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“They work really hard for their money”: Thomas Gottschalk puts criticism of influencers into perspective
Thomas Gottschalk and Shirin David on “Wetten,dass..?”
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Thomas Gottschalk had to face a lot of criticism for his comments about influencers. Now the “Wetten,dass..?” moderator is rowing back and adopting a conciliatory tone.
TV veteran Thomas Gottschalk has moved further away from his fundamental criticism of influencers. “I really don’t mind at all Influencers. They work really hard for their money. Working means that they work 20 hours a day into the small device,” said Gottschalk in his joint podcast with Mike Krüger, “Die Supernasen”.
In his own words, Gottschalk sees the problem with followers: “Why do I follow people like that and make them strong and make them big? For me, this word follower simply has a negative connotation to begin with. I’m not someone who wants to follow, it’s me wants to lead the way. Many children have the impression that they are better served as followers than being creative themselves.”
Shirin David gave Thomas Gottschalk Contra
Gottschalk, who moderated his last “Wetten,dass..?” show in Offenburg at the end of November, had made condescending comments about influencers several times in the past. Among other things, he once emphasized that influencers had no place on his “Wetten, dass…?” couch. Rapper Shirin David promptly teased him at the last show: “You once said influencers don’t belong on your couch, and I have to say, it’s very comfortable here!”
Thomas Gottschalk
“Then I’d rather not say anything more”: The last edition of “Wetten,dass..?” for the time being. in pictures
Gottschalk also commented on slips of the tongue in the podcast when he mixed up the names of his guests Matthias Schweighöfer and Bastian Schweinsteiger. “Of course I know his name is Bastian Schweinsteiger, did I say Schweighöfer?” said Gottschalk. “Because: During rehearsals you say the name a thousand times. It’s not like what you see on TV. You’re constantly out at a rehearsal beforehand, and you say it correctly a thousand times beforehand: Schweinsteiger and Schweighöfer. I would have I would also like to have Til Schweiger there, even though that’s a stinker.” He would have “done it all”.