He polarized for several decades behind the commentator's desk, now he wants to cause a sensation behind the DJ desk. Jörg Dahlmann, kicked out by the TV station “Sky” last year, is making unusual plans for the future. “In the future I will do the things that I enjoy. Thank God I can do that because I'm financially independent," says Dahlmann in the podcast "Talking Digital".
Then the 63-year-old gets specific: "I've already ordered a system and will work as a DJ. I play 80's, 90's and the best of today, no boom boom music.” Well, Dahlmann away from the soccer field, into the disco?
"No," says the native of Gelsenkirchen, "I'm not a club DJ, I'll be playing in smaller bars instead." And those who are interested in watching and, above all, listening don't even have to travel to Mallorca, Dahlmann's adopted home. "If I'm booked, I'll also perform in Germany," he says.
In March of last year, "Sky" separated from Dahlmann. The trigger was a saying about a Japanese soccer player. In the second division duel between Hannover 96 and Erzgebirge Aue, the commentator said about 96 player Sei Muroya (28): "It would have been his first goal in Germany. He shot the last one in the land of sushi.”
Just a few months earlier, he had made another controversial appearance on the TV mic. About Loris Karius, at the time goalkeeper at Union Berlin, he said, referring to his girlfriend at the time: "Now in Berlin he's just sitting on the bench. Has the advantage that he can cuddle at home with his Sophia Thomalla. But I would also sit on the bench for such a snuggly night with Sophia.”
The outcry afterwards was great, especially on Twitter, a shitstorm broke out over Dahlmann. He was accused of racism on the one hand and sexism on the other. By his own admission, Dahlmann has meanwhile completed his expulsion from the pay-tv station.
