On Saturday evening, Bastian Schweinsteiger and his wife Ana Ivanović were guests on Thomas Gottschalk’s last “Wetten,dass..?” program.
Even before the 2014 soccer world champion was invited onto the stage, his name was mentioned for the first time. The reason: Thomas Gottschalk once referred to actor Matthias Schweighöfer as “Matthias Schweinsteiger” in the first minutes of the show.
During Schweighöfer’s appearance, the film “Girl You Know It’s True”, in which the 42-year-old plays the role of music producer Frank Farian, was introduced.
After the trailer for the film adaptation of the rise of the 1980s pop duo Milli Vanilli was shown, Gottschalk said: “Matthias Schweinsteiger as Frank Farian.”
The star presenter’s faux pas was picked up by many viewers – some commented on it with amusement X. Actor Marcus Mittermeier wrote: “I thought I had misheard. But you heard it too…”
“Lars Riedle”: Gottschalk makes another slip of the tongue
Shortly afterwards, Gottschalk made another mistake after Schweinsteiger and Ivanovic sat down next to him.
Although he is not crazy about football, he emphasized that he “knows a lot of footballers. And some you will never forget. Günter Netzer, Franz Beckenbauer, Lothar Matthäus and also Bastian Schweinsteiger.”
But there are also “many football heroes that football fans can name,” added Gottschalk.
And then it got strange: “For example, I had to write it down, Uwe Bein. There was once a world champion (1990, editor’s note) named Uwe Bein.”
Schweinsteiger nodded knowingly – still. Because Gottschalk continued his sentence: “Or the great Lars Riedle, for example.” Schweinsteiger then looked a little surprised – and he wasn’t the only one.
Thomas Gottschalk surprised Bastian Schweinsteiger
Because once again many viewers in front of the television sets asked themselves who Gottschalk meant by this.
The former discus thrower Lars Riedel? Or Karl-Heinz “Kalle” Riedle, who also became world champion with Germany in 1990?
Bastian Schweinsteiger makes fun of Thomas Gottschalk
After the broadcast, Schweinsteiger poked fun at the presenter and posted a photo with himself, his wife Ana Ivanović and Schweighöfer – with the subtitle: “The Schweinsteigers.”
Publish this later ZDF a video showing Schweighöfer and Schweinsteiger after the broadcast. The latter states with a laugh: “We are Mathias Schweinsteiger Schweighöfer, married until the end of our lives.”
But Schweighöfer brings up another suggestion: “I think Basti Schweighöfer is good too.” The ex-footballer then replies: “It also fits, we can take both.”