Overview
- In a conversation with Günther Jauch, he said the cancer was detected after his wife urged him to see a doctor and described surgery that involved cutting a thigh muscle to reach the ureter.
- He announced he will withdraw from public life and reduce his presence on social media.
- Explaining that treatment-related brainfog worsens late at night, he left the program halfway through and departed the studio to sustained applause with his wife, Karina.
- The audience offered standing ovations and tribute signs, and friend Mike Krüger performed a reworked song for him but briefly lost the lyrics before finishing.
- Reports floated potential successors such as Giovanni Zarrella, Jörg Pilawa and Michelle Hunziker, though any replacement lineup remains unconfirmed.