. There was a conversation at school… I really think that’s one of the added values of the course. We receive an observation report twice a year, 5 pages where the teacher writes about you and how they see you, what they think about you, what your qualities are, what you still need to work on. It’s always spot on. So strange how they can just see right through you, even though I sometimes try to hide it. Yeah, where was I going with this… we had subsequent conversation about it and I said to my teacher “sometimes I feel like I’m too young for this course” that I have too little life experience. There are people in my class who are in their 20s or older, who have already studied something else before this, have read a lot more, seen a lot more than me, a lot more experience and I think “fuck, I don’t have anything”. People talk about certain topics and I don’t follow at all. I mentioned that I felt too young and she [the teacher] said “you’re young, but that also has its advantages. Your youthfulness can actually be an interesting tool in this course and look at it from a different perspective”. So I’m convinced: don’t be too hard on yourself, don’t think “whew, I’m already 20 and I haven’t achieved anything yet” so to speak. I even saw a video recently where… “if you don’t make it in your 20s, you might make it in your 30s and if you don’t make it in your 30s, you might make it in your 40s”. There are so many… there really are a lot of people… people often forget that there are people who only find out what they want to do or discover their passion later in life.

E: And also just… I think it’s so ridiculous that you set certain goals for a certain age or something. That it’s so expected that by 18 you must have completed high school and by 25 you must have had your first job interview, by 28/30 you must have a house and a serious relationship where you’re committed to for the rest of your life and by 40 you must have already had a promotion, that you can provide for yourself and fix your pension. All those fucking predetermined milestones. I think that’s kind of bullshit, you know?

W: Absolutely.

E: If that were the case, then I should graduate in a few years so to speak while I’m clearly not studying here because I have – fuck normally I have a re-exam today. And here we are.

W: Here we are.

E: I knew I was doing this but I mean that’s just… there’s so much time. I’m 22 now and I’m doing some shit, if I go nuts now or people don’t want to listen to this podcast anymore, don’t want to see what I do online, okay then I have to look elsewhere. But I did this and I went for it and I tried. I’m 22. Even if I go nuts now and it’s all gone, I’m only 22. There are still so many ways it could go. A lot of people don’t have a job at 22. If I started looking for a new job or something now, hopefully I’ll have one by 25. Then it’s still okay because I’m only 25. I don’t know, I always find that… I could go on for a long time about this. I think those predetermined milestones/goals of things that you must have achieved by a certain age, I just think it’s bullshit.

W: I sometimes make the comparison that people too often see life as the sports world. Football players who are good until 35 and then they are done. As if you must have already performed before that age. That’s not how it works. You really have all the time and you really don’t have to stress. I also notice that many people… you mentioned re-exams. That people say “fuck I have re-exams, oh no I’m not going to pass, oh no you have extra…” chill. You do your best, but suppose you have to repeat a year, that’s not a disaster either, is it?

E: What I also think is crazy is how many people have studied law and you eventually hear that they ended up in a marketing agency because they found it much more interesting. When I talk to some people who… I was seeing a social media manager recently [laughs] “seeing”, I was talking to him.

W: “seeing” okay [laughs].

E: I was talking to him.

W: [joking] Ender has something to say.

E: And I asked “what did you study?” and he said biochemistry. “How the fuck did you end up here?” Him: “uh yeah that just wasn’t the right fit for me. I have a master’s degree but I started working here because I found it much more interesting”. I thought: why am I pretending that the degree I’m trying to get is going to determine the rest of my life, you know?

W: Absolutely.

E: If there are so many people now… because he was only 28 or something. So I thought “aah okay so you’ve been studying biochemistry for so many years and now you’re here – I don’t know if I’m talking about the correct position – but now you’re just sitting here making content. Cool. But why do I attach so much importance to that one direction I’m studying right now that doesn’t even have anything to do with media or anything. I mean I’m very interested in media, I’m studying economics. Which is also interesting, but that’s not what I see myself doing in the coming years.

W: Yeah, yeah.

E: Anyway enough about me. Do you think you could win in a fight against a cow?

W: [laughs] I really like that. You can switch to totally different shit like that. Like before you suddenly asked what color fish do you want to be. Okay. That’s nice. Win… I’ve heard if you knock over a cow it dies. That it has a heart attack then. We don’t want to kill cows okay!

E: And purely hypothetical, you’re just standing in a kind of meadow so it’s not super big so you can’t go in all directions. There is a limited domain. You come face to face with that cow and you have to begin. No weapons. You’re standing there and the cow stands there and you both know you’re going to fight.

W: It knows that too?

E: It knows that too.

W: [makes mooing noises] okay ca va.

E: It’s not a bull but it does have horns so in fact it would-

W: I would shit my pants. I’d give up already. I would lie on the ground, come on. Really crazy, I saw Jackass recently. Those guys, that Wee Man, who was in that link with the bull and he��s being catapulted, so to speak.

E: I don’t understand how those guys aren’t all dead yet.

