Judith Rakers
She presented the news already tipsy
Judith Rakers, here on TV taping last year
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Nothing can upset Judith Rakers so quickly. She now confessed that she had moderated “in advance”.
The long-time “Tagesschau” spokeswoman and journalist Judith Rakers (45) is always confident in front of the camera. In the personality show by cabaret artist and all-round talent Hannes Ringlstetter (51) In the BR, however, when asked by the BR, she explained that she had already moderated a news block in the “Nachtmagazin” “slightly sent off”.
Of course “an oversight”
“Yes, of course it was an accident,” said Rakers, explaining how it could have happened. She made a mistake in the roster and didn’t realize that she was on night shift that day. Rakers was said to have been to the Italian restaurant that evening with a friend, had drunk sweet “Plörre” that she loved and was “slightly fooled”. Then the call came from her colleagues who asked: “Judith, where are you?” Your answer: “In the restaurant, why?”
They then found out on the phone that the show would start in just nine minutes. “WHAT? Why are you calling now?” She asked. Usually it is noticed earlier if someone is not there. By linking several “things that went wrong”, however, it was not noticed that she was not on site. Rakers immediately raced to the studio and stepped directly in front of the camera without a mask.
On the way to the studio, she had already thought: “That’s it. You will now be without make-up […]Stand there, babbling, unprepared. And that is now the end of everything you have built up over the years. “But everything turned out well. Thanks to the adrenaline, she” totally worked at the moment “. She did not misread”, I spoke very calmly. You didn’t see anything at all. You just thought: ‘Oh, but it’s very naturally made up today.’ “Later she apologized personally to everyone.