Overview

• Menden and her fiancé, Gustav Masurek, revealed the news with an Instagram beach video that shows her baby bump and the message, “Ein Herzschlag, der unser Leben für immer verändert – unser größtes Wunder beginnt.”
• In interviews with RTL and Bild, the couple said they are overjoyed and looking forward to becoming a family of three.
• Menden, who has played Emily on GZSZ since 2004, confirmed she will take a temporary babypause and intends to resume filming afterward.
• Masurek, known from The Bachelorette 2021, said he will step into a full-time dad role during the pause and is slated for a guest appearance on RTL’s Alles was zählt on September 12, 2025.
• The couple said they waited for a key prenatal check, the nuchal translucency measurement, before making the pregnancy public.