W: Yeah they are really crazy.

E: There was also a rumor that Wee Man died from a bowling ball during… but apparently that wasn’t true.

W: I don’t know.

E: Fucked up shit. Would you win against a cow?

W: Would I win against a cow? No, I wouldn’t win against a cow. I don’t think I would win against a cow.

E: I think I would. I think just like with a bull I would try to jump out of the way like that and once you’re on the side it’s just a matter of pushing. If what you said is true, it’s game over when it’s down and you know, that’s your tactic.

W: But the thing is, a cow is heavy, isn’t it?

E: True.

W: You can’t just push it over like that, can you?

E: Sure, but it’s a matter of life or death, isn’t it? The adrenaline rush. You have to image, a cow just comes running towards you. The adrenaline that goes through your body. You shouldn’t underestimate the power you have then.

W: Just find the best patch of grass and when it’s there, sneaky knife in the back. No, now people are going to think I’m that kind of person.

E: That you’re just a snake.

W: Snake. Definitely and I admit it. No, that would be fucked up.

E: I’m going to do one more thing that’s important. I’m going to find a Twitter shout out and in the meantime, I already asked you what your message is to the world and that was a beautiful message. Got something more banal that you’d like to share? Something that you want to share from your social media or something?

W: What do you mean from social media?

E: Where they can follow you. You can say something if you have a really good video that you want to share. “Check me everywhere”.

W: No I don’t have… people should do what they feel like doing. Do you think I’m cool, do you think I’m fun, follow me on Insta. No really doesn’t matter. Doesn’t really matter.

E: Alright, I’m just going to scroll and you say stop. I’ll go back and forth and you have to say “yes that’s the one who gets to have this week’s shout out”.

W: Exciting huh. Stop.

E: [reads twitter account] M. Verschuren.

W: M. Verscheure.

E: Is that…

W: [reads quote] “If you were never sad, you wouldn’t know you could be happy”.

E: Wow. Damn bro.

W: I’m going to edit my quote.

E: “If you were never sad, you wouldn’t know you could be happy”. Wow. If you didn’t have shitty days, you wouldn’t know what the best days of your life were.

W: Exactly. But what if you get stuck in your shitty days for the rest of your life?

E: That won’t happen. That’s my biggest fear.

W: Me too.

E: Looking back at your life and thinking-

W: …Fuck I’ve never been there again.

E: …That’s where I peeked. Hope that doesn’t happen. Anyway M. Verscheure thank you very much for listening, I really appreciate it. You as well, I think?

W: Absolutely, absolutely. How much were you going to pay me?

E: 50 euro.

W: Then I’ll come… awesome. Super cool.

E: Thank you so much to everyone who listened. I appreciate it. If you want to hear more you can always subscribe to this channel. It’s also good for my ego. I’ll just put your Instagram link in the description, for people who are interested. Okay, that was it.

W: Thanks, it was fun.

E: There’s an audio only episode on Spotify every Sunday and the video comes out on Monday. That’s it. See you next Monday. Or Sunday. Peace.

[dramaticaddicts]

The trip to Indonesia Willem is taking with his brother is probably the surfing trip he talked about in the podcast with Ender Scholtens :’)

[birthdaysentiment]

ender scholtens just asked on ig who he should interview for new gossipguy episodes,, let’s all spam his inbox with herbots<3

i would die if we could listen to his voice for an hour😭

oml anon, don't even get me started on this! i'm never not thinking about a podcast with herbots... that's like my ultimate dream! i've already spammed ender's answer-box a little, but yes please, lets all answer it with "willem herbots"! i mean at some point he'll have to do one with him, because it's not the first time he has asked, and that we have said we want herbots to be in an episode, so maybe this time will be it! because... for real though, imagine being able to listen to herbots' voice for an hour straight! not just his voice, but also his giggle! i would never not listen to it... i'm gonna set up my prayer circle and hope that willem can be in the podcast! <333

[franboos]

I used to think Willem was so uncool but then after listening to the Ender Scholtens podcast (if you are ever missing Wtfock I would recommend to give it a listen) and seeing what Simon sends I think I got it the wrong way round. He might not wear as many second hand clothes as Simon but what was it Taylor Swift said? No amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity @ Simon

aah yes, i saw a bit of that podcast. i never thought he was uncool (or just a little) , just like, not my type. but i bet he would be fun to be around and to hang out with. simon is just weird lol, he loves himself a bit too much.

also , simon like unfollowed me on every social media platform but we are still friends on snapchat and last week he suddenly turned on his snapchat location so now i can see where he is all the time and that so weird lmao anyways

[nbrook29]

Did Ender Scholtens say he was interviewing Willem DS on Gossip Guy or is it just a wild guess based on his other guests?

