Jungle camp: The sufferings of Cora S. and the shoehorn of the heart of Heinz

The first day in the jungle belonged to Cora Schumacher. The second one too. If you spent yesterday dozing under a stone: you and Oliver Pocher! Friendship plus. Unfortunately, she has a bit of a crush on the rather funny lover. He’s obviously less so, as his usual disrespectful comments make it easy to see. Nevertheless: Unfortunately, the whole of Germany can no longer get the imaginary images of “Olli from Kölle” and Cora S. losing each other together out of their minds. Maybe (hopefully for her) it was just a joke.

Evil tongues say that the whole Pocher number is just a publicity stunt. After all, Cora trained as a communications specialist. That must have been around the time she first met her raging ralle. Back then, at the go-kart track in Kerpen, where they both hung out with the same clique. “He was my great sandbox love,” says Cora on day 2 in the jungle camp, when Sarah Kern investigates into Schumacher’s relationship pool and wants to know: “Was your husband your greatest love?” Yes, says Cora. She’s “not so sure” about him.

In the jungle phone she becomes clearer: “I was always honest with him. The other way around, no.” In the 14 years of marriage, Ralf has often belittled her, for example complaining about her clothes: “Can you wear something sensible? I’ve heard that often,” says the 47-year-old. Meanwhile, Oliver Pocher is making fun of his alleged affair. He wrote her a letter for the jungle camp, “now Cora just has to learn to read.” So basically everything as always.

Unfortunately, what Cora says is no laughing matter: She currently has no contact with Ralf, who once proposed to her in the parking lot of a burger roaster. What affects her more: not even her son David (22). “Everything’s fine,” says Cora, shaking her head. “I don’t want to complain, I have a nice life, we’re all healthy,” she says. No, she also doesn’t want to talk about some personal things publicly. When was the last time someone who earned their living as a public figure said that?

Slipped straight into the heart with a shoehorn

Thankfully, the camp elder has his bladder under control on day 2. That’s why Heinz Hoenig’s shoe hurts, or more precisely: he can’t get in. Or as the former vacuum cleaner representative and current reality TV participant Fabio Knez puts it more poetically: “The shoe doesn’t want to go where the foot wants to go, they have different opinions.” Oh, if only there was a shoehorn, the actor complains and his plea is surprisingly heard. RTL donates the antiquated-looking dressing aid, Fabio delivers it.

Then Hoenig’s wrinkled face suddenly becomes very soft, he is so grateful for this small gesture of humanity: “I have a shoehorn from Fabio as a souvenir, not everyone can say that,” he says. On day 1 there was still the bad-tempered rager – well, thanks to the shoehorn, good-naturedness personified: “I have the feeling that no one here wants anything bad for anyone else,” says Hoenig, referring to his camp colleagues. Well, the man had never seen the jungle camp before taking part, how would he know?

Briefly interspersed for later resubmission: Fabio has a lot of what characterizes a jungle king: He takes care of others. He seems to be in a stable condition and he shows humor: When his colleague Anya sheds bitter tears because she is not allowed to take part in the jungle test (“Am I too boring for the spectators?”), he uses this to take a little swipe at footballer David Odonkor: “Here, David! 2006 World Cup, you lost to Italy in the semifinals. You don’t talk about that all the time anymore, do you?” Odonkor: “No, I only talk about the positive: my cross against Poland.” It was the then 22-year-old national player’s great hour: he crossed and Oliver Neuville scored to make it 1-0 against Poland. But back to Fabio: He’s not only good with people but also with animals. At least he can imitate dogs, cats and cows surprisingly well. Communication on many levels, so important!

Former bedfellows argue

The two influencers Kim Virgina and Twenty4Tim don’t get along as well with animals in their jungle test: While he screams like a spit during the close encounter with ants, she stays somewhat cool during the food test (eating a crocodile penis). In the end they earn five stars. Kim’s biggest worry on the way back to camp: “Do I still have a penis on my face?”

Speaking of which: she no longer has any interest in her former lover, Mike Heiter, she explained to her exam partner beforehand. “I want to see him burn in hell. Maybe fuck him, maybe,” she says. Yes, yes, you know it. Just cut up your ex’s entire baseball cap collection, then got another love tattoo on your butt cheek. The cheerful Mike is completely different in his private life, Kim whispers, disrespectful and manipulative, that’s how she got to know him. “He lives in his childhood room, doesn’t have a car and sleeps until 3 p.m.,” she wants to diss him at best. However, the same could be said about almost every resident of Sesame Street.

Heinz Hoenig, the experienced mime, happened to be sitting next to Kim and Mike when they were poisoning each other and didn’t really understand anything, but actually understood a lot: “You have to be careful with reality formats,” said the actor and recommended a real one for a change Reality check: “They should do an endurance run together and talk while they do it!” With this in mind: Go for it!

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