Most people know Thomas Gottschalk as “Wetten, dass ...?” - moderator. But even today he is still regularly in front of the camera. Does he still have to work?
- Thomas Gottschalk turned 70
- Nevertheless, the former “Wetten, dass ...?” Moderator is still regularly in front of the camera
- Now he disclosed his finances and surprised with his pension payment
Bamberg - Relaxing evenings as a family in front of the television, parents and children gathered, and a new program "Wetten, dass ...?. “Most television viewers should connect Thomas Gottschalk with exactly that. As a moderator of the successful show.
For a long time, Thomas Gottschalk was one of the top earners in the German television business and earned fees of up to 100,000 euros per episode, sofocus.de.
Thomas Gottschalk: Still active as a moderator at 70
Even today you can still see the now 70-year-old flickering regularly on the screens. Be it in 2017 in their own talent show "Little Big Stars" or in the program "Because you don't know what happens" with Barbara Schöneberger and Günther Jauch, who recently confessed to a confession *.
But does the moderator still work voluntarily or does he have to? In an interview, the Handelsblatt felt him out.
Thomas Gottschalk: "I obviously missed the official one" - moderator about the pension
On Monday, May 18th, the time had come. Thomas Gottschalk turned 70. Nevertheless, the moderator is still in front of the camera. “ I obviously missed the official retirement date because nobody told me. Now I keep going until the doctor comes, ”Gottschalk jokes himself.
Despite the great success with "Wetten, dass ...?" On ZDF, whose comeback was heavily speculated, the moderator probably never saw himself as an entrepreneur. He never focused on finance because he always had what he needed to live and “because I would have given everything I did for free because I enjoyed it so much,” explains Thomas Gottschalk .
Let's do it again ... # Wettendasspic.twitter.com / 79MZiFUEiL
- Bet that..? (@ Wettendass) October 26, 2019Thomas Gottschalk: Former "Wetten, dass ...?" - moderator revealed - So it is about his finances
But now in concrete terms: what about Thomas Gottschalk's fixed pension ? "915 euros and 79 cents," the moderator told the Handelsblatt . "I owe that to my permanent position at Bayerischer Rundfunk in the eighties."
Thomas Gottschalk probably earned the most money in his career as the face of Haribo advertising. “I stand in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest advertising contract in world history. A few decades as an advertising character for Haribo - it was already worth it, ”said the moderator and author.
And spent most of it? "For a castle on the Rhine that no longer belongs to me", according to Gottschalk it was sold with "huge loss", "and for a mill in Malibu that burned to the ground."
"I was great as an investor!" Jokes the now 70-year-old ironically in conversation with the Handelsblatt.
Will Thomas Gottschalk really be shorter soon? At the end of last year, he confused his fans with a statement. He has to make a sad announcement for his birthday show. Joko and Klaas, on the other hand, shook millions of viewers with a special broadcast *.
The stars also seem to be very talkative about money at the moment. Pietro Lombardi also recently unpacked his finances and revealed his large monthly earnings.
Another moderator recently showed an old photo that revealed a little-known detail from his past.
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Thomas Gottschalk has revealed a secret pact with Günther Jauch. In the last episode of “5 against Jauch”, this year competes against another strong celebrity line-up: A DSDS winner is one of the party.
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