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At 77, Reiner Calmund goes on his first tour!In the RTL interview! “Nobody trusts me to do anything anymore, but I’ll show them!”
Reiner Calmund is currently delighting his fans with the show “A great evening with football and friends”. Here in the legendary Volkstheater at Rudolfplatz in Cologne.
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At 77 the Calli really begins!
Pure Calmund has been on tour through Germany since this week with his program “A great evening with football & friends”. So far all events have been sold out. At the age of 44, the cult manager is once again in top form, despite criticism. In an exclusive RTL interview, he talks about his motivation, why he had to put up with nasty comments for his tour idea and how the TV icon stays fit.
Reiner Calmund goes on stage again at the age of 77!
During RTL's visit to the legendary Volkstheater am Rudolfplatz (Millowitsch sends his regards!), Calmund shows from the first minute what has distinguished him for decades: pointed sayings that come “as if shot from a pistol”, a wealth of anecdotes from the football business as well as personal insights that the audience would not have expected.
He had already hinted in advance that he had been told not to go on tour again at the age of 77. Calmund says exclusively to RTL: “Of course some people think that, but I'll show them. And what's more, I've never had so much vacation. With 34 shows in two months, I have 27 days off. I've never had so much vacation in my professional life. That makes me happy and I'm really having fun!”
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Calmund's friend and European champion Thomas Helmer led the program confidently and with a lot of humor as moderator and gave the evening the appropriate structure, which Calmund ended with “Are you crazy?” likes to mix things up in a charming way. There is no sign of his age, the organizers have to slow him down. Because the concept of the tour looks like this: two halves of 45 minutes each full of stories, emotions and current football topics – close and personal, with special surprise guests in each city.
RTL reporter Kai Franzke Jr. met Reiner Calmund on stage before his show in Cologne.
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But Calmund still sets a slightly longer stoppage time for the two halves. “An evening like this isn't work for me. Of course it's also the case that I'm in better health than I was ten years ago,” said the former “Grill den Henssler” jury member. Because while “his” Bayer 04 Leverkusen is currently struggling with a few opponents, he has defeated his biggest opponent. The manager legend to RTL: “It's just that, thanks to my stomach reduction and the associated bypass, which stimulates, I have defeated the yo-yo effect and reduced my size in half. That's why I feel fit!”
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FC legend Toni Schumacher came to Calli's evening as a guest. The audience was thrilled. Even after the show, Calmund was still involved in many conversations with fans and he didn't run out of steam yet. “I don't care about my age. I'm doing the tour, it just gives me great joy and at the same time I like to appear on TV again, keep up with the Bundesliga business and that way I'm still fit in the head. I'm crazy about football and so everyone should look for something that's good for them as they get older. Everyone has to decide for themselves. I'm grateful for my 77!”
Source used: own RTL research