Wild guess

[ligaziemi]

Bilderberg 2017 Tegoroczne spotkanie odbywa się w dniach 1-4 czerwca w Westfields Marriott Hotel w miejscowości Chantilly, w stanie Virgina, w USA. Warto przypomnieć, że Stowarzyszenie Bormanna (Bormann Brotherhood, Brown Eminence) stworzyło NATO za pomocą loży P2, nowy twór skupiający organizacje okultystyczne i struktury najemno-militarne, został oficjalnie nazwany Grupą Bilderberga. Każdy myślący człowiek, jest przyszłym wrogiem ... Martin Bormann Plan spotkania obejmuje następujące panele dyskusyjne : 1. Globalny Terroryzm 2. Przyjęcie euro przez wszystkie państwa zrzeszone 3. Wycofanie gotówki i wykorzystanie pieniądza elektronicznego 4. Zmniejszenie populacji świata 5. Niezależność państw europejskich w kontekście powstania Stanów Zjednoczonych Europy 6. Walka z globalnym ociepleniem poprzez zmniejszenie populacji ziemi 7. Pozyskiwanie funduszy na rzecz programu multikulturowości ( Paneuropa i uchodźcy ) 8. Mieszanie narodów w celu zniesienia tożsamości narodów europejskich 9. Agenda 2030 10. Przyszłość Stanów Zjednoczonych i Francji pod przywódctwem Donalda Trumpa i Emmanuela Macrona 11. Polityka Rosji w kontekście Europy, Ameryki i Bliskiego Wschodu Rozmowy oficjalne (iluzja) : 1. Administracja Trumpa, 2. relacje transatlantyckie, 3. finansowanie NATO, 4. kierunek Unii Europejskiej, 5. spowolnienie globalizacji, 6. bezrobocie i spadające dochody obywateli, 7. wojna informacyjna, 8. wzrost populizmu, 9. Rosja i międzynarodowy porządek, 10. Bliski Wschód, rozprzestrzenianie się broni atomowej, 11. Chiny oraz bieżące wydarzenia. I znów mamy nawiązanie do liczby 22 i wielkich arkan : http://czuwajacy.blogspot.com/2017/05/wielkie-arkana-22-czyli-gupcy-i-ich.html http://czuwajacy.blogspot.com/2017/05/dowody-zastosowania-tarota-w-planowaniu.html Na spotkaniach pojawił się team Trumpa : Henry Kissinger, Wilbur Ross i Chris Liddell, szef IMF - Christin Lagard, Cui Tiankai, a także Eric Schmidt szef Alphabet - Google, szefostwo Carlyle Group, KKR, George Osborne, prezydent Turner International, Sir Nicholas Houghton, Radosław Sikorski ... Pełna lista przedstawicieli zorganizowanej grupy przestępczej : Bilderberg 2017: Przewodniczący: Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne Uczestnicy: 1. Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG 2. Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission 3. Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group 4. Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College 5. Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv 6. Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore 7. Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut 8. Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International 9. Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG 10. Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 11. Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH 12. Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications 13. Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander 14. Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA 15. Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc. 16. Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union 17. Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA 18. Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 19. Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 20. Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S. 21. Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper 22. Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País 23. Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita 24. Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA 25. Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator 26. Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US 27. Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE 28. Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles 29. Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE 30. Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S 31. Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA 32. Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 33. Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN 34. Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs 35. Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator 36. Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group 37. Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC 38. Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor "Otto e mezzo", La7 TV
 39. Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness 40. Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor 41. Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University 42. Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group 43. Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation 44. Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands 45. Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC 46. Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock 47. Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence 48. Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference 49. Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard 50. Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners 51. Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC 52. Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies 53. Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG 54. Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc. 55. Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH 56. Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic 57. Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank 58. Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. 59. Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University 60. Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR 61. Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute 62. Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group 63. Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund 64. Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2 65. Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group 66. Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives 67. Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party 68. Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 69. McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia 70. McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada 71. McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor 72. Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal 73. Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP 74. Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist 75. Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa 76. Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer 77. Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates 78. Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD) 79. Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal 80. O'Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C. 81. Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard 83. Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper 84. Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co. 85. Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute 86. Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science 87. Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit 88. Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times 89. Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. 90. Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party 91. Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University 92. Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce 93. Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group 94. Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary 95. Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD 96. Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec 97. Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners 98. Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council 99. Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc. 100. Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation 101. Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue 102. Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera 103. Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University 104. Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup 105. Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance 106. Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T 107. Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project 108. Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO 109. Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University 110. Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique 111. Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital 112. Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S 113. Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics 114. Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril 115. Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation 116. Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 117. Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report 118. Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies 119. White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom 120. Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution 121. Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times 122. Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company 123. Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium 124. Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International 125. Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council 127. Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P Przesłanie do ludzi młodych i inteligentnych, którzy nie chcą należycie do stada i być zależnymi od iluzorycznych fetyszy : Kontroluj tych, którzy chcą kontrolować, dekonstruuj i scalaj zdekonstrowane. Ucząc się, zapamiętujcie tylko to co warte waszej uwagi, abyście nigdy nie zapomnieli o swojej tożsamości, bo tylko wtedy wchodząc świadomie w struktury systemu, możecie być świadomie użyteczni dla Lechii, która odrodzi się na szczątkach tworu tymczasowego, jakim była i jest Polska ... Jeśli jesteś młody i masz w sobie tyle siły aby działać na rzecz Lechii, Wolność i Równości zgłoś się, do nas ... Jeśli, jako jedyni mamy swoich ludzi w grupie Bilderberga, oznacza to małe zwycięstwo rozumu i logiki nad bestialską siła nakazu i pieniądza ... Nielegalne twory będą tym, czym chcielibyśmy aby były ... i zrobimy to z waszą pomocą w ciszy, spokoju i cieniu działań tych, który pozycja rozmyje się niczym kurz wspomnień ... Myśl, słowo, działanie ... bowiem wiedza jest wtórne wobec faktów ... a my stworzymy fakty, które będą zalążkiem powrotu do wiedzy starożytnej ... Lepiej działać w ciszy, niż chwalić się osiągnięciami, których nie ma ... I pamiętajcie, możecie być przyszłością Lechii, możecie pozostawić po sobie historyczny ślad przywrócenie Lechii jej tożsamości ... Wojna nie polega na agresji lecz na inteligentnym przygotowaniu zadań, których realizacja prowadzi do konkretnego i ukrytego za chaosem celu. Depopulacji dotyka tylko inteligentnych jednostek, mogących zaszkodzić władzy ... Więc nasza wojna, będzie implozjom wypychającą ze środka Lechii całą szumowinę ... Tylko opanowanie państwa za pomocą silnej struktury wewnętrznej, pomoże nam osiągnąć plan nadrzędny, polegający na likwidacji hierarchii i elit stających na drodze samostanowienia ... Przemyślcie to ... Liga Świata Samostanowienia i Samoograniczenie

