Boris Becker: That appealed to him on “Bear Hunt”

While his ex-wife Lilly Becker (48) through the RTL jungle show “I’m a star-get me out of here!” Fight, tennis legend Boris Becker (57) will soon be seen in a wilderness reality format. On February 5, the new Netflix show “Bear Hunt-The Celebrity Hunt” (“Celebrity Bear Hunt”) starts, in which Becker and eleven other celebrities are suspended in the jungle of Costa Rica. There they have to be hunted by the survival expert Bear Grylls (50).

The conditions are said to have been much harder than in the Australian jungle camp. A ambulance and anti-snake bite sprayer were supposed to be constantly ready for the shooting. In an interview with “Bild am Sonntag”, Becker revealed what his biggest challenges were: “Certainly the wild animals. In general, leaving my own comfort zone. I am a control freak. Not knowing what was coming next was hard. No cell phone, No television.

When he received the request for the format, he immediately said yes. “I’m a fan of Bear Grylls. He’s cool.” He love his interview series. “I am a narrow-gauge adventurer, wanted to explore my limits and learn a little about myself. And I found it exciting to experience Costa Rica.” The RTL show “I’m a star – get me out of here!”, In which Lilly Becker is currently hoping for the crown, there is nothing for him: “For years I have been asked for the so -called jungle camp in England and Germany, there would be I never take part. “

In the British show, he once again found that he was fundamentally not afraid. He trusts himself and has an urine instinct “that everything always becomes somehow good”. He tries to stay calm with all problems and find solutions. “That’s how I did it in playing tennis and now in the wilderness of Costa Rica.”

There he acted as a kind of camp dad in the face of younger colleagues such as Model Lotti Moss (27), ex-spice girl Mel B. (49) and TV chef Big (29). “I even tell a German bedtime story and sometimes had to arbitrate. You are killed in such a way that you fall into bed at 9 a.m. “I discovered the cooking for myself and looked over our Big over our shoulder.”

However, Becker probably had to throw the towel early after being injured on the first day. The unveiled production boss Ben Mitchell, according to the British “The Sun”: “He twisted his knee and we didn’t want to risk that he was injured even more seriously,” said Mitchell. “So unfortunately we had to take it out of the show – a shame.”

Nevertheless, the former tennis professional in the “Bild” interview is happy: “I am doing well privately and professionally. I have arrived. When you are freshly married and in the middle of the job, you feel good.” After the filming, he took the chance to travel through Costa Rica with his wife.