Overview
- In a Stern interview, Kerkeling says persistent, everyday exclusion as a gay man made him decide to leave Italy.
- He argues that working with Giorgia Meloni’s government is “a step in the wrong direction.”
- He contrasts countries’ attitudes toward queer people, calling Scandinavia more relaxed and placing Germany “somewhere in between.”
- He is promoting his film comeback as Horst Schlämmer in “Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück,” slated to open on March 26.
- On the NDR Talk Show, he said he declined a multi‑year ABC role after a fortune‑teller’s advice and recalled earlier threats that triggered state protection.