Overview

• Vanessa Zimmerer said she and Serkan Yavuz dated for about three-quarters of a year to a year after meeting as teenagers at the Funpark disco in Regensburg.
• Zimmerer described that relationship as her first love and said they still speak warmly whenever they run into each other in their hometown.
• Yavuz, now known for his reality-TV appearances and social-media presence, encouraged Zimmerer to apply for 'Die Bachelors' and credits him for her casting.
• Serkan Yavuz and wife Samira, parents of two daughters, recently split after he admitted to multiple infidelities, including an affair publicized by fellow star Evanthia Benetatou.
• Zimmerer’s candid revelation comes early in the new season of 'Die Bachelors' and underscores the interconnected personal histories driving reality-TV drama.