A Netflix documentary about Helene Fischer was surprisingly stopped – even though it was almost finished. Was it too private for the singer?
A highly anticipated Netflix documentary about pop singer Helene Fischer (40) will not be released – although, according to media reports, the production was almost completed. A Netflix spokeswoman also only confirmed to the news agency spot on news that the project did not work out – without being specific. The exact reason therefore remains nebulous so far. However, disagreements between Fischer and Netflix could be the reason for the end.
Accordingly, the film should have also provided intimate insights behind the scenes of their “Rausch” tour and of course also shown one or two private moments. Did the entire deal fall through because Helene Fischer continues to meticulously want to keep her private life away from the public? A completely plausible explanation that would seamlessly follow Helene Fischer’s previous actions.
Consistent separation of stage and private life
The failure of the documentary for this reason would not be a coincidence or a slip-up, but would reflect Helene Fischer’s consistent strategy to seal off and protect her private life. “I would like to just do my job, stand on stage as an artist, then close the door and just be a private person,” the 39-year-old explained her philosophy in a “Zeit” interview in 2021. She has almost perfected this strict separation between public person and private person over the years.
Fischer describes her situation as being in two parallel worlds: “One is the stage on which I stand. And when I leave it, I’m immediately Helene again.” While she delights her audience with spectacular shows on stage, she leads a surprisingly normal life away from the spotlight. “I do the housework, cook, and am there for my family. Many people probably can’t even imagine how normal, inconspicuous and chaotic my life actually is,” she said just last year, for example, in a surprisingly candid way by her standards Interview with the.
Painful experiences in the past
This attitude is no coincidence. In the past, Fischer has had to experience several times how private moments were made public against her will. This was particularly painful during her pregnancy: “We consciously held it back for a long time and initially only shared it with the very, very closest circles,” the singer remembers in the “Zeit” interview, “what really disappointed me was the fact “that someone must have betrayed me.”
Something similar happened when she separated from fellow hit singer Florian Silbereisen (40) in 2018. “We actually wanted to wait until we went public with it,” reports Fischer. The early publication forced the couple to have to share their “most intimate emotional world with the public”. Apparently completely against her will.
The musician even had to experience how paparazzi resorted to cross-border measures: “During the construction phase of our house there was supposedly a break-in, which was then reported on. Today we know: It was the paparazzi themselves who staged this break-in in order to report it to be able to report.”
Focus on art instead of private matters
That’s why Fischer consciously concentrates on her artistic work. Her upcoming “360° stadium tour” will attract hundreds of thousands of fans to Germany’s largest arenas in the summer of 2025, and her traditional Christmas show “The Helene Fischer Show” will also return to television in 2024. But the private remains private – apparently even if it means foregoing projects like the Netflix documentary.
“It would be disappointing for many people to see how normal my lifestyle is. I’m not interested in luxury. I could still drive an Opel Ascona,” says Fischer. She wants to maintain this normality. The failed Netflix documentary underlines once again: Germany’s most successful singer draws a clear line when it comes to her private life. Or is there a completely different reason behind the documentary being canceled? Helene Fischer has not yet commented on the exact reasons for the cancellation of the documentary.
Source: Stern
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