Thomas Gottschalk defends himself against accusations of groping on “Wetten,dass..?”. “I believe that I have never in my life exceeded my competence as a presenter and when I touched women, I only held them to prevent them from running to the jet,” he says.

The TV star has received prestigious awards such as the Golden Camera (1995), the German Television Prize (1999 and 2009) and the Bavarian Television Prize.