Children of Potap. Potap's birthday: how ex-wife Irina Gorovaya and friend Nastya Kamenskikh congratulated

Potap dreams of adding a Grammy statuette to his collection of awards, acquiring “a chaotic thought stream translator that automatically connects the motives and text in his head with pictures and displays it all somewhere in electronic form”, because the muse visits suddenly, when there is nothing at hand except a napkin and a pencil.

It would also be nice to have a device that allows you to be in several places at the same time or teleport super quickly. This would help the singer and producer with the current rhythm of life and touring geography.

Childhood and youth

Potap (the artist’s real name is Alexey Potapenko) was born on May 8, 1981 in the capital of Ukraine. The musician is popular in both Ukraine and Russia. He does not comment on his nationality or affiliation with a particular country.

Alexey's mother is an athlete, world champion in scuba diving, his father is a military man. The parents taught their son discipline and managed to form a strong character in him.

Even as a child, Potap showed interest in many areas of life. From a young age he was involved in swimming and water polo and earned the title of Master of Sports. Wrote songs and poems. At the age of 13, he even tried to record his first compositions, but his parents considered his son’s hobby frivolous.

After graduating from school, Alexey became a student at Kyiv University physical education, where he managed to combine studying and playing in the university KVN team. After university, Potapenko had a career as a coach or physical education teacher, but his father insisted on continuing his education, and his son obeyed. This time the guy entered the Kiev University of Economics and became a master's degree economic sciences.

However, Alexey Potapenko did not choose for later life neither one nor the other profession, having decided to connect his fate with music.

IN student years Potapenko free time devoted himself to writing songs and participated in musical projects. At first, this activity did not bring Potap any income, but he still decided to devote himself to show business. Soon a lot of persistence true love to music and the desire for fame yielded results.

In 1997, Potap organized the first group. He didn’t rap then, preferring hard rock. In 2003, Potapenko presented his first solo album entitled “On your own wavelength, or Ano, of course, because it’s Shozh.”

Music

A turning point in creative biography Potapa became 2006. This is the year the project “Potap and Nastya” was born. Alexey, being a fairly famous performer, decided to record a new song with a girl and began looking for a vocalist who could sing the chorus of his new composition.

A year has passed, and at the festival “New Songs about the Main Thing” the performers became laureates. The duo performed the hit “Not a Couple,” which instantly became a chart leader. Performing this song, as well as the hit “Khutoryanka,” the guys won the “5 Stars” competition.

Duet “Potap and Nastya” - “Not a couple”

In 2008, their debut album “Not a Couple” was released, and in 2009 they released their second album entitled “Don’t Love My Brains,” which included the tracks “On the Area” (“On the District”), “ New Year", "Chips, Chicks, Lavender." Also in 2009, a real explosion of popularity was caused by the fresh hit “Plague Spring.” The song was literally playing from everywhere.

Duet “Potap and Nastya” - “Plague Spring”

The team moved to new heights and won award after award. After a couple of years of working together and releasing fresh hits, Potap and Kamenskikh collected all the music awards at post-Soviet space: “Golden Gramophone”, “Song of the Year”, “RU.TV”, “Muz-TV Award”. The songs “If suddenly you are gone” and “We are canceling the end of the world” were performed in the series “The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva.”

In 2013, fans of the duet Potap and Kamensky saw the third album of their favorite performers, “Everything in a Bunch.” The song of the same name received the Golden Gramophone Award - 2014 and stayed at the top of the music charts for a long time along with the new hit “Udi Udi”.

Duet “Potap and Nastya” - “All in Bundle”

In 2015, the duo attracted even more attention by presenting a joint track and video with the popular R’n’B singer “Dog Style.” Potap appeared in the image of a psychotherapist's patient, who is hampered by unbridled visions and fantasies.

Soon Potap and Nastya Kamenskikh recorded a number of memorable compositions: the songs “Poisonous Love” and “Fingertips”, which contrasted the track with Bianca with their romantic mood and some lyricism.

Duet “Potap and Nastya” and Bianca - “Dog Style”

The video “At Mom’s” stood out noticeably against the background of other projects, light and with sexual or humorous overtones. This video reflects the theme of a child growing up, emphasizing the importance of the home as a place where you can return at any time, come with good or sad news.

