Thomas Gottschalk: TV star announces his farewell

Thomas Gottschalk (74) officially did his TV party on Saturday evening on Saturday evening. “There is always a moment when you can say: that was it for me on Saturday evening,” the moderator began and then added: “And this moment came for me today.”

According to Gottschalk, he will be 75 years old next week, “and that is the point for a moderator where you should say: you take yourself out of yourself.” In allusion to the new Pontifex Leo XIV, who is 69 years old, the TV legend continued: He always said, “If the Pope is younger than me, then it has gone.

In the end, the 74-year-old said: “I looked after Saturday evening and had a grip on Saturday evening.” The audience celebrated the former “Wetten, dass ..?” Moderator on the show afterwards with standing ovation. At the beginning of December, Thomas Gottschalk is said to appear in a farewell show.

Thomas Gottschalk started his career at the Bavarian Radio and designed numerous radio programs. With the show “Well something!” Finally, he managed the breakthrough on television. In 1987 he took over the ZDF evening show “Wetten, dass ..?”. In November 2023, the 74-year-old presented his 154th and last “Wetten, dass ..?” Show after a few breaks. In “Because you don’t know what happens” he was seen with Barbara Schöneberger (51) and Günther Jauch (68). Together with Mike Krüger (73), Thomas Gottschalk was also successful with the “Supernasen” films. In total, the stripes attracted over ten million spectators to the cinemas in the 1980s.