Bart Spring in 't Veld (born 18 September 1976 in
Roelofarendsveen
Roelofarendsveen is a town in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, about 10 km east of Leiden.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1575 as "Roelifaerts Veen", and means "b ...
) is a Dutch television producer and the first winner of
Big Brother in the world: in 1999 he won the first Big Brother in the
Netherlands
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. Ever since then, he has been trying to rid himself of the image created by the show that he claimed 'stole
islife'.
In an interview with ''
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
'' newspaper of London, Spring in 't Veld revealed to have suffered five breakdowns in the past eight years as he tried to get back his privacy, now in distaste over the
celebrity culture
Celebrity culture is a high-volume exposure to celebrities' personal lives on a global scale. It is inherently tied to consumer interests where celebrities transform their fame to become product brands.
Whereas a culture can usually be physically ...
, quoting:
"If it's true that I helped to create that mindless monster, I'm not too proud of it...Big Brother took away the need to make inspiring programmes and replaced them with mindless chatter. It's time to put it in a museum for weird artefacts of television history."
References
External links
Big Brother stole my life
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1976 births
Living people
Big Brother (franchise) winners
Big Brother (Dutch TV series)