Humberto Tan reflects on 'RTL tonight' failure: 'We tried, it didn't work out'
By
Jef Willemsen
Pale, doughy, and a touch sad. Eat if peckish.
Summary
Humberto Tan reflects with a bittersweet feeling on the failure of his talk show 'RTL tonight', which is ending after just one season. He acknowledges that he took a risk with the program, but it didn't pay off. Tan states that while he would have preferred success, he accepts the outcome and doesn't want to look back with bitterness, emphasizing that they tried their best.
Key quotes
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We hebben het geprobeerd en het is niet gelukt.
Soms wordt er risico genomen, wat zich uiteindelijk niet uitbetaalt, en dat kan.
Ik blijer zou zijn geweest als ik het risico had genomen en als het was gelukt. Maar we hebben het gedaan en het is...
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