Simone Thomalla
“I haven’t had many men, but I’ve had long relationships”
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Simone Thomalla looked back on her failed relationships in an interview. How does she feel about her ex-partners?
Simone Thomalla (58) has in an interview with the “Bild” newspaper a conclusion was drawn about her love life so far. “I have been in committed relationships for the vast majority of my adult life,” says the “Spring” actress. “I haven’t had many men, but I’ve had long relationships: five years, nine years, 13 years. In any case, I never jumped from flower to flower.”
She had “great men” at her side, “with whom I shared a table and bed for years,” says the actress, who, however, does not mourn any relationship. “Every man had his time. Because every age brings with it different ideas about love,” explains Thomalla. That’s why she also believes “that there isn’t just one great love – I’ve experienced great love more than once, and I’m grateful for that.” Even if the relationships ended, she and her ex-partners would never have lost touch.
Simone Thomalla doesn’t see divorce as a failure
She is still close friends with the father of daughter Sophia Thomalla (34) and the two have never lost sight of each other. When they divorced in 1995, which ended their marriage in 1991, the two shared a lawyer and then went out to dinner together. “At that time I thought: I want to live this concept of father, mother, child. That didn’t work, but I don’t see it as a failure, on the contrary. We have grown,” sums up Thomalla, who was married from 2000 to 2009, among other things was in a relationship with ex-Schalke manager Rudi Assauer (1944-2019) and from 2009 to 2021 with handball player Silvio Heinevetter (39).
The men at her side also influenced her, the television star continues. For example, her self-confidence “probably only came with Rudi,” says Thomalla about Assauer, who died in 2019, whom she describes as a “real guy.” “Rudi was my rock. With him I always had the feeling that nothing could happen to me. That was good for me.”
Nowadays, the actress emphasizes, she doesn’t need a man to be happy. She can enjoy being alone sometimes. “I’ve always been independent in my relationships – and that’s exactly what I am now.” She knows what she no longer wants. “A Heiopei who seeks publicity will not come to my house.”