Overview
- Michael Klammt, who appeared on Friday’s DSDS episode on RTL, performed a self-written song titled “Herr Kaleu – arbeitsscheu” while calling himself Germany’s “laziest” man.
- Dieter Bohlen stopped the performance early and told Klammt that crowds would reject the act, adding that people do not care if someone is proud to be “a lazy sow.”
- Jury member Bushido said he has always worked and paid taxes and told Klammt that his stance was not okay.
- Reaction on social media skewed negative, with viewers on X and Instagram calling the act embarrassing and questioning whether it was a joke.
- Klammt says he lives off rent from two apartments and rejects regular work, cites past stints as cruise host, bar owner, and postal worker, and names anti-work figure Arno Dübel as his model, feeding a broader debate in Germany over work and taxes with no formal fallout reported.