[stopkingobama]

Bilderberg Group meets just outside of DC as Deep State steps up war on Trump. Here’s the attendee list.

Photo: Public Domain

Top global political and business leaders of the Bilderberg Group will meet just miles from the White House this week, as “Deep State” actions to take down President Donald Trump grow more intense.

“The Bilderberg Group meeting in Chantilly, Virginia, will attract 131 elites on Thursday – from politicians and bankers to business titans and European royalty,” The Daily Mail reports. “They will discuss transatlantic relations, the future of the European Union and ‘a progress report’ on the Trump administration behind closed doors at the four-day meeting.”

It has not been revealed what the “progress report” on Trump means. Chantilly, in suburban D.C., is 30 miles from Washington.

Among those participating in this year’s Bilderberg Group meeting are Trump’s Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Trump advisers Peter Thiel and David Petraeus, U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham and Obama CIA Director John Brennan.

The meeting comes as leaks from within the U.S. government’s security community, intended to cripple President Trump, worsen.

“At least 180 federal employees have signed up for a workshop next weekend, where experts will offer advice on workers’ rights and how they can express civil disobedience,” former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich gleefully notes.

“Federal workers are in regular consultation with recently departed Obama-era political appointees about what they can do to push back against the new president’s initiatives…,” Reich notes, “…The State Department has emerged as the nexus of opposition to Trump’s refugee policy, in part because it has an official dissent channel where Foreign Service employees can register opposition without fear of reprisals. The channel, formed in 1971, has been used to raise policy objections to the Vietnam War and other conflicts. Several hundred employees signed the dissent cable objecting to Trump’s refugee policy.”

WHO’S ATTENDING THE 2017 BILDERBERG GROUP CONFERENCE?

CHAIRMAN Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne

PARTICIPANTS

Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG

Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission

Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group

Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College

Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv

Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore

Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut

Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE

Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG

Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH

Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications

Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander

Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA

Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union

Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA

Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S.

Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper

Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País

Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita

Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA

Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe

Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator

Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US

Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE

Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE

Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA

Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN

Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs

Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator

Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group

Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC

Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV

Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness

Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor

Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University

Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group

Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation

Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands

Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC

Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock

Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence

Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference

Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard

Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners

Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies

Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG

Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH

Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic

Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank

Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University

Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR

Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group

Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2

Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group

Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives

Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party

Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia

McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada

McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor

Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal

Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP

Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa

Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer

Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance

Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates

Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc

Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)

Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal

O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C.

Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard

Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper

Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co.

Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science

Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit

Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times

Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party

Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University

Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce

Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group

Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary

Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post

Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD

Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners

Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council

Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc.

Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation

Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue

Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera

Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University

Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance

Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T

Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project

Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO

Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University

Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital

Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics

Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril

Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation

Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report

Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies

White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom

Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution

Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company

Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium

Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International

Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council

Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P.

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Gossip Guy “Ismaïl L'Hamiti is Younes in Wtfock episode 111″ [1/4]

Coming up on Gossip Guy:

E: Every week I give my guests a present.

I: Okay.

E: And – I actually forgot last week. Sorry, Olivia, if you’re watching. I owe you a present. But this week I didn’t [forget] and it’s always in that red box.

I: Okay.

E: So there’s something inside it now that you can open, whenever you want to. You can open it now, if you want to.

I: Okay, yeah. I want to –

E: Yeah? Okay, take the box. I – we hadn’t met each other before this episode.

I: No.

