Thomas Gottschalk has followed up on the discussion about Shirin David, which made him look rather antiquated in the last “Wetten, dass ..?” program. In the “Supernasen” podcast with Mike Krüger, the showmaster compared the feminist Alice Schwarzer with the young singer. The 73-year-old Gottschalk judged the 81-year-old icon that “you somehow look like a feminist.” Simply because Black people have never had anything done to them.
Thommy seems to want to accuse Shirin David, who described herself as a feminist in his betting show, of precisely this “optics tutoring”. “Shirin doesn’t look the way she used to look anymore. And you can’t tell me that it’s a sign of feminism if you let yourself be made prettier.” Gottschalk says, as “Bunte” first reported, that women only do such things for one reason: to please men better .
As expected, his super-nose buddy Mike Krüger, who carted him out of the show with an excavator at the finale of “Wetten, dass ..?”, supports him. He is afraid that his granddaughter might have cosmetic surgery once she comes of age. “I’ll try to talk her out of it if I’m still alive.”
“Bet that ..?”: Couchzoff – Gottschalk vs. Shirin David
Shirin David’s appearance on “Wetten,dass..?” in the “Atemlos” duet with Helene Fischer was not well received by all viewers. The net also poured much malice on David; many criticized her singing, many also criticized her appearance, many criticized her statements on the show. After she sat down on the couch with Helene Fischer, things quickly got down to business between her and 73-year-old Thommy.
In his – depending on your point of view – carefree or impudent way, the entertainer said that Shirin David’s enthusiasm for opera music was not visible. Neither is she a feminist. David had the right answer: “I want to say that as a feminist we can be good-looking, smart and eloquent and beautiful at the same time. One does not exclude the other.” Clear indication to the older show titan that sexist comments will not make you look good in 2023. “The old man really needs to retire,” writes one indignantly on “X”.
In any case, the performance with Germany’s pop queen Fischer did her good: “Atemlos” shot to number one in the charts in the 2023 version.