German TV host Thomas Gottschalk defends himself: "I touched women on TV purely for work"

[juhli]

Thomas Gottschalk: "Ich habe Frauen im TV rein dienstlich angefasst."

Der Dienst: pic.twitter.com/gvAQcQhFEF
- Marko Kovic (@marko_kovic) October 11, 2024
Remember that bonkers German entertainment show "Wetten Dass...", where wild combinations of stars would sit on the couch and watch people trying to win bets

Comments

[ladychips]

"Today, I also don't step in an elevator anymore, where only a woman is standing in. What if she's running out at the second floor and shouts »#MeToo, he touched me!«?""

good, he sounds like he shouldnt be allowed alone with women anyway so i approve

[andisprohi]

My parents taught us girls never to get in an elevator alone with a strange man. All the better if his creepy ass won't be there.

[swissbeauty23]

lol mte these men love to tell on themselves and I'm fine with that tbqh!!

[iznanassi]

sporty looked like she was about to beat the shit out of him when his hand started going down the back of the dress

she should be allowed to, he needs it

[deerlike]

That bit was so gross and uncomfortable. It made my own skin crawl watching him.

[march_runaway]

poor emma omg

[stoppelhopser]

German here, he's been known as an asshole for decades. Nothing but another old white man who struggles to accept that times have changed and that he will be held accountable for his actions now.

[anterrabre]

German-adjacent in spirit, and even my American ass knows this! These quotes don't surprise me, and any man "afraid of being on an elevator with a woman alone because of Metoo" isn't a man you want to be alone with on an elevator in the first place.

[la_loony]

I didn't watch Wetten dass often but looking back I really don't get how it stayed so popular with him as host, he sucked as a host from what I remember, in addition to being touchy with female guests.

[stoppelhopser]

I didn't see it, only when Fleetwood Mac, Take That and Michael Jackson visited, I zapped in and out. Because I hated Gottschalk, he was always insufferable.

[flyingpigs_live]

Oh well thats ok then