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Maybrit Illner and René Obermann Announce Amicable Split After 15 Years

The pair issued a joint statement to dpa requesting privacy for themselves, with a specific appeal to protect their family.

Overview

  • They said they decided to go separate ways “some time ago” and emphasized a friendly parting.
  • The relationship became public in 2007, and they married in 2010 as a second marriage for both.
  • Maybrit Illner, 60, is a longtime ZDF journalist known for her political talk show that evolved from Berlin Mitte to maybrit illner, and she also co-hosted the heute-journal from 2010 to 2012.
  • René Obermann, 62, led Deutsche Telekom until 2013, later serving in multiple corporate roles and since April 2020 as chairman of Airbus’s supervisory board.
  • Current reports add no reasons or further details about the separation and reflect the couple’s request for privacy.