Who is Paul de Leeuw in Dutch entertainment?
Paul de Leeuw zingt ‘Vlieg met me mee’ live
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Picked for people who know a little
Paul de Leeuw has been one of the loudest faces of Dutch late-night TV for 35 years. Mooi! Weer De Leeuw in the late 1990s, then PdL Late Night, then a parade of specials on NPO and RTL. He sings, hosts, mocks his own celebrity, and lapses into impromptu duets mid-broadcast. Open about being gay since the late 1980s, his adoption story with husband Stephan Nugter made the national news. Anyone who’s watched Dutch primetime since the 1990s has watched him sing a song they didn’t expect.
In this RTL Tonight clip, Paul closes a segment by breaking into “Vlieg met me mee...” before tossing back to the studio.
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- ▸In Dutch entertainment and TV-history coverage (NRC, De Volkskrant, De Telegraaf)
- ▸On the show’s networks and Paul’s own pages (RTL, NPO, Paul de Leeuw on Wikipedia)
- ▸In Dutch LGBTQ media and history (COC Nederland, Winq, IHLIA LGBTI Heritage)
- ▸In Dutch karaoke and singalong content (NPO Radio 2, Top 2000, Sky Radio)