“Why do we have to deceive each other?”: Ivan Urgant at the premiere of the drama with Julia Peresild announced his return to Channel One 13.04.2023, 01:00

The long-awaited premiere of the drama “Challenge” took place in the cinema complex of the capital “October”. The event looked like a grandiose Channel One corporate party – Konstantin Ernst and his wife Sophia, Arina Sharapova, Elena Malysheva, Valdis Pelsh, Yana Churikova and other TV stars came here. At the invitation of the channel’s management, the disgraced Ivan Urgant also attended the premiere.

The showman has not appeared on television for more than a year due to which he posted a black tear on his personal blog on February 24, 2022, writing that he was afraid and in pain. He supported his entry with a hashtag condemning the special operation. The host of the suspended entertainment program “Evening Urgant” felt uncomfortable among colleagues who had been actively working all this time. Ivan stepped onto the blue carpet, gestured a bit and then tried to hide from the press.

The 44-year-old artist only responded to the question of whether he would return to Channel One. “I really hope so,” he said. Asked by a TASS journalist whether viewers will see him in the near future, Urgant replied: “Why should we deceive each other? Of course, yes”. However, he could not say about the timing of this return.

Dmitry Peskov attended the premiere of the film “The Challenge”. A year ago, Ivan was supported by a representative of the Kremlin. “I know Urgant very well, he is a great patriot. He can have his own opinion,” said the press secretary of the President of Russia. However, this did not help the comedian to return to television.

Some cultural figures took a sharply negative attitude in relation to the grandson of the star of the film “Belarusian Station”. “Urgant turned out to be the symbol of the fifth column. I think it should not return to the Channel One broadcast, ”said Maria Shukshina in an exclusive interview with VOICE. And Yana Poplavskaya threatened to leave Russia if Ivan appeared on air again.