Bettina Böttinger

Bettina Böttinger (born 4 July 1956 in Düsseldorf) is a German television presenter and producer from the public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

Böttinger in 2020

Life

Böttinger studied German language and history at the University of Bonn. In 1985, she began as a journalist at Westdeutscher Rundfunk. She worked for the television programme Aktuelle Stunde. As a television presenter, she worked during the 1990s and 2000s in programs including Hier und Heute, Parlazzo and B. trifft.

Böttinger lives as an open lesbian in Cologne and in the Eifel. She married Martina Wziontek on her 60th birthday.^[1]

Criticism

On 20 Jan 2025, Böttinger shared on X (twitter) a video originally published by a pro-Israeli profile showing a cheering Palestinian crowd celebrating the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire and the end of the Gaza genocide with addition “animals”. To this Böttinger added, "No, animals have dignity, which these idiots do not have",^[2][3] insinuating that Palestinians celebrating the end of their genocide are animals who do not have dignity. After a backlash online shaming, her post was deleted.^[4][5][6]

Awards

• 2007: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany