“Just don’t do anything wrong”
“Boiled and anxious”: Thomas Gottschalk pities the younger generation
“You notice every time they open their mouths that they are thinking of all their five million followers,” says Gottschalk about the offspring of the entertainment industry
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Reality Stars and Youtube Influencers? Entertainer Thomas Gottschalk does not think much of young people in the entertainment industry.
In his own words, Thomas Gottschalk has little to do with young people in the entertainment industry. “I have to be careful not to waste all my time insulting any reality stars or YouTube influencers because I don’t believe in them,” said the moderator in an interview with the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. “That’s the big danger I’m in right now, that I’m constantly thinking, ‘Are you really serious?’
Above all, he misses the courage of the younger entertainers to say something wrong. “All these people with five million followers between the ages of nine and eleven, you notice every time they open their mouths that they are thinking of all their five million followers and just don’t want to do anything wrong.”
Thomas Gottschalk – the man who had them all on the couch
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Gottschalk insulted singers and radio editors “back then”.
He never worries what people might think of him. “The young generation today is so soft-boiled and so anxious about success. They’re under so much pressure. I’m sorry.” He used to insult live singers or editors on the radio – “that was possible back then, as long as the listeners thought it was funny.”
Today he is happy “that people still want to see and hear me.” It is a great honor to be able to grow old in your profession.