You might know Tom from TV, for example today And Pivotal point. He received commendable awards for his well-known international reports Taliban hunt He won an Emmy Award in 2006. He began his career as a reporter for News hour In the United States, he is currently working on various projects such as the series Back in Iraq.
Tom Klein is the half-brother
His knowledge will be tested tonight The smartest person He found that very exciting. “I thought I started the first episode relaxed and smiling,” he wrote on Instagram with a photo in the chair of the famous participants. Turns out the photos give a completely different picture. The smartest person-pressure!'
Known half-brother
Tom has a famous brother – journalist Quinn Klein, former editor-in-chief of a magazine Amsterdamer green -And an even more famous half-brother, Jaap Jongbloed! You know: the famous one AfrotrosThe broadcaster I saw him in, among other things Cheated?!, Missing And Investigation request.
Jabjungbloed
“Tom is the son of my mother’s second husband,” Yap explained. NPO Radio 1. “So we have the same mother. I'm the oldest of six and Tom is the youngest. We're fourteen years apart.”
Same path
They grew up in a blended family, where they say there was almost no problem. They all still get together every Christmas. “The six of us are very close, but we're all individual too. Tom and I look alike. While the other four played hockey, we always played basketball. We were the only ones who ended up on TV. Even though we were in the same stage of life, yet we miraculously chose the same path.”
Secret cooperation
Did Tom look at Yap? “No, but when I was about thirteen, Yap was already a reporter, and I always found those stories about that interesting.” However, it came as a surprise to Gab when Tom applied for a reporter position years later. Tom deliberately did not tell us: “It was an advantage that we didn't have the same last name. They didn't know I was the broadcaster's half-brother. I was accepted and then we pretended not to know each other for a year and a half.”
Tune in tonight at 8:25pm on KRO-NCRV on NPO 1 to see Tom's performance in The Smartest Person.
Jaap Jongbloed has been with his wife Inge for a while, and entertainment journalist Matthias Albers reveals the special passion they share:
source: NPO Radio 1
