有些评论家说，怀德是在荷兰的一个地方小镇出生长大的天主教徒。 他像他的穆斯林敌人一样也是一个虔诚的信徒，受到维持欧洲“犹太教和基督教”本质的目标的驱使。
Some commentators suggest that Wilders, born and raised as a Catholic in a provincial Dutch town, is, like his Muslim enemies, a true believer, driven by the goal of keeping Europe “Judeo-Christian.”