Dutch TV presenters cause cannibalism storm after eating each other's flesh

In a twist to television cookery shows, two Dutch presenters are filmed eating each other's flesh for a TV show due to be aired on Dutch television. Presenters Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno both allegedly underwent surgery to remove small pieces of flesh from their bodies prior to the aptly titled show Proefkonijnen, meaning Guinea Pigs, which is scheduled to be broadcast in the Netherlands on Wednesday.



Storm was filmed having surgery to remove a piece of his bottom whilst Zeno gave up part of his abdomen. The pair were then challenged to eat each other's body part after it had been fried in sunflower oil by a TV chef. In the trailer for the show the duo sit down at a candlelit table to eat the morsels, although the footage does not show the cannibalism occurring.

The teaser clip has already prompted outcry, being labelled as 'sick' and 'grim' by viewers, and has raised questions over the legality of the stunt. The presenters have refuted suggestions that the cannibalism was illegal as they claim both entered into the challenge voluntarily. Speaking to an American news channel, Dennis Storm claimed the stunt was designed to answer "a stupid question".


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He said: "The punchline of the show is to get really simple answers to stupid questions, such as, 'Can you shave with ketchup' or 'Can you drive blind?' And we wanted to find out how human flesh tasted. It was just a few centimetres of meat and now I have a good story about that scar."