Christian Lindner, 43, politician, thinking about a new hobby. As a little boy he wanted to be a farmer, but now the finance minister has a lot of outdoor hobbies. “I’m out and about in nature very intensively whenever my time allows,” said the FDP boss at an event organized by the editorial network Germany (RND). He already has a hunting license and a fishing license – and is currently working on the small riding badge. “The next thing is: beekeeping,” he announced.
Robert Geiss, 58, entrepreneur, misses the mark. Geiss was supposed to tap the barrel at an Oktoberfest in Saint-Tropez. As can be seen in a video on his wife Carmen Geiss’ Instagram account, he swings the beer mallet three times before it falls out of his hand. The beer drips onto the floor when the audience says that the tap is already open. Robert Geiss is standing in a pool of beer and his wife posts the video with the comment: “It totally went haywire.”
Michael Jordan, 59, US basketball player, has winning T-shirt. One of his jerseys was auctioned in New York for around ten million dollars. The auction house Sotheby’s announced after the auction that it was the most expensive basketball jersey ever sold. Jordan wore the jersey in the first game of the 1998 NBA Finals. The basketball player and his Chicago Bulls had won the 1998 final series 4-2 against the Utah Jazz. It was the sixth and last championship for the legendary number 23.
Eva Briegel43, singer of the band July, looks for challenging tasks. She is studying psychology, she told the German Press Agency. “So that the beet does something other than just creative work. I found it totally relaxed to have something to do with math for my statistics exercises and to work scientifically. That is a good counterpoint to this often egocentric work in music.” She’s about to get her bachelor’s degree.
Roland Kaiser, 70, pop singer, doesn’t want to become “stubborn”. “The discourse with my children keeps me curious and young,” he said in an interview with the news portal t-online. The talks are about the topic of gender. “I think dealing with it and understanding the thinking behind gender is something positive,” said Kaiser, whose children are already adults. “There is a lot of tolerance and reflection in language development. You have to correct the language.” Some things are “hundreds of years” old and “not always up to date”.
Cardi B, 29, US rapper confessed and avoided a trial in a New York court. She now has to do community service for 15 days, as reported by US media. According to the indictment, there was a physical argument between the rapper and two barmaids in a strip club in New York in August 2018. Cardi B and her companion are said to have thrown bottles, drinks and chairs at the women. At the time, they said they were injured. In 2019, Cardi B initially rejected the allegations. By admitting her guilt, she now avoided a trial that would have threatened her with imprisonment if she was convicted.