After the marriage to footballer Mats Hummels, Cathy Hummels tried a new start. But in interviews she is repeatedly asked about the marriage.

In a recent interview with “bunte.de” she gave insights into her world of thought and also talked about the reasons for the separation.

“We didn’t work as a couple. We made each other more miserable than happy,” she admits. There were two main points in which the two had different ideas: happiness and a career. In this they were “not compatible”.

The 35-year-old already spoke about the topic in her RTL2 documentary “Cathy Hummels – Everything at the beginning”. So it was Mats Hummels who wanted the divorce. He moved back to Dortmund in 2019 to fulfill his contract with BVB, she wanted to stay in Munich. He couldn’t stand the fact that she didn’t come with him.

Flashing back, Cathy Hummels says: “I know what I need and I had a choice: either I lose him or I lose myself.” In Dortmund she had severe depression, twice. She is doing better in Munich, which is why she decided to stay there.

Nevertheless, Mats and Cathy Hummels both want to be there for their five-year-old son Ludwig. They meet regularly, even go on vacations and trips together. Hummels says in the “bunte.de” interview: “Our focus and priority is Ludwig.” She adds: He shouldn’t feel like he has to take care of his parents or choose between them.

Hummels emphasizes that he should be allowed to be a child. “Ludwig should never notice that I speak badly about Mats or Mats badly about me.” Therefore, the two would mainly argue on the phone and not in his presence.

The boy already knew that his dad was a well-known soccer player. After all, after football games, many fans always want to take a picture with him.