In his Mixed Hack Podcast (2022 most successful German podcast on Spotify) Felix Lobrecht (34) often jokes around unrestrainedly, is cheeky and brings his fans together Tommy Schmitt (34) like to laugh unabashedly.
But with all the good mood that the two exude together, very haunting and private moments flash through every now and then. Like now, when podcast star Lobrecht revealed: He was in psychiatry for three months.
It’s not the first time the stand-up comedian, podcaster, and author (“Sonne und Beton”) has admitted to having mental issues in “Gemischtes Hack.” In March he announced a show break of at least a year because he had been feeling ill and exhausted for months. At that time, Felix Lobrecht was already being treated and recorded the episode of the podcast in a clinic.
When Lobrecht and Schmitt joked in their current podcast episode that Felix allegedly hasn’t seen the “Lord of the Rings” cult films, it only gets funny. Because Lobrecht explains with a laugh: “No, Tommi. Tell me… I have friends. I banged, I had a life. Of course I didn’t’ Lord of the Rings’ watched. I did sports. I’ve had a six pack since I was 13. I haven’t watched Lord of the Rings…”
Then it suddenly gets down to business. “But you haven’t done any sport for a long time. Do you still have a six-pack?” Author and moderator Tommi Schmitt (“Studio Schmitt”) wants to know. And Felix replies: “Of course I still have a six-pack. But that’s not so cool anymore. But I’m working on it…”
Then comes Lobrecht’s clinic confession: “Yes, I let sport slide quite a bit. Sorry I took care of my mental health first at the clinic, Tommi. Sorry that I don’t meet your visual standards right now, that after three months in psychiatry I’m not on point.”
Felix Lobrecht had already spoken to him two years ago TV talker Sandra Maischberger reveals that he regularly goes to psychotherapy. Because he keeps coming back to “ depressive phases,” he explained at the time.
In a difficult phase of his life, he had now gotten professional help again, checked himself into a clinic and is now speaking openly about it. He has now started sport again, says Felix Tommi in the joint podcast.
“I got back in gently. I did squats with dumbbells. Those were 50-pound dumbbells. I also only did three sets of ten three times and after that I couldn’t walk without pain for four days. Today is the first day I’m walking like a normal person again and not like someone who’s in the middle of rehab…”
