Overview
- Jan Kittmann has gone back to work on Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten after roughly three months away to compete on Let’s Dance, and colleagues greeted him warmly on set in early June.
- His Let’s Dance run with partner Kathrin Menzinger ended in the semifinals with Kittmann finishing fifth, a run that required the longest absence from the soap since he joined in October 2020.
- On screen, Tobias returns to a Kiez that changed during Kittmann’s absence as the series advanced a crime-heavy storyline that included two violent incidents and shifting investigations.
- Kittmann said he missed the cast and crew and described the welcome as familial, while the show’s production lead time means viewers will not see his return for several weeks.
- Some reports say Kittmann traveled to Namibia during his break to support children in need, a detail that has appeared in a limited number of outlets and has not been widely corroborated.