Mike Krüger on Gottschalk podcast: “Unfortunately, I often don’t think about what I’m saying”

Mike Krüger runs a podcast together with Thomas Gottschalk. The comedian sometimes forgets that thousands of people are listening to him.

Hamburg – Mike Krüger (72) and Thomas Gottschalk (73) have been meeting regularly for a chat at the microphone for around a year. In the podcast “Die Supernasen” they have already revealed one or two secrets or made fun of colleagues from the TV industry. In retrospect, there seems to be one or two stories that at least the comedian would have preferred to keep to himself.

Podcast with Thomas Gottschalk: Mike Krüger often forgets to think

Even before the guest list for his last “Wetten,dass..?” edition was officially announced, Thomas Gottschalk had announced one celebrity guest after the other in his podcast. The moderator and his colleague Mike Krüger have also allowed themselves a few attacks against stars such as Heidi Klum (50), Dieter Bohlen (70) and reality TV star Iris Klein (56). In the “

” the latter reveals that he often forgets who is listening and is sometimes quite surprised by the press reports.

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“Unfortunately, even today I often don’t think about what I say. The podcast comes out on Tuesdays, and on Wednesdays we are in all the newspapers because we talked happily to ourselves again,” says Mike Krüger in the show. The problem: He is used to different times. “No one would have been interested in this before, no one would have written about it, no one would have been interested 40 years ago,” he explains.

Mike Krüger explains basic rules of comedy

He is always amazed at the headlines that he and Thomas Gottschalk make with their talk. Basically, he doesn't mind it - because Mike Krüger follows a clear motto. “There's a basic rule of comedy: You can joke about anyone if you're also joking about yourself. Rudi Carrell always said on 'Seven Days, Seven Heads': 'Guys, we have to make fun of ourselves, then we can make fun of the others.'”

Because he doesn't stop at making jokes about himself, he can also allow himself to make funny statements about other people. But there was still criticism: after Thomas Gottschalk and Mike Krüger publicly exposed her, Iris Klein reacted.