Lilly Becker on the “Playboy” cover: She wants to be more than just “the ex of”

New phase of life, new strength, new self-confidence: TV star and model Lilly Becker (49) is the new cover star of the German “Playboy”. For the October edition of the magazine, which will appear on September 11, she was sensually staged – and combines the revealing recordings with a conscious message: “I would like to remind all women that they have an invisible crown and that they should be proud and self -confidence. That they are a queen even if nobody tells them,” said Becker in the interview with the “Playboy”.

For Becker, the appearance is more than a photo shoot: he stands for a new chapter in her life. After turbulent years in which she had to get through legal disputes and public hostility, she achieved a comeback in early 2025 with the victory in the RTL jungle camp. “I saw the chance in the jungle to save my name that had been pulled into the dirt. When I won, I loved and saw myself.”

It was a very conscious decision that she could be photographed for the “Playboy” a few months before her 50th birthday for the “Playboy”. “I thought: Fuck it, I look good, I worked hard and fought my whole forties a lot and just wanted to finish them with a ‘Bang’. From now on I just want to enjoy.” On the edge of the cover launch in Munich, Becker described the pictures with three words: “Edel, sexy, satisfied.”

The Dutch native also hits new ways privately. Together with her 15-year-old son Amadeus, she moved from London to Düsseldorf. “I followed my gut feeling, it was the right time,” said Becker in an interview with the news agency Spot on News. “It’s not just about me, I also have another person for whom I am responsible. Germany is always good to me.”

Becker also spoke openly one topic that is particularly important to her: menopause. “It was an incredibly difficult time. I also didn’t know that it came to me so early – sleep disorders, hot flashes, weight fluctuations. In Germany, hardly anyone talks about it, it is important to be informed and prepared – even for men. Today I feel better, and I hope that more women talk about it.”

But more important than any headline remains her own message for Becker: she no longer just wants to be seen as “the ex of”. “I did so much and was only ‘the ex of’ – I was too. But now there is a new woman. I want the respect. I see myself as a confident, strong mother, wife and entrepreneur.”

In an interview with the “Playboy”, Lilly Becker cannot refrain from a little swipe against her ex-husband Boris Becker (57): On the same day as her cover, his new book appears. “You are welcome to tell him that I support him and buy him a copy – and if he wants, I like to send him a signed ‘playboy’,” she says.

The October edition of the “Playboy” with Lilly Becker will be available from September 11th. More motifs exclusively at: https://www.playboy.de/coverstars/lilly-becker-oktober-2025