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Producers Sanction Rafi Rachek on ‘Promi-Büßen’ After Cast Vote With Blindfold Punishment

He had just linked his conduct to family rejection following his 2019 coming-out, citing a refugee childhood.

Overview

  • In the latest episode, fellow contestants gave Rachek the most votes in a call-out round over perceived false play.
  • Producers ordered him to wear a mask over his eyes and continue in the show without sight until further notice.
  • The penalty followed a pizza provocation in which he ate in front of hungry cast members and told Edith Stehfest she did not deserve even leftovers.
  • During the on-air reckoning, he said his brothers told him it would be better if he were dead after his coming-out and described feeling excluded at his father's funeral.
  • Moderator Olivia Jones condemned his past pedophilia jokes as “beispiellos, bodenlos” and questioned whether his repeated apologies show real remorse.