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A German TV reporter was fired after she was caught smearing herself in mud before filming a report in a flood devastated town this week.
Susanna Ohlen, 39, smeared herself to pretend she had lent a hand with the cleanup effort in Bad Munstereifel following heavy flooding that claimed not lower than 128 lives in Germany.
RTL.de had published an article titled ‘Cleaning up after the flood: RTL presenter lends a hand in Bad Munstereifel’, which featured Ohlen.
She was caught out after an onlooker posted the incriminating video online on Thursday.
The channel said: ‘Our reporter’s approach clearly contradicts journalistic principles and our own standards. We therefore gave her a leave of absence on Monday after we heard about it.’
Hier ist das fleißige Bienchen 🤣🤣🤡🤡mit ihrem Märchen das sie mit angepackt hat 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/brdhofXl5k
— BockwurstMitSauerkraut (@Michael45644934) July 22, 2021
Footage appears to show Ohlen in a blue shirt, hat, and boots, bend down, pick up some mud, and smear it on her clothes while surrounded by flood damaged houses and debris.
She then bends down a second time, this time wiping the mud on her face.
The onlooker can be heard laughing in the background as she then turns back to face her camera crew.
Ohlen had worked at RTL since 2008 and presented Good Evening RTL, Good Morning Germany, and Point 12, among others.
It comes after Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and France were hit by days heavy rainfall and flooding last week.
The floods have now claimed at least 196 lives across worst-hit Germany and Belgium and are expected to leave billions of euros worth of damages.
In the Ahrweiler area of western Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate state, the number of recorded deaths has surpassed 110 and police fear that figure may still rise.
In neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, 46 people were confirmed dead, including four firefighters, while Belgium has confirmed 31 casualties.
Desperate relatives released images of missing loved ones over the weekend as floodwaters receded and the hope of finding survivors faded.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Belgian King Phillippe and Queen Mathilde have all visited the disaster zone.
