Matthijs Kleyn is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 television presenter and novellist.

In December 2006 Matthijs Kleyn made headlines all over the world when Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....

 told him in an interview for RTL Boulevard

RTL Boulevard

RTL Boulevard is a daily television programme on the Dutch broadcasting station RTL 4. It was set up as a television equivalent of a tabloid, with a lot of airy subjects, news items and gossip about the stars, fashion and criminality. The programme is renowned for its sarcastic and cynical...

 the unborn baby of Mel B. is not Murphy's child. Representatives for Mel B. later announced in People that a DNA test had confirmed that Murphy was the father.

Kleyn currently works for the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 TV show De Wereld Draait Door

De Wereld Draait Door

De Wereld Draait Door is a Dutch television program produced by the VARA and broadcast on Nederland 3. The host is Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. The program contains a mixture of news, information, and amusement....

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He's also the author

Author

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 of Vita, a Dutch novel

Novel

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 which takes place in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. It's about a girl, named Vita, who suffers from depression

Depression (mood)

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 and asks her boyfriend to help her commit suicide

Suicide

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Because of its theme the novel became an instant hit

Hit

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 throughout The Netherlands and Belgium

Belgium

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