E: Sometimes it’s easier to give something personal [if I know the person]. But I asked some of your fellow cast member what I could get you.

I: Do I slide it open?

E: You slide it - at the front there’s this flap that opens outwards.

I: Oh, yeah.

E: And then you can open it up.

I: Seriously?

OPENING CREDITS

E: What up, guys. Welcome to a new episode of Gossip Guy Podcast. My name is Ender Scholtens and today I’m here with Ismaïl. What up? Everything okay?

I: What up? Yeah, you?

E: Everything good. You can hold the mic up to your face.

I: What up? Everything okay with you?

E: Everything good. For the people who might not know who you are, where can they know you from?

I: Uhm, you can see me on wtFOCK and some theater productions. Déjà Vu,* a series that aired recently. And a lot of short films. But mainly theater.

E: So acting –

I: Acting, yeah.

E: That’s your passion? Is that your long term dream as well?

I: Uhm –

E: You can really put the mic –

I: “Uhm.”

E: It’s fine. It’s a bit awkward at first. I’ve had people over who had it down here.

I: So I’ll keep it –

E: So acting is the dream?

I: That’s – yeah. It’s a dream I’ve been pursuing for some time now.

E: Cause, how old are you?

I: 25.

E: 25. Okay, and when did you start acting?

I: I think around the time I was 11 or 12 or something.

E: Okay, hardcore.

I: Theater. Yeah.

E: And most people will probably know you from your role as Younes in wtFOCK. How did you get involved with that? Did you go for an audition?

I: Yeah, there was an audition. I was right in the middle of a theater production back then, “Iemand moet het doen,”* which will premiere in September, by the way.  

E: Oh-oh! Subtle, plug. We love to see it.

I: And in the middle of rehearsals I got several mails and messages saying: “Oh, Izzy, you should definitely audition for this.” And so I did and – yeah. I got it!

E: Obviously! What was it like to enter a cast that had already made 4 seasons together – or however many.

I: Yeah, that was – an adjustment, at first. But it’s a great cast. All the actors and actresses are amazing people and I was able to find my way quickly and get along with them. Yeah, it’s the last season so you know you’re one of the last pieces of the puzzle in a very big story, and it’s going to end with you. So yeah, I wasn’t really able to experience a lot of depth because it was the end. But I did get enough from it, so to speak, I learned enough and made some friends and –

E: Did you experience any kind of pressure because, as you said, you’re one of the last pieces of the puzzle, in that story, and it’s up to you to kind of end the story?

I: I mean. Pressure. There is some pressure but it’s also an honor, of course, to be there for the ending.

E: Of course.

I: To make sure it has a beautiful ending.

E: Were you following the show before you got cast?

I: No.

E: Okay.

I: Honestly, no. After I got the audition, I did try my best to look up the vibe and see what the other seasons looked like. And I did watch one or two seasons, I think. But the rest I didn’t…

E: Maybe you didn’t have the time. There’s a lot of content online.

I: It’s a lot. A lot of content.

E: I do think it’s cool to see how much young talent Belgium has to offer. Because we – I mean, it’s what I said earlier: I think there’s a tendency to always go back to that pool of established actors in Belgium, whenever there’s a new project. But I have the feeling there’s this whole new generation of talented actors that came out of this – I mean, with wtFOCK. And I count you among them.

I: Yeah.

E: I think it’s cool how you guys grew. I mean, some of you.

I: Yeah, it’s… It all happened really fast, actually. But yeah, I’ve noticed it as well. I also see a lot of young people, and friends of mine, who are really doing very well for themselves. And I think all of us are moving in the right direction. I also kind of get the feeling that – I mean, I don’t just kind of get the feeling, I’m 100% sure that we’re in the wake of Adil and Bilall* and that they opened a lot of doors for us.

I: For sure.

E: So I think we have those two directors to thank for a lot.

I: They’re doing an amazing job.

E: They really are.

I: Shit, dude.

E: For sure. No, bro, if I could ever get them on the podcast that’d be so cool.

I: That would be cool for sure.

E: Anyway, you kind of – cause you’ve already done a lot of acting work, but I do get the feeling that – but maybe I’m wrong – that this is one of your bigger –

I: Right.

E: Or at least, that most people have seen. What’s it like to get stopped on the streets, now?

I: Uhm. Yeah, it’s…

E: It’s a weird question, I know. But it’s – go ahead.

I: Uhm, yeah, it’s new. It takes some getting used to.

E: Yeah.

I: But of course, it’s really great. I told you earlier: when people recognize your work, and then reference a specific scene and say: “Wow, the thing you did then and there.” Or: “I really liked the way you said that, it was great.” It makes me feel really warm inside.

E: What’s been your favorite interaction so far?

I: My favorite. Man, my favorite. You mean with a fan?

E: Yeah, or someone – it doesn’t have to be a fan. Maybe one of your friends who was like: “Bro, I saw that scene and I thought it was really great.” Sometimes that might be even more valuable than someone you might not know that well.

