Overview
- In recent interviews cited by multiple outlets from a Bild report, van Bergen confirmed, “I can’t see anything anymore. I am blind.”
- A bleeding in her right eye led to surgery in recent weeks, but the procedure did not restore vision after earlier loss in the left eye.
- Schnitzler, her housemate and close friend, provides daily support and says a caregiver or nursing home is financially out of reach.
- The Deutsche Presse-Agentur relayed that van Bergen cannot walk, uses a wheelchair, and Schnitzler is currently too weak to push it.
- The 2009 RTL Dschungelcamp winner still receives fan letters, but she can no longer read or answer them due to her blindness.