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My guest today is Hape Kerkeling. Hape is undoubtedly one of the greatest German entertainers and first appeared in front of the camera 40 years ago. He is also an actor, singer, voice actor, director and author. His cult characters Horst Schlämmer, Uschi Blum and Evje van Dampen or his double of the Dutch Queen Beatrix are unforgettable for many people. And in addition to his multifaceted show persona, Hape also wrote the most successful non-fiction book of post-war history in 2006 with his book “Ich bin dann mal weg”. He shared his moving autobiography with the public exactly 10 years ago in “Der Junge muss an die frische Luft” and spoke very openly for the first time about his mother's suicide when he was eight years old. His new book “Gebt mir etwas Zeit” has just been published, in which Hape devotes himself to his personal genealogical research and deals with another traumatic loss of a loved one. I wanted to know from him which questions he has not yet been able to answer about himself and what keeps drawing him back into the public eye. We talk about authenticity, power and pressure to perform. It's about Hape's role as an observer, the flops of his career, dealing with trauma, being overwhelmed, curiosity, inner peace and nostalgia. ADVERTISING PARTNERS & DISCOUNTS: https://linktr.ee/hotelmatze MY GUEST: https://hapekerkeling.de/ THINGS: Hape's new book: https://shorturl.at/wgHQI “I'm off then”: https://shorturl.at/wHl7y “The boy needs some fresh air”: https://shorturl.at/wQx2Q Hape as an allotment gardener Rico Mielke: • Wild boar plague in the allotment garden ... Maximilian Frisch - Production Lena Rocholl - Editor With pleasure - Marketing and distribution MY STUFF: My new set of questions: https://beherzt.net/liebe My new book: https://bit.ly/3cDyQ18 The Hotel Matze Suite on Apple: https://apple.co/43V3hGq The Hotel Matze Suite on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3U3ZySC Please post your desired guests in the comments: https://apple.co/2RgJVH6 My newsletter: https://matzehielscher.substack.com/ TikTok: / matzehielscher Instagram: / matzehielscher LinkedIn: / matzehielscher YouTube: https://bit.ly/2MXRILN Twitter: / hotelmatze1 My first book: https://bit.ly/39FtHQy My first set of questions: https://beherzt.net/matze