New Sunday talk “Caren Miosga”
Who is keeping their fingers crossed for the hostess?
Caren Miosga celebrates her premiere as host of the new Sunday evening talk show named after her.
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Caren Miosga celebrates her Sunday talk premiere. Who is excited for the new host and what she is most looking forward to.
Caren Miosga: “Anne Will did it brilliantly for 16 years”
In her previous job, Miosga succeeded Anne Will (57) from Cologne: from July 2007, she alternated with various colleagues as the presenter of the daily ARD news program “Tagesthemen”. A year later, Miosga admitted in an interview with “Welt.de”.: “It does take some time to get used to it. I don’t have that much stage fright anymore, but this work will probably never become completely routine.”
Maybe she feels the same way about the new talk format. At least she told the “Tagesschau” recently: “Well, first of all, I look at it with great respect and great humility. Because I think Anne Will did it brilliantly for 16 years.” What she’s most looking forward to is “sitting in front of real people. Looking the other person in the eyes and not through this connection from the studio to the camera,” says Miosga about the option of “real conversations.”
Caren Miosga and her family of four
Her husband and their two daughters (born in 2006 and 2010) will certainly be keeping their fingers crossed on the opening night. Caren Miosga has been married to the pathologist Tobias Grob since 2007. He also regularly accompanies her on red carpets, such as at the 2019 German Radio Prize ceremony in the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the 2015 Federal Press Ball in Berlin’s Hotel Adlon or at the 2010 Golden Camera Awards in Berlin.
Caren Miosga explained how the family of four is doing at home in an interview with the “Editorial Network Germany” a little insight in the middle of the Corona year 2020: “I am in the luxurious position that my life basically continued normally because I already have help with childcare so that I can work during the day and in the evening,” she explained. In this respect, she didn’t have that much additional stress.
David Bowie’s death saddened Caren Miosga
In the conversation, Caren Miosga also revealed which news about her “ttt – title, theses, temperament” (ARD culture magazine, 2006-2007) – and “Tagesthemen” times affected her privately. “When Robert Gernhardt died. Or David Bowie,” she names the German writer and the British superstar who died in 2006 and 2016.
She was also deeply concerned with “the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016”. This may also have “to do with the own experience of flight in many German families, including mine,” she says. Her father came from Upper Silesia.
From pop singer to currywurst
Miosga also showed interest in international affairs when she decided to study history and Slavic studies in Hamburg after graduating from high school. At the same time, she worked as a tour guide in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
She revealed a rather unexpected side in 2021 on the talk show “Club 1”: “I was actually a singer, and the band was called Kurt und die Dillenberger. It was a band in Hanover,” she told host Hannes Ringlstetter (53) about her hit past.
And in a questionnaire from Focus magazine In 2015, the television woman also revealed that she found the best way to relax was “watching old Karl May films” and that “curry sausages” were a temptation for her. However, she doesn’t think much of her own cooking skills, “but my carrot cake is terrific,” says Miosga.