“The Farm Celebrity”: – – Afraid that people will think I’m an idiot

“Farmen kjendis” ended for this time, and on Sunday it became clear that it was Instagram profile Lasse Matberg (35) who made it to the top of the competition. He did so after beating comedian Terje Sporsem (44) in a very close knowledge competition.

– It was a climax that I had never known before. “Because I had invested a lot more in this farm than I really knew. I was emotionally very connected to the farm, the animals and the people,” the winner tells Dagbladet.

– would crown everything

According to Matberg, the final lasted between nine and ten hours. Exactly that was a test.

– When the final ended, it was a great relief. It was a heavenly long day. I faced perhaps the smartest and most practical on the farm, and I wanted to crown it all by giving my best in the final, and I succeeded.

Here it goes wrong

Describe the feeling during the grand finale:

– I felt like I was in a good flow. I was thinking “what is going on here now”? I answered wrong, Terje answered wrong. If I answered correctly, you answered correctly. If I was in doubt and didn’t know the answer, I still managed to get the correct answer. I was so little stressed and had so much fun. It is difficult to put into words the feeling I had. I have not experienced makan.

– I didn’t know if I was ready

In the end, it was Matberg who was able to flee with a car worth just over half a million crowns. However, he probably won’t keep the car.

– I’m an ambassador for the car brand «Mini», so I think it wouldn’t be musical if I stayed with him. So it’s against me taking the car to Trøndelag and letting the family get rid of it. I have a brother and a father up there who could take over. But I have not raised this with you. I think they will be happy about that, but we can ask the family for advice, he says with a smile.

The 35-year-old remembers well the day the other participants returned to the farm and realized that everything was soon over.

– The animals left, the people left and we learned that the next day all this was over. I knew that everything in ordinary life would come upon me the next day. He didn’t know if he was ready for it.

Have feared

It has been quite turbulent around Lasse Matberg, only when he, as a farmer in the second week, chose Espen Thoresen (62) as the first champion. But especially when he met Thomas Felberg (49) for a match just before last week, but broke the deal that they had to choose branch sawing.

He chose the tug of war, but did so due to an “illegal visit” to the first giant cabin in Felberg that morning. The scene ended in Felberg inadvertently completing the match, but withdrew.

– I felt that I had every right to choose what I did, but there was so much discussion. But! Do absolutely all the other giants choose the branch based on what they do well? But suddenly I was not allowed? Ask Matberg.

The recording of “Farmen kjendis” was completed in July last year, and for Dagbladet, the winner of “Farmen kjendis” does not hide that he has feared for many months how he would present himself on television.

– I was very afraid that he would say uncomfortable, but now I feel that it was solid – and that I stand straight in the back, keep calm and behave like an adult. Because I was greeted with a real bang.

– Real shit

Matberg does not hide the fact that what happened between him, Thomas Felberg, and various other participants still affects him.

– I don’t understand the explanation of TV 2

– The time since the duel that did not happen until I won the ax throwing competition … It was a real shit. Actually, I should have been happy and proud of my own achievement, but instead I ended up worrying that this was so badly received. There has probably never been so much debate about a branch choosing a second giant. In fact, it is my privilege.

Time returns:

– It’s weird, because he had a bad conscience. Was this really bad style or bad sportsmanship? All my reason dictates that I can choose what I want. I also wanted to move on. I wanted to choose something that I was good at.

Proud

In the duel, which did not happen, the winner of the “Farmen kjendis” was supported by Anniken Jørgensen (24) and Kine Olsen (27). But he wanted more.

– Hopefully some of the clear characters also supported me. Because there was a kind of emptiness there, I stood there and saw the applause glisten. I didn’t feel very welcome and began to wonder if I really am such a bad man. It was no fun standing up. Fortunately, I managed to readjust, says Matberg, who was able to speak properly with final opponent Terje Sporsem the next day.

Pocket for quarantined participants

– I finally felt the joy of the last week and not least of the agricultural competitions. I acted from the first second and that is something I am very proud of.

– Redd

– You’ve been walking for seven months and were you afraid that all of Norway would hate you after what happened to Felberg?

– Yes, I was afraid of him. Because I didn’t know how to cut this. But luckily it presented itself the way I experienced it. And I have to say, it’s heartwarming when they send me, I’m not kidding, several thousand messages later. For example, people have stopped me in stores and on the street and told me that it was the right choice. It is touching how well people have taken care of me.

– So what did you think a week before it came out on television?

– I was excited. It had been a while so I wondered if it was as bad as I had experienced it. He was afraid that people would think he was an idiot. That I should become a national symbol of it. If there’s one thing I remember from that day, it’s Terje using that word. And nobody wants to mess with national television.

The muscular giant represents what was said and done then.

– Come on … I think it really was done fraudulently, and I felt like I couldn’t take any chances. I wanted to make sure, and I liked every other second fighter, and I chose the branch where he was best.

More self-confident

The “Farm Celebrity” winner makes no secret of the fact that it was quite a shock to be back in the “ordinary world” again.

Reveal secret plan and double exit

– It was completely weird. I called Terje a lot that week. And Signy (Fardal, journal. Note) and Sølje (Bergman, journal. Note). It’s not easy to talk to people who weren’t around about this. I talked to my family and best friends about it, but they didn’t understand. But they regret it, because they don’t understand what he’s gotten himself into.

For Se og Hør, the Instagram profile has talked about growing up with bullying and being called less “ugly”.

– You won “Skal vi danse” in Italy in 2019. Now you won “Farmen kjendis”. Is this some kind of revenge for you considering what you have experienced before?

– It’s a contrast at least. But I have become more and more sure of myself as I get older. Somehow some online trolls remind me of that a bit, but I’ve become so confident in myself and I don’t let myself get mad. I rise above that.

– Nothing is better

– So how sure are you of yourself now?

– I like to think that I have confidence in myself. I am not worried about negative comments and irregular comments. And then I believe a little in karma. I tried to be good on “The Farm Celebrity,” and I expected others to be honest with me. This has been found not to have happened. You can call it non-musical or cheating if you want.

He is happy for all the good comments he has received this winter.

– I’ve heard people say that Terje and I are worthy winners, and nothing is more pleasant for me to read. Terje and I have become good friends, and it’s so nice that we’re both honest people, she thinks.

– How many nude photos have they sent you on tour?

– Touch the table, I do not think they have sent me a single nude photo, he says and laughs.