2024-07-16 21:28:34
Social media star “El Hotzo” has shot himself in the foot with one post. At least for the RBB. The state broadcaster no longer wants to work with him.
After a controversial statement about US presidential candidate Donald Trump, social media star and satirist “El Hotzo” was fired from RBB. In posts on the X platform that have since been deleted, he joked about the assassination attempt on the politician and asked what the “last bus” and Donald Trump had in common. He himself answered: “Unfortunately, I just missed it.” In another tweet, he wrote: “I think it’s absolutely fantastic when fascists die.” Statements that now have consequences. RBB is parting ways with the comedian, whose real name is Sebastian Hotz.
“His statements there are not compatible with the values that RBB stands for. We are therefore ending our collaboration with immediate effect until further notice and have informed the author accordingly,” RBB program director Katrin Günther announced to the “Bild” newspaper.
A 20-year-old man attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday. The 78-year-old was wounded in the ear by a bullet, a spectator in the crowd was killed and other men were seriously injured. The shooter was then shot dead by police. Read more about the attack here.
Sebastian Hotz is known for his biting humor and has reached over 695,000 followers on the X platform with satirical tweets on social and political topics. He most recently hosted the show “Theoretisch cool” on the RBB radio station “Fritz”. Before that, he worked as a gag writer on Jan Böhmermann’s show “ZDF Magazin Royale”. He is also a podcaster and author. Together with journalist Salwa Houmsi, he records the audio format “Hotz & Houmsi”. In 2023, he released his novel “Mindset”.