Elena Uhlig and Fritz Karl: Nothing has changed through the wedding

After 17 years as lovers and four common children, Elena Uhlig (49) and Fritz Karl (57) married in November 2023. “Nothing” has changed since the wedding, Uhlig reveals in an interview with the news agency Spot on News. The actress and successful Instagramer, who celebrates her milestone birthday on July 31, looks back on her previous years with her new book “50 is not a speed limit” (Knaur TB, July 21). Here she tells what marriage means to her, whether she is a strict mother and how she deals with hate messages.

Elena Uhlig: In fact, I don’t get that many. And when someone gets cheeky, the comment is deleted and the sender is blocked. Many comments have nothing to do with factual criticism. And I don’t give these people the right to treat myself badly. It sometimes hurts me very, very much. If a message is sent to me privately under the belt, I sometimes personally send a voice message back. Many shock because they don’t count on it.

Uhlig: In my opinion, this is completely absurd and unimaginable for me. I am stunned when I see how a woman deals with the production of a cake from the cocoa bean to glaze for ten hours – just to wait for her husband. This is a backward -looking image of women. I think that’s dangerous. We have been fighting for so many years to get the same rights. But if a woman decides to want to live like this – please. That is your thing.

Uhlig: That was on vacation and he just said: “We just have such a good time.” Of course, a marriage in the end is a contract. She regulates things. And she is also a promise. And for him – and also for me – it was nice to fix it. I am an emancipated woman. I like to be – and yet I would not have made a request and I think it’s nice when the knight comes on the horse. One does not exclude the other.

Uhlig: Nothing at all, zero. Only that I now call him “my husband”, it is sometimes difficult for me.

Uhlig: Finalness becomes real when the first impacts in the Freundeskreis pass. When people die suddenly, you notice that life is finally. There is still a carefree existence with us, the children are at home and I want to see that we are all sitting at the table together on vacation and playing UN. And then comes the time when you prefer to go to the disco in the evening instead of playing cards with us. And my big one will move out at some point. That is difficult. I want to keep the moments and sometimes you can’t hold them.

Uhlig: Yes and I constantly ask myself: where did the time have been? This famous sentence “they get big so quickly” is right. But I will continue to insist that he is at home up to twelve. There will still be some discussions, for sure.

Uhlig: My husband always says I am incredibly strict. I see it myself differently. My children also claim that we are not allowed to do anything. I think that’s not true and you can do a lot.

Uhlig: The big ones, they are old enough, I no longer interfere. But the little ones? Under no circumstances. They are not allowed. This regularly causes discussions and it is a difficult topic. Then it says: “But mom, you do that too!” Or: “Show at least time!” I always tell you that you still have so much time. But that’s not easy.

Uhlig: I will definitely cut my hair off at some point. I just don’t feel like long hair that you have to style all the time. However, my husband says that this is no different with short hair – and he is probably right.

Uhlig: No, everyone has their own style. But what makes me very happy: my children love it colorful – just like me.

Uhlig: Health. For me, for my children, for those I love. I know that sounds like a phrase – but it’s the truth. If we are doing well and nothing bad happens, everything else is secondary.