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Rudolf Alexander de Wild (born 24 April 1969) is a Dutch
Ruud de Wild
(official website)
Rudolf Alexander de Wild (born 24 April 1969) is a Dutch radio
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host. He is also a former DJ, VJ and was one of the faces of the now-defunct television network Talpa
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.
On 6 May 2002, when he worked for radio station 3FM, he interviewed Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in ...
. After the interview De Wild and Fortuyn stepped outside where De Wild witnessed the assassination
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of Fortuyn. De Wild stated that he narrowly avoided being shot himself and suffered from trauma and PTSD as a result of witnessing Fortuyn's murder.
In 2004, De Wild started his show Ruuddewild.nl on Radio 538
Radio 538 () is a Dutch commercial radio station established in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1992. It is the second-most listened to radio station in the Netherlands. The name “Radio 538” refers to the wavelength on which Radio Veronica broadc ...
. He got a timeslot between 16.00 and 19.00. At that time he also worked for the television channel Talpa of John de Mol
Johannes Hendrikus Hubert "John" de Mol Jr. is a Dutch media proprietor. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa Network, Talpa. He created the reality television formats ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother' ...
. He presented Big Brother 5 together with Bridget Maasland
Bridget Maasland (born 9 November 1974) is a Dutch VJ, television presenter and producer.
Career
She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy a ...
.
Conflict with Radio 538
In the summer of 2007, De Wild did not return to present his program on Radio 538 after his holiday. Official statements said De Wild was suffering from burnout, but rumours circulated that he had tried to break out of his contract withRadio 538
Radio 538 () is a Dutch commercial radio station established in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1992. It is the second-most listened to radio station in the Netherlands. The name “Radio 538” refers to the wavelength on which Radio Veronica broadc ...
because he felt that he was not getting enough creative freedom from the station. His show Ruuddewild.nl went on without him, and was presented by Lindo Duvall
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, another deejay at Radio 538.
Because the show was still called Ruuddewild.nl, and Radio 538 repeatedly stated that De Wild really was ill, it appeared De Wild was going to return. But on 25 October 2007, Ruuddewild.nl disappeared from Radio 538's schedule and was replaced by a nameless afternoon show, still presented by Lindo Duvall. Radio 538 then stated it had terminated De Wild's contract.
Return to Dutch radio
On 10 March 2008, Ruud de Wild started presenting the morning-show on Dutch radio stationQ-Music Qmusic may refer to:
* Qmusic (Flanders), commercial radio station of the Medialaan group in Flanders since 12 November 2001
* Qmusic (Netherlands)
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, again called Ruuddewild.nl. Sidekick on this new show is Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, who worked with De Wild before at 3FM, and producer is Martijn Zuurveen. In 2010, Ruud de Wild went back to Radio 538
Radio 538 () is a Dutch commercial radio station established in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1992. It is the second-most listened to radio station in the Netherlands. The name “Radio 538” refers to the wavelength on which Radio Veronica broadc ...
. His contract was terminated in April 2015, when 538 suddenly announced his slot was to be taken over by the Coen en Sander Show. De Wild now works for NPO Radio 2.
In December 2020, De Wild drew criticism for pronouncing the title of the song " Niggas in Paris" uncensored while presenting the ''Top 2000
The ''Top 2000'' is an annual Dutch marathon radio programme that plays the 2,000 most popular songs listeners have deemed the best of all time. Hosted by the station NPO Radio 2 since 1999, it has since become "an indispensable part of the collec ...
''.
Personal
In 2019 he had a relationship with fashion designerOlcay Gulsen
Olcay Gülşen, also known as OJ Gulsen, (born 20 July 1980) is a Dutch fashion designer. She was the owner of fashion label "SuperTrash" from 2009 to 2018.
Life and career
Olcay Gulsen's parents are Kurdish born in Turkey. Gulsen was born in Wa ...
. The couple separated in 2023.
External links
*Ruud de Wild
(official website)
References