Dolf Jansen withdraws from tulip baptism the day before: 'Doesn't want to be involved'

Comedian Dolf Jansen withdraws from baptizing a new tulip one day in advance. Jansen had agreed in advance, but because the baptism is part of the Tulp Festival Amsterdam, he states that he is 'part of something I know nothing about'. He also does not feel good about dedicating himself to flower cultivation that may be harmful to the environment.

The organization of the Tulp Festival Amsterdam, for which tulips are placed all over the capital, was shocked by a message from comedian Dolf Jansen on Instagram. The comedian was hired to officially open the festival, but withdrew one day beforehand.

Comedian Dolf Jansen does not want to baptize a tulip on the roof of Nemo after all. He did not know that it was part of the Tulip Festival Amsterdam. Jansen says that he is against growing large numbers of flowers, because that would cost a lot of energy and because poison might be used. On Instagram, the comedian writes that he is 'very critical'. "Growing flowers in greenhouses, which costs a lot of energy, and worse still the use of poison/p…