Has sons Lukas and Kristoph (1991, 1992) from husband Werner Klumpe.
After she made a personal statement about her problems with the German
revenue authorities in her show "Schreinemakers live", the network SAT
1 interrupted the live broadcast.
When Schreinemakers live (1992) became Germany's most popular talk show, the media
considered her the German Oprah Winfrey. She soon became the best paid female
TV host.