“My husband wanted me to leave the theater”: Anna Banshchikova named the reasons for her divorce from Maxim Leonidov 04.04.2023, 16:25

The star of the TV series “The Bloodhound” married the musician at the age of 21. This marriage was the first for her and the second for Maxim. The married life of the couple lasted five years. Leonidov dedicated his famous composition “Vision Girl” to his beloved. However, in 2004, the actress and singer decided to break up.

Now the 48-year-old artist believes that she was too young and absolutely not ready for family life. “Too soon indeed. I didn’t prepare for this at all. I remember even one girlfriend asked at the wedding, “Will he be the only man in my life?”. She looked at me in horror. I was not ready for family life then. At 21, I was a complete child. I didn’t want to cook children or borscht at home, “Anna admitted.

A native of St. Petersburg revealed another reason for the failure of his first marriage. Banshchikova admitted that she and her husband hardly saw each other due to a busy schedule. Leonidov invited the chosen one to leave work and accompany him on tour. Anna even liked his version at first.

“My husband wanted me to leave the theater and travel with him. He had endless trips. Once he came to my trip to Nizhny Novgorod and said that everything was enough. Then it seemed to me that it was cool, because we will not part, “Banshchikova opened.

Over time, the artist realized that she made a mistake when she left the cinema and theater for seven years. Nevertheless, Anna does not regret the missed opportunities in her career. “But I looked around the world, I like to travel very much. Everything has its advantages. But then it turned out that there is no need to take a person from nowhere and deprive him of what he loves. We have to do everything together. This became apparent later, and then there was such a desire to be together all the time. All of this eventually led to a breakup. Each person must understand what his vocation is and what he wants to do, “explained the actress of the Sovremennik Theater.

Anna opened up about another affair of her youth, for which she is now embarrassed. The mother of three admitted to having an affair with a married man. Banshchikova regrets that she did not think about the consequences of her act.

“A man falls in love with you and has a wife.” I think it was just small. If I had known how hard it was for her, I would have said, “Yes, you will marry a husband.” He really wouldn’t get in. It’s a bit embarrassing for that. When you’re young and there’s love, you just don’t realize it. And apparently there was some drama. You don’t understand it at all, and then time goes by and you think, “That woman must have had a hard time.” I want to call and say: “I wasn’t a beer then. Sorry,” added Anna in the “Together” program on YouTube.

In 2007, the actress married lawyer Vsevolod Shakhanov. The couple are raising three children.