A leading German TV station has fired one of the country's most popular comedians by text message.U R Fired.
Comedian Hans Werner Olm said he thought it was a joke when he received a text message telling him he had been sacked.
But he realised it was no laughing matter when he turned up for work and discovered his long-running show had been cancelled.
Olm said: "I received a text telling me the next series of my show had been cancelled. I thought it was a stupid joke until I realised they were really sacking me."
Things only got worse for Olm when he received a text message from his wife: I Wanna D-vorce.
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