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Carolin Kebekus Recounts First-Birthday Candle Scare Ahead of New Book

The comedian uses the harmless mishap in a dpa interview to preview a memoir due Nov. 6.

Overview

  • Kebekus told dpa in Cologne that her child slapped a burning candle during the first birthday celebration.
  • She said the child was not injured but screamed loudly after the brief contact with the flame.
  • A video of the incident exists, and some relatives still like to rewatch the clip.
  • Kebekus noted the child had been saying “hot” about lamps and the sun, and once about a boy on a train, before learning the real meaning that day.
  • The episode appears in her book “8000 Arten als Mutter zu versagen,” which Kiepenheuer & Witsch publishes on Nov. 6.