Melanie Müller said on Wednesday that she wanted to "retire a little for the next few days" to recover from the excitement of her performance in Leipzig. But the break doesn't last long. Now she is appearing twice again on Mallorca. That doesn't exactly boost your credibility.
After the affair about alleged Nazi greetings at a concert in Leipzig, Ballermann singer Melanie Müller actually announced a break. But this didn't last long. The 34-year-old performed twice in Mallorca on Friday night, as reported by the "Mallorca Zeitung" (MZ) from the Spanish holiday island.
Just a few hours earlier, the police in Leipzig had announced the start of investigations. The aim is to determine whether Müller showed the so-called Hitler salute at the concert in Leipzig in mid-September. Müller vehemently denied the allegations and insisted that he had nothing to do with Nazis.
"I'm physically pretty bad right now and will therefore withdraw a little for the next few days, recover and try to process the whole thing," the singer had announced on Instagram on Wednesday evening. She canceled a performance in Dresden planned for Wednesday. But in the early hours of Friday, at 12:33 a.m., she sang "Bolero" in front of around 300 visitors in the Ballermann discotheque, reports an MZ reporter who was present. Then, at 2:30 a.m., Müller also appeared in the cult bar "Oberbayern".
In Mallorca, the former jungle queen and "Celebrity Big Brother" winner in the red and silver sequined dress did without her characteristic, rousing arm movements and "Zicke Zacke" calls. There have been no incidents. In addition, Müller once again distanced himself from right-wing extremist ideas. The MZ analyzes that their credibility was "decreased even more" due to the appearances shortly after the announcement of a rest break.
According to a police spokeswoman, the investigations against Müller revolve around “the suspicion of using license plates of unconstitutional organizations under Section 86a of the Criminal Code”. Specifically, it is about a video that was available to the "Bild" newspaper. It is said to show the singer raising her right arm a few times during a performance in mid-September.
Nazi salute or a harmless, encouraging gesture to the audience? Müller asserted on Instagram: "I have nothing to do with right-wing radicals or nationalistic ideas. I condemn that in the strongest possible terms." She has been doing these hand movements for eleven years.
On another video from the same performance on September 17 in Leipzig, radical right-wing statements from the audience could also be heard. She was "dismayed and outraged," said Müller. She canceled the performance. In this case, too, the police are investigating.
