Just one day after the announcement of the format, RTL Zwei has stopped its plans for a new docu-soap with the controversial pop singer Michael Wendler. "The planned docu-soap with Michael Wendler and Laura Müller will not be produced and broadcast for RTL Zwei," the station said on Wednesday.

The reason given was that they had "perceived the vehemence of the reactions" and took the voices of the audience seriously. "We apologize if we have hurt feelings here," said the private broadcaster. Previously, "Bild" had reported.

RTL Zwei had announced only on Tuesday that it wanted to broadcast a new program with Wendler and his wife about their pregnancy. This was met with widespread criticism.

Wendler has been considered an extremely controversial figure since 2020. At that time, he caused a scandal with a video on corona policy in Germany because he accused the federal government of "gross and serious violations of the constitution".

The broadcaster RTL, which had engaged him as a juror for the casting show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar", then called him a conspiracy theorist and immediately distanced itself from him. Since then, Wendler had not played a role in major television productions.