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Söder Defends Daughter After TV Gaffes on ProSieben’s “Deutschlands Dümmster Promi”

At a Berlin media event, the Bavarian leader portrayed Gloria‑Sophie Burkandt’s quiz‑show lapses as ordinary, stressing her participation was her choice.

Overview

  • Markus Söder said he is glad his daughter knows who the Bavarian minister‑president is and urged against overreacting to her mistakes.
  • He argued her level of knowledge is fairly typical in Germany and noted that not everyone discussing such topics knows everything.
  • On the ProSieben show, Burkandt misidentified Helmut Kohl and could not name Konrad Adenauer, with earlier clips also showing confusion over the SPD abbreviation.
  • ProSieben’s inverted quiz format rewards early elimination rather than correct answers, and Burkandt remains in the competition into episode four.
  • After the episodes aired, Burkandt wrote on Instagram that her generation can be well informed yet forget figures from the past, adding, “I am not Miss Perfect.”