I: No, you’re right. Yeah, I don’t know. I think – I think. Yeah. It’s a difficult question.

E: Yeah, you don’t have to answer, of course.

I: I think what I liked the most was that my parents were happy.

E: Okay! That’s cool.

I: Cause they know I’ve been pursuing this for a while. So to come home with really good news, made them feel like: “Okay, this thing he really wants to do, he’s kind of making it work.” So that was this moment of: “I told you.”

E: Yeah, that is really cool. That you’ve kept going, even though sometimes people might tell you –

I: Yeah.

E: Stop dreaming.

I: Exactly. And: “Think about it, be realistic.”

E: Realistic.

I: “And look for something that can…” You know? But, yeah, I was really determined in what I did, and what I wanted to do.

E: That’s cool.

I: Yeah.

E: Something else entirely: If you got to choose between a rhino as a pet, or a bear, or a kangaroo. Which one do you want as a pet?

I: What was it again?

E: So

I: A rhino?

E: A rhino, a bear or a kangaroo.

I: Or a kangaroo.

E: And they’re house trained. You can – you can ride on the rhino’s back or whatever, and take it to school.

I: I’d love to have a monkey, actually.

E: A monkey. Okay, that’s cool too. It wasn’t on the list, but fair enough.

I: A monkey that can sit on my shoulder and I can take everywhere, and that can fetch me things when I ask it to.

E: That’s sick.

I: “Get me a drink.” And then it’s off to the fridge.

E: Bro, the shit I’ve seen! It’s probably all movie magic, but making monkeys steal shit like in The Hangover.

I: Yeah!

E: The pick-pocket monkeys, that go and steal shit. That’s cool.

I: Yeah.

E: Okay, if you had a monkey as a pet, what would you have it do or what would you train it to do?

I: Like I said, fetch me drinks and stuff.

E: Okay.

I: When you’re just chilling at home, and – I don’t know what I’d call it. Uhm –

E: What’s good monkey name?

I: Good monkey names… I don’t know why Rocco came to mind.

E: Rocco?

I: Rocco.

E: You know, that’s a fucking great name for a monkey!

I: “Rocco, Nalu!”*

E: No, that’s –

I: And then it comes and brings me a little can of Nalu.

E: What else can you do. No, yeah, like you said: snacks and drinks when you’re on the couch and you don’t want to –

I: Yeah.

E: Move.

I: Get up.

E: That’s fucking funny. Also, if you brought that to a party.

I: Oh!

E: Holy shit, all eyes on you.

I: Definitely all eyes on me.

E: All eyes on Rocco, actually.

I: On Rocco, yeah.

E: No, that’s cool. Do you have any pets?

I: Yeah, I have a cat.

E: Not a monkey.

I: I had two cats, but one of them just disappeared. A black one and a white one. It was super balanced, yin and yang. Now I only have the one, the white one. And, yeah, I’m a big cat person. I’ve always had cats. I think they’re very stubborn animals.

E: It’s true. They can just do their own thing, and then every once in a while when they want to, they’ll give you some attention.

I: Yeah.

E: And then you can give them a cuddle.

I: Yeah.

E: And then they’re gone for a couple of days.

I: Then they just skip you.

E: Yeah.

I: I think that’s pretty cool, really.

E: Yeah. Exactly. Cause the only thing you have to do is give them food and water

I: Exactly.

E: And clean the litterbox. So yeah… But so you’d rather have cats than dogs?

I: Uhu.

E: You would?! Okay.

I: I would like to have a dog as well, but I do think I’d always choose a cat.

E: Alright. Okay, yeah, fair enough. Everyone has their own opinion. I’ve also always had cats but I do think I’m more of a dog person.

I: Yeah.

E: I’m more of a dog person with someone else’s dog.

I: Ah, okay.

E: Cause then you get all the fun parts of having a dog. You don’t have to take if for walks or clean up shit, you can just pet it.

I: No, that’s true. I have this dog – I mean, my buddy’s dog, and it’s such a pleasant animal. Every time I see it we just vibe. We have this –

E: “Ismaïl! Hey!”

I: We need five minutes to give each other the attention we need from each other.

E: Oh, that’s fun. That’s fun to hear.

I: Dali. Dali is his name.

E: Dali.

I: It’s a cool name.

E: That is a cool name. I always like it when animals are given people names. Cause one of my close (girl)friend’s dogs is called Ward. And Ward, to me –

I: Ward.

E: When I hear Ward I don’t think –

I: Ward.

E: Of a dog, you know? When you say Floppy, I think of a rabbit, or something.

I: Yeah.

E: Ward doesn’t scream dog to me.

I: No.

E: But I do think it’s cool.

I: I wouldn’t immediately think of a dog either. It gives me more sophomore college student from Leuven* vibes.

E: Good one.

I: “I’m Ward, I’ve been living in a dorm in Leuven for two years now.”

E: Good one.

I: “I enjoy some Cara* every once in a while.”

E: Exactly.

