Love out of the Ulmens: The story of a burst flagship marriage

When the report was circulating around 15 years ago that Collien Fernandes (43) and Christian Ulmen (49) are a couple, it was not badly marveled. The cheeky guy of “Unter Ulmen”, the shameless type of “My new friend” really conquered the heart of the charming moderator? But he’s MTV, she Viva! The two are far too different, that won’t last long – some thought that and hoped others who had secretly crushed in Fernand.

How you can be wrong. In 2011 the wedding, the daughter together in 2012 and so far, September 2025, a scandal-free flagship marriage, which is truly not often observed in the celebrity world. As surprisingly as the relationship of the two once came, its separation after 14 years of marriage now seems almost incredible, which, according to the pressinfo, had “already made” some time ago “.

Whether joint commercials, appearances at events or projects such as the series “Jerks.” (In which the two fictional and indeed already divorced versions of them embody themselves): Fernandes and Ulmen always presented themselves as a great team that sparks on the same wavelength. Despite separation, they will continue to do so, for the sake of their child alone: ​​”As a couple, we go separate ways from then on, but as parents we will continue to be there for our daughter,” says the official message about their separation.

Christian Ulmen once said: “I tried everything, tried it with irony and with lies, but I didn’t use anything. The only possible way to keep privacy for themselves is no longer talking about it.” However, these words were discussed in 2011. Ulmen had just returned from the honeymoon to promote his film “men’s hearts”, and was obviously worried as a new husband about the gossip press.

But: Despite the public interest in their marriage, they both managed to keep their relationship privately. At least if they did not voluntarily give insights anyway, such as about two and a half years ago.

Because at the beginning of 2023 there was a significant step for the family of three: the Ulmens emigrated to Mallorca. It was a very spontaneous idea, immediately after the arrival they “had a viewing date the next day and bought the house immediately. The decision lasted a day and a half – and only then did we consider how we will continue,” reported Fernandez later in the year.

In addition to the better weather, there was also a serious “reason why I am glad that we are now living in Mallorca: in Germany I had a stalker that I couldn’t do because the man was not yet violent.”

Your marriage was long considered an exception in the German celebrity world – quiet, stable and completely without escapades. With the separation now officially confirmed, an era ends that shows that prominent couples can also go their own way away from the ramp light.