Overview
- The 71-year-old recounts being removed in 1998 at age 40 after being told to “disappear” once she showed “first wrinkles,” as reported by Promiflash citing Bild.
- RTL aired the show from 1990 to 1998, produced in Aalsmeer in North Holland, with audiences reportedly reaching up to nine million in the 1990s.
- A few months after her exit, 18-year-old Jasmin Wagner took over hosting, and the program left RTL’s lineup later that year.
- She describes severe personal fallout from the ouster, saying she was a single mother left without income and that she soon lost her father.
- Addressing the show’s legacy, she rejects claims that costumed children were sexualized and says the intent was a playful experience.