Salar and Mercedes from De Bondgenoten tried to continue their romance after leaving the program, but they did not enter into a relationship. Mercedes had previously discussed the breakup, and Salar later responded to it. After Mercedes’s departure, she was reported to have had secret contact with Diederik. Salar looked back on the breakup at the end of the Golden Televisier-Ring Gala and said he did not want to speak negatively about Mercedes.