Flanders falls to Daan Alferink (29), and he falls to Flanders. What’s more: now that he is participating in ‘The smartest person’, the Dutchman thought the time was right to introduce his new Belgian friend. “I’m having a hard time,” he says in ‘Humo’.
At Play4, Daan Alferink became the new boss in no time. The interior stylist was already allowed to show up Celebrity masterchef, Between 4 neighbors and the BV edition of Come eat. There he said that he was not thinking about a relationship. “I’d rather buy a dog.” But during the first episode of The smartest person suddenly his love was in the studio. A recent acquisition, says Alferink Therealthough he sees the relationship seriously.
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“Falling in love was actually not on my list. It’s still early, we’ve only known each other for a year and we didn’t immediately become a couple, but I can’t wait to continue through life with him.” The man named Stijn is Belgian and has nothing to do with the media. “And I think that’s good. We met through an app, which had been a nightmare for me because my account was constantly reported as fake. My first words to Stijn were: ‘Thank Godyou’re not a catfish.’ He knew me from somewhere, he said, but he had no idea what exactly I did. I’m having a hard time, you know.”
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A contrast to the past, when Alferink was bullied at school because of his orientation. “Everyone already knew that I liked boys, but I didn’t yet. Or I didn’t want to know yet. Sometimes it was quite intense. Then I saw that they were waiting for me after the bell, to push me off my bike or something. I just stayed at school and waited until they left. Once even up to six o’clock.”
“Then I realized: I’m completely done with this, I’m not going to let you determine my life. Do you want to bully me? Well, then I’ll give you a reason to bully me. From now on I will walk proudly across the schoolyard, chin up and shoulders back. I’m going to play leading roles in musicals and present the talent show as a drag queen, with a wig and tits. I will be everywhere and everyone will know me. Well, then of course the fun ended quickly for those bullies.”
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