El Hotzo “I behaved like an asshole” – satirist regrets confession about poisonous habits | EUROtoday

The creator and satirist Sebastian Hotz described his confession about manipulative habits in relationships, printed in December 2024, as a mistake. In an interview with “Spiegel,” the 29-year-old stated: “This publicity hasn’t helped anyone to process it in any way.”

Hotz underestimated the media response to his confession: “The public response seemed a bit absurd to me because I can’t imagine a world in which my private life should take up so much space.”

A 12 months in the past, Hotz admitted to manipulating ex-partners and mendacity and dishonest in relationships. In the interview he stated: “I behaved like an asshole in relationships in my 20s.”

The confession was extensively acquired on the time and sparked discussions about double requirements and performative feminism. Looking again, the satirist described the state of affairs on the time as a “very unpleasant time” during which he was underneath non-public stress and wished to “clear everything up.”

The 29-year-old satirist additionally spoke in regards to the limits of satire and cancel tradition as a enterprise mannequin. The fictional character El Hotzo is “a bit of an asshole,” so he has determined to turn out to be much less cynical this 12 months.

A remark from the assassination try on Donald Trump round a 12 months in the past stored the judiciary busy for a very long time. In a submit, Hotz in contrast the capturing of Trump to the “last bus” and commented: “Unfortunately, we just missed it.” The 29-year-old additionally wrote: “I think it’s absolutely fantastic when fascists die.”

Hotz deleted the posts shortly afterwards, however a shitstorm broke out within the on-line media and there have been a number of felony prices towards him. An instant consequence was that the general public ARD broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) ended its collaboration with Hotz on the youth radio station Fritz.

His crude jokes additionally had direct skilled penalties for Hotz: the ARD broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) then ended its collaboration with him on the youth broadcaster Fritz. Shortly afterwards, ARD Kultur canceled a literary occasion with Hotz.