RTL+ is currently the home of comebacks. First it was Stefan Raab, now it’s Sebastian Hotz. The latter drew negative attention to himself with a tweet a few months ago under his X pseudonym El Hotzo. But With the help of Jan Böhmermann, El Hotzo wants to re-establish himself in the media world.
On RTL+: I’m sorry, Mr. President – The deep fall of El Hotzo
On Sunday, November 3rd, El Hotzo can be seen on television again – although not in the linear form. With I’m sorry, Mr. President – The Deep Fall of El Hotzo The controversial satirist will be seen in a USA report.
The aim is to capture the mood shortly before the elections in the USA – El Hotzo talks to experts, shares his impressions and tries to apologize for his misconduct. He says himself:
Sometimes a joke about an assassination is worse than the assassination itself. To save my career, I must ask for forgiveness in the land of freedom of speech and opportunity, to regain the favor of almost 340 million Americans.
The comedian wants to visit important American monuments and lay wreaths.
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What did El Hotzo actually do?
After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, El Hotzo made a joke about it by compared missing the attacker to missing a bus. The tweet was quickly deleted, but was still circulating on the internet for a long time.
The consequences for the comedian were devastating: The collaboration with the RBB was endedbecause the broadcaster deemed the joke “incompatible” with its values. A planned event with ARD and El Hotzo was also canceled. The tweet made such waves that even X owner Elon Musk became aware of him.
What does Jan Böhmermann have to do with it?
El Hotzo was a gag author for Jan Böhmermann at ZDF Magazin Royale in 2021, so the two had known each other for a long time. In recent weeks there has been minor friction between the two on X, where Böhmermann made fun of El Hotzo’s unemployment. El Hotzo then blocked Böhmermann on
I want to be here at this point officially bury El Hotzo’s career and wish him all the best for the rest of his life.
But as it turned out, the whole thing was just a PR stuntbecause Böhmermann was involved in the production of the article. Since Böhmermann can actually only be seen on ZDF, it is speculated that the satirist had offered the report to the broadcaster, but they rejected it, so that it ended up on RTL.
Where you can watch the USA report with El Hotzo
I’m sorry, Mr. President – The Deep Fall of El Hotzo runs exclusively on RTL+ from November 3rd. It remains to be seen whether the report will also be shown on regular television.