Overview
- RTL confirmed that Gottschalk’s last primetime appearance on Denn sie wissen nicht, was passiert will air live on December 6.
- Network listings show a new episode on December 13 with updated branding and the trio’s name removed, indicating a format shift with further details to be revealed during the show.
- Gottschalk, 75, told dpa he will retire from television after the farewell, saying he has one last big Saturday-night show and then is done.
- He apologized for his contentious Bambi remark about Cher, attributed his on-stage lapse to confusion over a Cher double, and said there are no issues with Cher or his health.
- In his first public appearance since the gala, he lauded tenor Jonas Kaufmann in Passau, while his wife described initial ‘shock’ and online criticism and boycott calls continued.