“I fell in love with Garik Kharlamov. He adored me like crazy”: Svetlana Svetikova spoke about a secret romance 04/20/2023, 4:00 p.m.

The star of the musical Notre Dame de Paris met Garik at the age of 18. The young people starred together in a student film for the festival. According to Svetikova, the comedian was very attractive in those years. “He was not overweight. He was handsome then,” said Svetlana.

Svetikova spoke about the first meeting with the comedian. According to the artist, Kharlamov behaved more politely than other young people. “I remember sitting in some village, mosquitoes. Here the director says: “KVN workers will arrive now.” I replied, “Fine.” Guys come, but I didn’t like anyone. Garik immediately turned on – he accompanied me, helped me this way and that. We became very close friends – just don’t spill the water, “explained the actress.

After some time, Svetlana found out that he lived in the next street from Garik. The Star Factory-3 graduate moved with her parents to the Maryino district, where the comedian grew up. Svetikova remained in contact with Kharlamov, but built her personal life with other friends.

“We used to talk and become friends. I had a few boyfriends, I went on dates. I also told him, “You’re so cool! It’s a shame, I’ll never fall in love with you.” And then once – and once covered. I fell in love with his nature, his humor, his feelings for me. He adored me like crazy, ”admitted the former participant of the Avatar show.

According to Svetikova, the relationship became serious and she was ready to marry the future resident of the Comedy Club. However, Svetlana’s parents prevented her from marrying.

“We had such a funny engagement. Then an unpleasant situation happened, which I will not talk about. My parents forbade me to see him. I suffered a lot, then I cunningly got together with him. There was a scandal, my parents forced me to choose. I chose him. I finally realized that I really miss my parents, the whole drama was hard for me. I met another guy and decided to grab him as a life jacket. I suffered a lot, I left, loving. It was scary. We just sat together and cried because we knew we had no future,” Svetikova said.

Garik was married to Julia Leshchenko and then to actress Kristina Asmus. The comedian has a nine-year-old daughter Anastasia from his second marriage. Svetlana found personal happiness with athlete Alexei Polishchuk. The couple has two sons, Milan and Christian.

The artist admitted that she could have represented Russia at Eurovision 2005 before Natalia Podolskaya entered the competition. According to Svetlana, they started talking about it two years after the Star Factory-3 concert tour.

“I was taken by Prigozhin and Drobysh. They just wanted to send me to Eurovision, they even chose a song. We did a performance, Valeria came to us for a rehearsal. Prigozhin liked me, he and Valeria saw me as a daughter. And they said: “Let’s send her to Eurovision.” But they realized they couldn’t do anything with me. I have too much character, my own ideas. I didn’t like everything that was offered to me. I was embarrassed to say that I love funk rock and that you can do choreography on stage, “svetlana added in the YouTube program “Factory with Yana Chu”.