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4w ago

Jan Hofer poses shirtless with his family on Mallorca beach

The former Tagesschau anchor has traded daily news broadcasts for a permanent Balearic retreat focused on family and leisure.

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Overview

  • His latest Instagram post shows him shirtless on a Mallorca beach alongside his wife, Phong Lan Hofer, and two of their three sons.
  • The 75-year-old permanently moved to Mallorca after leaving RTL Direkt in August 2024, having maintained a second residence on the island for years.
  • Hofer spent nearly 35 years anchoring ARD’s Tagesschau (1985–2020) before hosting RTL Direkt from 2020 until his retirement in 2024.
  • He prioritizes family leisure over public events, enjoying beach outings, football matches, trampoline-park visits and boating trips under his Balearic boating license.
  • He has also explored reality TV, finishing eighth on 'Let's Dance' in 2021 and participating in the current season of 'Die Verräter', where he exited in the second episode.