Pop star doesn't want to change genders Heino: "They shat in their brains"
Heino wanted to promote his new album, but now it's all about the words he used on Sat1 breakfast television. The singer has a clear opinion on the subject of gendering.
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- Heino had an interview on Sat.1 Frühstücksfernsehen on September 19.
- He was promoting his new album.
- Now he is being sharply criticized for his words.
- The presenters have also come in for criticism.
It could have been a perfect PR appearance on TV to promote Heino's new album "Lieder meiner Heimat". Instead, he's now getting a good kicking, because his performance caused a scandal. The singer is accused of trivializing racist and sexist remarks.
He is also taking Sat.1 by storm, whose presenters are accused of doing nothing to stop the remarks. The program had given him a platform.
What happened?
Presenter Matthias Killing asked the 84-year-old what he thought about gender stereotyping.
Heino replied: "They've shat in their brains, as we say in the Rhineland. I don't stand for it at all. I will continue to sing about the 'black hazelnut', I will continue to sing 'Lustig ist das Zigeunerleben'. I won't let anyone dissuade me from that. It's a piece of cultural heritage. I made it popular again in the sixties, in the heyday of the beat. And I want it to stay the way it is."
What did the presenter say? "We're keeping our fingers crossed for your album 'Lieder meiner Heimat'", as if Heino had just been talking about the weather. Not a single question about the comments.
At the end, Killing says "good luck, it's great that you're with us - in your usual clear words, that's how we know you".
Heino is criticized on social media for these statements. "Old white men think gendering sucks and refuse to use language that is critical of racism (with reference to 'cultural heritage') - that's something completely new," wrote one viewer on Twitter. But others also celebrate the pop star for his choice of words.
