After Faisal Kawusi’s award ceremony on the RTL show “Viva La Diva”, the station immediately distanced itself from the comedian. Sat.1 recently ended its collaboration with Kawusi because of his knockout drop joke.
In the end, “Madame LeStrange” won the show and received the trophy from Mario Bart. The teams identified Faisal Kawusi under the costume – and that’s where the trouble started.
The broadcaster Sat.1 recently distanced itself from the comedian. Kawusi made a tasteless knockout drop joke on Instagram. Reason enough for Sat.1 to end the collaboration. The broadcaster RTL also followed suit shortly after the end of the show and distanced itself from the comedian.
RTL writes on Twitter: “We distance ourselves from the statements made by Faisal Kawusi on social media in April. “Viva La Diva” was already recorded in March. RTL stands for diversity and tolerance: Together with everyone involved, we transport and celebrate this message as part of the show. There is no room for discrimination and disrespect, everyone involved agrees .”
In view of “Pride Month”, RTL is focusing on LGBTQ this week and offered viewers the drag queen show “Viva La Diva” on Monday evening. Seven male celebrities turned into drag queens and convinced the guessing teams and spectators with their performances. The teams had to find out who was hiding under the pompous disguises.
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