First, Harald Schmidt was criticized because he allowed himself to be photographed with Matthias Matussek and Hans-Georg Maaßen. The way Maassen defends himself gets him charged.
A picture and its escalating story: The cabaret artist, entertainer and actor Harald Schmidt will appear on August 23 at the summer festival of the right-wing conservatives in Switzerland world week photographed with two right-wing conservative Germans, the journalist Matthias Matussek and former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen: Dressed for summer with short sleeves, only Maassen is wearing a tie, Schmidt is smiling and has a wine glass in his hand. In the days that followed, this photo caused dismay and outrage, mainly on social media. But not only there also the daily mirror asked: “Has Harald Schmidt turned sharply to the right?”