Boris Becker is set to give his first television interview about the 'prison terror' he experienced during his eight months in jail.
The fallen tennis star has already conducted the talks, for a reported fee of £435,000, with it due to be aired tonight in Germany. And the six-time Grand Slam winner will talk about his ordeal of being locked up in a 'shared cell' with murderers and rapists.
In April, Becker was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years in jail after being found guilty of four charges of insolvency relating to his bankruptcy. But this week, he was freed to return to Germany, meaning he'll spend Christmas with mother Elvira, 87.
An insider told the Daily Mail : "It's been a very rapid turn around but it's taken time because the interview has been done in German and English. The aim is to distribute it abroad to a world wide market and there has been significant interest.
"He's been so busy he hasn't even had time to see his mother but they have spoken on the telephone. The final editing will go down to just a few hours before broadcast on Tuesday night and then afterwards there will be a live TV debate."
The interview has been conducted by Steven Gatjen, who visited the former BBC pundit three times during his eight months behind the bars. And he implied the iconic figure gets emotional during filming.
"When I visited him in prison, a very slim Boris Becker greeted me with a smile on his face. In conversation, I found him surprisingly cheerful, like someone who had a lot of time to think," he said.
'And he was very emotional, especially in the moments when he spoke about his time in Wandsworth First Prison. His description of the first days in Wandsworth Prison. It's not just people who have committed financial crimes who are incarcerated there, but also sex offenders, murderers and people who have committed major robberies."
The Mail report also claimed that Becker was so desperate to get out of prison that he gave away his clothes, shoes and books to inmates, only taking with him family photos. Under the terms of his release, Becker will not be allowed back into the UK for a decade, ending any hopes he may have add of resuming a role with the British media.
