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Comedian used novel as therapyLutz van der Horst speaks openly about his coming out
Lutz van der Horst presented his book “Confetti Blues”.
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“You feel it all the time!”
Lutz van der Horst has pursued the dream of writing his own novel for more than 20 years and can now finally publish it. His main character deals with topics that remind the comedian of his own life. Drugs, parties – and being queer.
Lutz van der Horst wrote his own novel
During a serious life crisis, the 50-year-old, who actually stands for a good mood and fun, came up with the idea of writing his first book. The Cologne native begins to write and finds working on his novel “Confetti Blues” like therapy, he tells Bunte. Nevertheless, his work was a long time coming until a few months ago!
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“The main character Max is fictional, but still has a lot to do with me,” explains van der Horst – and that was also the reason for the late publication date. His management at the time pleaded not to publish the book “if it was about topics like parties, drugs or being queer.”
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Lutz van der Horst on his coming out
The main character Max experiences his coming out as bisexual in the story. According to Bunte, he noticed at an early age that van der Horst also “feels differently” about his own life and also processes this in “Confetti Blues”. “You feel it all the time, but you can’t classify it,” he tells the magazine. However, the comedian, known from the ZDF satirical show “heute-show”, never experienced a classic coming out himself.
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“I never stood up in front of a large group and announced it,” says van der Horst, who is gay. Instead, at some point he stopped “hiding” his “sexuality.”
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