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“What most people completely misunderstand”Open relationship despite children? Isabell Horn talks about details
Open relationship: Ex-GZSZ star explains details of her love for partner Jens Ackermann
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“This is our way.”
Last year, Isabell Horn caused a stir when she announced that she would open her relationship with her partner Jens Ackermann after more than ten years. Now she is clearing up rumors, chatting about details of her relationship structure and opening up despite having two children together.
Ex-GZSZ star Isabell Horn opens up about an open relationship with partner Jens Ackermann
How Isabelle Horn (42) described in the summer of 2025 in the podcast “All my parents – The Real Talk with Evelyn Weigert” that her partner Jens Ackermann was constantly “ratty”. And because she doesn't want to be groped all the time when she's just emptying the dishwasher and feels much less desire for togetherness and tenderness than her Jens, the solution for the ex-GZSZ star was obvious: an open relationship!
Isabell Horn is now opening up about her relationship construct on Instagram and explains right at the beginning that most people would completely misunderstand her. Isabell Horn and her partner are by no means constantly intimate with other people. “It’s not about experiencing more, it’s about having that freedom in the first place.”
What does the open relationship do to their children?
Isabell Horn also talks on Instagram about an aspect that makes the relationship construct more challenging: Isabell Horn and Jens Ackermann have two small children: daughter Ella (*2017) and son Fritz (*2019). But she isn't worried about the well-being of the offspring: “They're growing up in a stable home. With two parents who love and respect each other.” This in no way affects the open relationship.
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Isabell Horn emphasizes that there are certainly rules within an open relationship, “but not rigid ones”. Honesty, respect and consideration are more important. In order for their love to tolerate the opening of their relationship, conversations are particularly necessary, “a lot of conversations.” In addition, the ex-GZSZ actress doesn't want to give the impression that opening the relationship is something like the last attempt to save love: “We would never have done that if things were bad for us.”
Many fans are not convinced by Isabell's statements. There are some critical voices below the Instagram post along the lines of “for me, an open relationship is not a relationship”. But the actress made it clear with her powerful words that she stands behind her relationship construct, will not be deterred and believes in unconditional love for her partner Jens Ackermann. (jka)
Source: Isabell Horn Instagram