I: “I like to [?], you know? Really let loose.”

E: Or Ward is in his early thirties, and he’s in IT, I think.

I: That could be it as well.

E: He runs a start-up. “Oh, that’s Ward, he’s the one behind the computer.”

I: Yo, Ward!

E: Yo!

I: But he isn’t paying much attention, he’ll nod at you but -

E: Exactly.

I: But then right back to work.

E: He’ll take his headphones off, give you a nod, and then put the headphones back on. That’s Ward. Or just a dog.

I: Or a dog.

[/12:30]

  Note:

1.      Déja Vu also starred Willem De Schryver 

2.      Translates to: Someone has to do it. Theater production link. 

3.      Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Belgian directors with Moroccan roots. They make Belgian movies, but they also made Bad Boys 4. 

4.      Nalu is a ‘healthier’ energy drink and it’s what Ismaïl is drinking during the interview

5.      Leuven is one of the big college cities in Belgium with a big concentration of university students.

6.      Cara is a brand of (cheap) beer. 

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Bilderberg Group meets just outside of DC as Deep State steps up war on Trump. Here’s the attendee list.

Photo: Public Domain

Top global political and business leaders of the Bilderberg Group will meet just miles from the White House this week, as “Deep State” actions to take down President Donald Trump grow more intense.

“The Bilderberg Group meeting in Chantilly, Virginia, will attract 131 elites on Thursday – from politicians and bankers to business titans and European royalty,” The Daily Mail reports. “They will discuss transatlantic relations, the future of the European Union and ‘a progress report’ on the Trump administration behind closed doors at the four-day meeting.”

It has not been revealed what the “progress report” on Trump means. Chantilly, in suburban D.C., is 30 miles from Washington.

Among those participating in this year’s Bilderberg Group meeting are Trump’s Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Trump advisers Peter Thiel and David Petraeus, U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham and Obama CIA Director John Brennan.

The meeting comes as leaks from within the U.S. government’s security community, intended to cripple President Trump, worsen.

“At least 180 federal employees have signed up for a workshop next weekend, where experts will offer advice on workers’ rights and how they can express civil disobedience,” former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich gleefully notes.

“Federal workers are in regular consultation with recently departed Obama-era political appointees about what they can do to push back against the new president’s initiatives…,” Reich notes, “…The State Department has emerged as the nexus of opposition to Trump’s refugee policy, in part because it has an official dissent channel where Foreign Service employees can register opposition without fear of reprisals. The channel, formed in 1971, has been used to raise policy objections to the Vietnam War and other conflicts. Several hundred employees signed the dissent cable objecting to Trump’s refugee policy.”

WHO’S ATTENDING THE 2017 BILDERBERG GROUP CONFERENCE?

CHAIRMAN Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne

PARTICIPANTS

Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG

Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission

Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group

Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College

Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv

Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore

Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut

Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE

Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG

Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH

Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications

Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander

Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA

Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union

Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA

Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S.

Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper

Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País

Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita

Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA

Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe

Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator

Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US

Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE

Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE

Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA

Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN

Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs

Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator

Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group

Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC

Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV

Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness

Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor

Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University

Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group

Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation

Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands

Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC

Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock

Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence

Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference

Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard

Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners

Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies

Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG

Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH

Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic

Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank

Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University

Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR

Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group

Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2

Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group

Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives

Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party

Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia

McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada

McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor

Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal

Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP

Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa

Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer

Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance

Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates

Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc

Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)

Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal

O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C.

Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard

Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper

Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co.

Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science

Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit

Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times

Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party

Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University

Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce

Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group

Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary

Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post

Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD

Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners

Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council

Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc.

Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation

Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue

Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera

Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University

Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance

Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T

Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project

Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO

Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University

Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital

Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics

Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril

Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation

Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report

Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies

White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom

Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution

Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company

Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium

Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International

Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council

Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P.

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Das sind doch bloß Verschwörungstheorien wie aus dem Bilderbuch

