serena williams, 40, tennis legend, keeps a back door open. After leaving the US Open and the previously announced end of her career, the American thanked her family on the pitch, especially her sister Venus, with whom she had also left the tournament in doubles the night before. After 24 years and 81 Grand Slam tournaments, she wanted to keep an option open for a return. “I don’t think so, but you never know,” said Williams, who added with a smile at the press conference with a view to the Australian Open early next year: “I’ve always loved Australia…” But a return is realistic Not. She is now ready to be even more “mother, to be a different version of Serena”. Williams had already announced that she wanted to have a second child and that in the future she would primarily pursue her duties as a mother and a businesswoman.
Jane Fonda, 84, actress and political activist, speaks plain language. “Almost every family in America has dealt with cancer at some point, and far too many don’t have access to the kind of medical care that I have, and that’s not right,” she wrote in a post on Instagram, in which she announced that she had cancer. She was diagnosed with what is known as non-Hodgkin lymphoma and started chemotherapy. This is a cancer that responds very well to treatment. Fonda writes that 80 percent of patients would survive. Therefore, she considers herself “very lucky”. She also has good health insurance and access to the best doctors. “I realize, and it’s painful, that I’m privileged in that regard.” The illness and treatment would not slow down her commitment to climate protection, she asserts. This is a very important time in human history to work together for change and for the future.
Michael Herbig, 54, comedian and director, who calls himself “Bully”, has become thoughtful. He thinks it’s absolutely right that people don’t talk about certain things like they did 20 years ago. He would no longer do the Karl May film parody “Der Schuh des Manitou” like this today. “I made the film 22 years ago and it was a parody of films that were in the cinema 60 years ago,” he explained in an interview with Giovanni di Lorenzo on the Radio Bremen talk show “3 nach 9″ that was broadcast on Friday evening ://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/.”The comedy police have become so strict.” That takes a bit of the innocence and freedom, says Herbig. There are a lot of loud voices nowadays and everyone is “dissatisfied with the overall situation”. He still has no answer for himself, he said somewhat helplessly.
peter maffay, 73, musician, also has qualities as a reader. His partner, the biology and sports teacher Hendrikje Balsmeyer, 35, he occasionally reads books, she said in an interview with the German Press Agency. “Sometimes in the evening I’m just too tired to finish reading the chapter, so I’ll ask Peter.” Sometimes she has to ask twice before he understands “that my question was meant seriously. But then he’s happy to do it and I enjoy it very much.” The two have just published a children’s book, the read-aloud book “Anouk, your next adventure is calling!” for children five years and older. It is dedicated to their three-year-old daughter Anouk.