Stefanie Hertel chats on the MDR Riverboat about her beginnings as a pop singer, her homeland and performs with her country band "More than words".
But when moderator Matze Knop makes a joke about folk music, Stefanie Hertel is suddenly annoyed.
Leipzig – Life is still okay in folk music.
Women in dirndls and men in lederhosen sing in a good mood about mountains, friendships and great love - and of course everyone can yodel.
At least that's the typical folk music cliché.
Stefanie Hertel (43) seems to have had enough of the ideal world picture and reacts irritably when riverboat moderator Matze Knop (48) alludes to it.
Stefanie Hertel annoyed: Riverboat presenter hits out with folk music clichés
Actually, the atmosphere at the MDR Riverboat was quite relaxed.
Schlager star Stefanie Hertel talks in a good mood about her childhood and her dream of becoming a singer.
Papa Hertel is also allowed to tell one or two childhood anecdotes.
So it came up that Stefanie Hertel once stood at the garden fence and yodelled at the top of her lungs - to the amazement of her father.
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Clichés about folk music?
Pop star Stefanie Hertel doesn't find that funny at all (photo montage).
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“You come from folk music. You have to be able to yodel," says Matze Knop in response to Stefanie Hertel's story. But Stefanie Hertel doesn't find it funny at all that the riverboat presenter unpacks this folk music cliché and counters with an iron gaze: "No, you don't necessarily have to".
Already knew? Stefanie Hertel was once married to Stefan Mross
Before Helene Fischer and Florian Silbereisen there was Stefanie Hertel and Stefan Mross.
For years, the two were considered THE hit dream couple.
They met in 1991 at the 1991 Folk Music Grand Prix and just a year later their relationship became public.
In October 2001 their daughter Johanna was born.
In September 2006, Stefanie Hertel and Stefan Mross got married in a civil ceremony in Florida and two months later in a church ceremony in South Tyrol.
But their marital bliss only lasted a few years.
In September 2011 they announced their separation, in 2012 the marriage was divorced.
In the MDR Riverboat: Matze Knop surprises Stefanie Hertel with yodelling skills
Stefanie Hertel in a bad mood?
That's rare too.
But Matze Knop makes up for his cliché mistake by convincing the pop singer with his own yodelling skills.
And after Papa Hertel was allowed to yodel, everyone is in a good mood again.
Then Matze Knop quickly steers the topic back to something harmless and asks Stefanie Hertel about her brothers.
Long hair, flashy outfits, wild looks: the pictures of the big hit stars then and now
Long hair, flashy outfits, wild looks: The pictures of the big hit stars then and now
Her ex should also be in a bad mood: Anna-Carina Woitschack makes headlines with her honest interview about her marriage to Stefan Mross.
Because, as the pop singer now tells, she suffered a lot from the marriage problems – emotionally and physically.
There is talk of skin problems, sleep disorders and weight loss.
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