Overview

• Speaking to RTL on August 22, the Tokio Hotel singer said of Kontalis, “Wir lernen uns kennen.”
• In his Kaulitz Hills podcast on August 20, he joked that he would be the “First Lady of Mönchengladbach,” nodding to Kontalis’s campaign for mayor.
• Clips from Berlin’s Bricks club after a Wuhlheide concert showed the pair in close contact, which fueled the initial reports.
• He defended Kontalis in the RTL interview, saying the public only knows the reality-TV persona and not the person off camera.
• Kontalis shared selfies and called it “one of the best evenings of my life,” while tabloid and social-media commentary has speculated about possible PR motives during his campaign.