Overview
- In her year-end podcast, Barbara Schöneberger called Thomas Gottschalk’s move to stop 8:15 p.m. primetime appearances a good decision.
- She added that in recent years he had not been well advised regarding some actions, without naming specific incidents.
- Schöneberger said his charisma remains intact and described being "flashed" to stand beside him during his final RTL show with Günther Jauch.
- Gottschalk disclosed he has epitheloid angiosarcoma and marked his televised farewell on RTL’s "Denn sie wissen nicht, was passiert" on December 6.
- He told fans he will devote the next six months to recovery and hinted he may return, writing "I'll be back."