Entertainer Thomas Gottschalk, 69, has a "bad conscience" because he separated from his wife after 46 years together. That's what he told the MIRROR. He tries, as much as possible, to "minimize the damage I have done to all involved". As for his marriage, he "made a decision that I do not know is the right one, no one knows that".
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One year ago he fell in love with his today's partner, with whom he now lives in Baden-Baden. "For the first time in my life, I have decided against reason and against everything that the rest of the world would have expected of me, following an inner voice that I had successfully ignored until then."
- ("I've lived a time that's around": read the whole conversation with Thomas Gottschalk here.)
Next year, Gottschalk will again "bet that ...?" moderate. According to him, the date of 7 November 2020 in Offenburg is fixed. Gottschalk says, "I'll try a 'bet that ..?' And then there must be Phil Collins with a peg leg and Madonna with a support corset and no influencers or bloggers just because they have millions of followers - there will be a bagger bet, we will not try 'bets' that ..? ' It's a camaraderie evening, a nostalgia event. "
Regarding the question of whether or not it will be a one-time remake, Gottschalk says, "I've learned to distrust my own oaths, never say never, like Sean Connery, who left as James Bond and relapsed."
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