Gause has to cancel “heute journal” – Hayali criticizes “schwurbler-snot”
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Dropouts and problems during the broadcast: Gundula Gause had to end moderation of the “heute journal” prematurely due to health problems. Co-host Dunja Hayali then thanked viewers for their compassion – but also criticized some of the reactions.
NNews presenter Gundula Gause had to temporarily sit out of the ZDF “heute journal” on Monday evening. While moderating a contribution, her voice faltered and Gause also had difficulty finding the right intonations and ended up speaking more and more unclearly. Recently she was no longer visible in the picture.
“The fact that I now have to finish the program alone is simply because Gundula has just become a little dizzy. Can happen. But the all-clear: she’s feeling better again,” said presenter Dunja Hayali at the end of the show, which she then finished alone.
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Viewers commented on the incident on social media and were concerned about Gause’s audible outbursts. Co-host Hayali thanked viewers on the online platform X for their compassion. “THANK YOU to everyone who reacted emphatically (sic!) and compassionately to Gundula!!!,” she wrote. And with a view to some reactions, he added: “The fact that some people can’t/don’t want to suppress their swearing and defamatory snot even in such a situation is really sad.”
On Tuesday, ZDF released a statement about the incident. “After a bout of weakness in the ‘heute journal’, Gundula Gause is feeling better again. A medical examination revealed that there was no serious cause for the sudden dizziness,” it said the station’s website. “It was probably an orthostatic collapse (volatile circulatory weakness, note),” ZDF quoted Gause as saying. “Nausea, headaches, dizziness – not eating enough, not drinking enough… and I thought I could do it.”
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The 58-year-old Gause has been co-hosting the show since 1993. On Tuesday, Hanna Zimmermann will represent her in the “heute journal” so that the presenter can recover, ZDF announced.
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