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Gesine Cukrowski and Michael Helfrich Confirm Split After 25 Years

Their long partnership without marriage had been framed by her as an equal union.

Overview

  • Cukrowski and Helfrich, who confirmed the split Sunday via a joint statement to Bild, said they made the decision in 2025.
  • They described the move as mutual and respectful and said they will remain on friendly terms.
  • The pair asked for privacy and declined to give reasons for ending the relationship.
  • They never married, maintaining a long cohabiting partnership often called a “wilde Ehe” in Germany.
  • They share a 24-year-old daughter, Lina, and Cukrowski has previously questioned marriage as a patriarchal institution in interviews.