El Hotzo Explained

Sebastian Hotz (born 16 January 1996 in Forchheim^[1]), usually appearing as El Hotzo,^{[2] [3]} is a German satirist and podcaster.

Career

Posting as El Hotzo, Hotz first reached public attention via his humorous and satirical tweets and Instagram posts.^[4] His posts focus on social criticism and political satire.^[5]

In response to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July 2024, Hotz published tweets expressing sorrow that Trump was "unfortunately narrowly missed" and that he found it "absolutely fantastic when fascists die". Multiple criminal complaints were filed with the public prosecutor's office for publicly endorsing criminal conduct.^[6] As a consequence, the Berlin broadcast network RBB ended his radio show.^[7]

Publications

• Paris, London, Mailand, Willingen: Wandern ist nur Spazierengehen aber wütend. starfruit publications, Fürth 2021, ISBN 978-3-922895-45-9 (with his partner^[8] Max Sand).
• Mindset Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2023, ISBN 978-3-462-00284-3

References

1. Web site: 2021-09-07. Katharina Meyer zu Eppendorf, Cathrin Schmiegel, Christoph Farkas, Ruth Eisenreich, Lukas Daniel Hildebrand, Janne Knödler, Paul Lütge, Tasnim Rödder, Oskar Piegsa, Zoe Bunje. 2021-01-02. Corona-Krise: Sie sind die Zukunft. Die Zeit.
2. Web site: 2021-02-26. Fadi Keblawi. 2020-09-24. Mit.Menschen: El Hotzo – Der Internetclown aus der Fränkischen Schweiz. nordbayern.
3. Web site: 2020-12-12. Max Dinkelaker. 2020-09-17. "Wo ist Thomas Müller, wenn Moria brennt?". 11 Freunde.
4. Web site: 2021-02-26. Fadi Keblawi. 2020-09-24. Mit.Menschen: El Hotzo – Der Internetclown aus der Fränkischen Schweiz. nordbayern.
5. Web site: 2020-12-01. 2020-07-08. Internet-Comedy – El Hotzo ist twittersüchtig. Deutschlandfunk.
6. Web site: 2024-07-16 . Nach seiner Trump-Entgleisung: RBB feuert Moderator „El Hotzo“ . Freie Presse.
7. Web site: 2024-07-16 . RBB trennt sich von Sebastian Hotz alias „El Hotzo“ . 2024-07-16 . FAZ.NET . de.
8. News: Borufka . Sarah . 2022-01-30 . Das ist der Mann, den alle nur als El Hotzo kennen . . 2023-04-07.

External links

• • El Hotzo on Instagram
• El Hotzo on Mastodon
• El Hotzo on Twitter