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Thomas Gottschalk at the checkout: "Don't ask me what the butter costs"
Photo: Armin Weigel / dpa
Entertainer Thomas Gottschalk sat at the checkout in a Regensburg supermarket for an hour.
There he volunteered to collect donations for the Child Protection Association.
"I go shopping myself, but don't ask me what the butter costs," said the 72-year-old.
"Of course, I always scurry past the magazine stand." But his colleague Florian Silbereisen is usually at the front.
In Regensburg, Gottschalk gave up the seller and collected milk, rice, oranges, gummy bears and wine.
He chatted with customers and encouraged them to round up their purchase amount.
He also wrote autographs and fulfilled countless selfie requests.
The money from the campaign is said to benefit various social causes.
»After Grönemeyer said he would save the board, I said I have to work here.«
Pop singer Herbert Grönemeyer announced on Gottschalk's ZDF show "Wetten, dass..?" on Saturday that he would take over the costs for the Berliner Tafel for a month.
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