It was very strange: René Karst’s manager denied his death when the news was already on the street. Why is that? The juice channel Reality FBI provides clarity. “I don’t blame you.”
It was a huge shock in the artist world on Friday: René Karst died that morning at the age of 59. The news soon spread. For example, before the official confirmation, singer John West wrote on Facebook: “RIP René Karst 😢 Rest in peace dear friend. That ‘rather too fat in the coffin’ was far from the intention.”
Manager denies
That message from John prompted the juice channel Reality FBI to call René’s manager, who denied the news. “I just called René’s manager, who indicated that it is not correct,” the channel wrote.
“The message has now also been deleted from John West. The manager did say that he was going to find out where it came from. Maybe we will hear more later.”
Terrified
René’s death ultimately turned out to be true. Management confirmed the news to RTL Boulevard a little later. How is that possible? Reality FBI now provides clarity. “Around the death of René Karst, this channel shared the manager’s response, who contradicted the message. That was actually correct.”
“The reality is that other artists had already shared René’s death, while the manager knew nothing about it at the time. The call from this channel to ask if it was correct was the very first moment that the manager heard about the situation. That man must have been shocked and responded with the knowledge he had at that moment.”
Premature
René’s manager can therefore ‘really not be blamed’, according to Reality FBI. “Hopefully this will provide some clarity. A booker prematurely communicated the death to artists, who then shared it a little too quickly on social media.”
“Hopefully a good training ground for artists not to immediately throw everything into the air before the family has the chance to confirm this news themselves. Now they were forced to do that, because it was already eagerly shared.”