Overview
- The couple announced the birth on Monday with an Instagram video showing the baby’s tiny feet and a message saying both mother and son are well.
- They had revealed the baby’s sex in a late‑May gender‑reveal clip and now say they are “proud, grateful and overjoyed.”
- Papendick and Hindersmann are not releasing the newborn’s name and are sharing only curated family images and videos for now.
- Papendick, a member of RTL’s sports team since 2021, did not cover this year’s Football World Cup because of the pregnancy and plans to return to work about eight weeks after the birth.
- Many TV colleagues and public figures posted congratulations under the Instagram announcement, and the new son joins the couple’s first child, who was born in June 2023.