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By: Andreas Jäger
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In an article about Monika Gruber's farewell performance, an SZ author jokes about the cabaret artist's fans.
Now Monika Gruber is shooting back.
Munich – For more than 20 years, the cabaret artist Monika Gruber thrilled her audience with Bavarian directness and sharp tongues.
But to the disappointment of her fans, the entertainer ended her stage career - Gruber celebrated the grand finale in the Munich Olympic Hall on March 8th in front of over 10,000 spectators.
The atmosphere was not only emotional, but above all exuberant.
Numerous celebrities such as footballer Thomas Müller, State Parliament President Ilse Aigner and folk musician Andreas Gabalier also didn't want to miss Gruber's last appearance.
Cabaret artist Monika Gruber was horrified by the discriminatory comments about her fans in an Insta video (screenshot on the left).
© Instagram/Monika Gruber;
IMAGO/Daniel Scharinger (Mercury collage)
Süddeutsche Zeitung accused Gruber fans of being “right-wing”
An author from the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
was apparently more amused by the audience than by Gruber's performance, which has often been described as "controversial" in various media since the memorable Erding demo.
And so the article, which appeared the day after Gruber's farewell performance, reads not only like a reckoning with the cabaret artist herself - but also with her fans.
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The
SZ
writes that Gruber's fans look "suspicious of right-wing extremism".
The author recognized this from “leopard prints on coats, scarves, pants, shoes.”
And the newspaper article continues: “Most people here must have had affairs, mid-life crises and menopause, the faces of the married couples standing at the prosecco bar are marked by a pleasant, compromising boredom.” Commenting on the cheers at Gabalier's guest appearance the
SZ
said: “Is this the silent majority that Hubert Aiwanger was talking about?”
Gruber recommends canceling your SZ subscription
On Tuesday, Monika Gruber spoke out herself and sharply criticized the discriminatory statements made by the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
.
The cabaret artist explained on Instagram that she didn't come off well in the article, "that's not my point at all."
“But the fact that my audience is now being discriminated against and insulted – because of their appearance, because of their age, their clothes or because they simply think Andreas Gabalier is hot, that has a new quality,” said Gruber.
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“Nobody has to put up with something like that,” said the cabaret artist.
And he also said that two people had subsequently canceled their SZ subscription.
“You can do that,” said Gruber and advised her fans: “Everyone who wants to stand against discrimination and for tolerance: just cancel your
SZ
subscription.”
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By the way, if you have actually angrily canceled your
SZ
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