LePenseur:"Wenn sich die Bilderbücher ... äh ... -berger treffen, dann ist das doch ein harmloses Kaffeekränzchen honoriger älterer Herrschaften, die halt ein bisserl plaudern wollen ... über frühere Zeiten, und über Gott und die Welt. Nicht erwähnenswert. Wer's doch erwähnt, ist ein Verschwörungstheoretiker. Harmlose, ältere Herrschaften? Älter ... nun ja: Jugendliche werden in Führungsetagen generell eher selten zu finden sein. Harmlos & honorig ... nun, das sollte angesichts der Teilnehmerliste doch noch hinterfragenswert bleiben: Bilderberg 2017: Liste der Teilnehmer Vorsitz: * Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne Teilnehmer: * Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG * Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission * Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group * Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College * Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv * Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore * Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut * Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International * Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE * Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG * Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher * Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH * Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications * Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander * Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA * Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc. * Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union * Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA * Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense * Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace * Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S. * Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper * Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País * Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita * Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA * Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe * Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator * Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US * Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE * Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles * Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE * Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S * Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA * Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University * Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN * Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs * Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator * Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group * Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC * Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor „Otto e mezzo“, La7 TV * Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness * Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor * Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University * Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group * Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation * Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands * Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC * Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock * Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence * Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference * Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard * Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners * Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC * Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies * Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG * Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc. * Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH * Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic * Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank * Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. * Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University * Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR * Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute * Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group * Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund * Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2 * Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group * Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives * Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party * Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace * McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia * McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada * McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor * Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal * Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP * Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist * Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa * Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer * Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance * Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates * Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc * Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD) * Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal * O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C. * Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard * Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper * Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co. * Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute * Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science * Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit * Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times * Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. * Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party * Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University * Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce * Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group * Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary * Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post * Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD * Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec * Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners * Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council * Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc. * Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation * Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue * Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera * Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University * Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup * Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance * Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T * Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project * Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO * Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University * Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique * Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital * Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S * Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics * Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril * Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation * Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB * Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report * Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies * White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom * Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution * Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times * Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company * Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium * Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International * Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council * Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P. Da tummelt sich viel Geld, und noch mehr Macht. Von White-Collar-Kriminalität ganz abgesehen. Von menschlich-moralischer Letztklassigkeit wollen wir erst garnicht zu reden anfangen, denn da ist der Pegel erfahrungsgemäß eng zum wirtschaftlichen und politischen Erfolg korreliert. Nur: bloß Verschwörungstheorie, wenn man das faktisch doch "halbgeheime" Bilderbergertreffen nicht taxfrei als Kaffekränzchen einstuft ... will man uns verkohlen? Die Frage zu stellen heißt ... http://dlvr.it/PJB91N "

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Found it🥰

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Gossip Guy podcast with Willem De Schryver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjtRYOGS00

translated by @jackfrostsander @bruisingknees @lblogss @yousmina and me :)

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E: I do have another present for you.

W: Oei oei oei, presents.

E: I do that every week. I give something to my guest of the week.

W: Oei oei oei. Do I slide it?

E: Here in the front is a flap that you have to fold upwards…

[Intro]

E: Wassup people, welcome to a new episode of the Gossip Guy podcast. My name is Ender Scholtens and today I’m here with Willem De Schryver. Everything ok?

W: Sure sure (In Dutch sure is used as a confirmation to a question).

E: Is this your first podcast?

W: Yes, this is my first podcast.

E: Stress?

W: No, it will be fine, right? Relaxed.

E: I don’t know… (laughing). For the people who don’t recognize you, from where could they know you?

W: Hmmm, probably from the youth series WTFOCK where, in the third season, I play the role of Sander.

E: And we are allowed to talk about it in this podcast.

W: Yeah I also heard that. Yes, it’s over.

E: Was it a difficult chapter of your life to close?

W: Yes, I still clearly remember the last moment… Like really the last last scene at the sea… That was an emotional moment because you went through a lot as a group, you did a lot together, and emotional scenes, intimate scenes. But yes, I think, if I speak for the whole group that it was a goodbye to the series but not a goodbye from each other. We still keep in contact. Mainly through WhatsApp.

E: Yeah, the end of the series was beautiful. I sat next to my girlfriend when it just came online. Because there were a few scenes that we hadn’t seen yet and we were just watching them… And we refreshed and the last episode was online… The last piece was online… So, I thought… I really cried… It caused quite some emotions.

W: For many people… Also under the cast and even the extras that were present for that last scene… Even among them. I can remember that they got emotional because it really was over over. I think that we, WTFOCK, have been able to impact a lot of young people in Belgium. So, it’s beautiful… We closed it beautifully…

E: I don’t doubt that. I really liked the end. What is your favorite memory from your whole WTFOCK experience?

W: Hoh, hmmm. Do I have to choose one? Difficult to choose one… I think that the most enjoyable moments… At the end of each series… Almost… We were at the sea or in the Ardennes, as a group, for a vacation. Away together. And those moments… Away with the whole cast and crew… Being away for a whole weekend. And in the evening, talking late into the night and that creates a special connection and I think that, in general, was the most enjoyable… Yes, it affects me… You share, as a young person, a common dream or something we want to realize as an actor to succeed and everyone who works so hard for that… That’s nice to see.

E: I recently talked to Veerle and I know that if she sees Nora, like somewhere, say at a party… Then they stay together for the whole evening… Do you have that? With who did you have the best connection throughout that whole experience?

W: Yes…

E: That doesn’t mean that the rest is not chill or so…

W: No the rest is all stupid… There’s only one person… I hate you all! (joking) No! Yes, hmmm, I think that I definitely have the best connection with Willem. Just because we have been through a lot… I always compare the WTFOCK crew a bit to my own friend group, aside from the cast. I mean, I know to whom I can go for what. I know I can go to some if I feel sad, to talk and I know who I can go to to have a laugh. And who I can go to to have a general chat. And everyone has their qualities or like their own aura around them… Where I love to hang around. So, it differs from person to person. So, it’s hard to choose one person but Willem then in the sense that, if you jump naked together in a swimming pool and if you have intimate scenes together… That creates a connection, of course. So, yes, if I have to choose one person…

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so in 2022 italia is not only hosting eurovision but also giving us a new skam season

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