If the good Lord had wanted me to plant his message more lastingly in my children's minds, he would have had to equip them with as much piety and refinement as he gave me.

— Thomas Gottschalk (b. 1950), Radio- und Fernsehmoderator, Entertainer

Thomas Gottschalk

Thomas Gottschalk (* 1950) ist ein deutscher Radio- und Fernsehmoderator, der über Jahrzehnte vor allem durch die Unterhaltungssendung „Wetten, dass..?“ bekannt wurde. Er steht für schlagfertige Samstagabendunterhaltung, löste in den vergangenen Jahren jedoch auch wiederholt öffentliche Debatten über Sprachsensibilität und Rollenbilder aus. Für Bibelleser ist er als prominente Medienfigur von Interesse, die sich öffentlich zu katholischen Wurzeln, persönlichem Gottvertrauen und eigenen Glaubenszweifeln äußert.

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