Overview
- In Barbara Schöneberger’s podcast Mit den Waffeln einer Frau, the comedian explained that she cannot eat gluten because she has celiac disease, a lifelong autoimmune condition.
- She said she spent about eight years in childhood with severe stomach pain that people brushed off as stress before doctors diagnosed celiac disease in her teens.
- Accidental gluten exposure triggers diarrhea and abdominal pain for roughly a day, which she described as very unpleasant despite joking about it in her act.
- Brugger said living gluten‑free is not terrible and that getting a clear diagnosis is better than suffering without knowing the cause.
- Reporters noted that about 1% of people in Germany have celiac disease, or roughly 800,000 to 900,000 individuals, which gives her disclosure broader public‑health relevance.