The duet created by Potap was officially recognized as the most popular touring duet in the country. The number of their concerts and invitations to perform is such that many famous artists envied the singers. The project set new records for visiting concert venues.

Duet “Potap and Nastya” - “New Year”

The hallmark of Potap and Nastya became unpronounceable or, on the contrary, emphatically simple, infantile, strange and funny song titles, both invented by the musicians themselves and taken from slang vocabulary: “Crazy Spring”, “Chundra-chuchundra”, “Bumdiggibay”, “ Udi Udi", "RuRuRu". These names, which are often the refrain of a song, give critics the opportunity to accuse musicians and their work of stupidity and superficiality. Fans admire the singers’ courage and enjoy the memorable sound combinations.

In 2010, Potap opened his production center "MOZGI Entertainment", which, in addition to the duet "Potap and Nastya", also represents the group, the eccentric artist Arkady Laikin and the dance and music men's band.

Potap is not only a producer. Alexey also writes songs, scripts, directs videos and is an inexhaustible source of creativity for the MOZGI Entertainment team.

As a performer, Potap performs not only with Kamensky, but also with one of the participants in the Mozgi project. And with “Time and Glass” he recorded a joint single “Tear” and starred in the video of the same name. The dance composition Cola Song was released in collaboration with the Romanian singer INNA.

The company creates videos not only for Potapenko’s production projects, but also for other popular artists, including the group “30.02” and Sasha Kogan. Soon Potap, together with Vadim Lisitsa, founded the recording studio “MOZGI/FOXX Studios”. More than 100 hits have been created there and long-term collaboration with popular artists has been maintained.

In 2014, Potap and Nastya voiced Tusk and Spring, the heroes of the German cartoon “The Seventh Dwarf,” and also performed 2 soundtracks for the cartoon. One of them, the surprisingly positive single “Believe in Your Strength,” was liked by listeners and was rotated on Russian radio stations.

TV

Now Potap is busy building his own musical career, at the same time willingly shares his knowledge and skills. In 2015, the singer became a mentor in the 2nd season of the Ukrainian show “The Voice. Children". The musician's competition included. That year, Karol’s ward won.

Potap in the show “The Voice”

The project partially repeats the format of the popular show “The Voice”, but competitive program shortened due to the age of the participants. At the first stages of selection, “Blind Auditions” take place. Many admit that this competition is really difficult for both the participants and the jury. Mentors have to explain why they did not turn to failed musicians, but to upset children from 7 to 14 years old.

After the coaches select their team, the cycle of elimination battles begins. Unlike the adult TV show, here the young performers sing one song together, not just two. This was done on the recommendation of child psychologists, since it is much easier for a child to survive a loss in the company of a fellow loser than alone.

Potap in the project “League of Laughter”

Potap acts as a jury member not only at music shows, but also at comedy shows. Also in 2015, the singer became a coach in the new humorous project “League of Laughter.” “The League” is organized according to a principle similar to “The Voice” - first, mentors choose participants, according to the rules of this show, not single individuals, but entire teams, and then humorous elimination fights begin. In the 2nd season, Potap remained in the coaching chair. Then Alexey’s team won the Winter Cup.

In 2016, Potap again became a mentor in the 3rd season of the show “The Voice. Children". The composition of teachers has undergone changes: Natalya Mogilevskaya was replaced. Tina Karol’s team also won in 2016.

Dima Monatic, Tina Karol and Potap in the show “The Voice. Children"

In 2017, the musician participated in the 3rd season of “League of Laughter” as a permanent coach. Soon the singer announced that the members of the duet “Potap and Nastya” had taken a break from performing together. The initiative came from Alexey:

“We have already begun to slip a little, some fashionable dudes passed by us to do fashion projects, and we no longer understand how it all works with the button accordion. Therefore, we decided: let’s look at us from the outside and think about whether we should return, and when to return, and what to return with.”

Fears that friends would turn into competitors were not justified. Potap continued to look after Nastya, performing under the name NK, as a producer and write songs for her.

Alexey took a new stage name PTP. As a farewell, the artists released the “Poisonous” video, and at the end of the year Potap’s solo album “Malibu” was released. On music competition The artist presented “Songs of the Sea” new group, with which he will continue to give concerts - “Potap and his team”. The singer changed his usual style. If families danced to the old compositions, the new ones received an age limit of 18+ due to the abundance of profanity.

Personal life

The artist and producer’s professional career was more successful than Potap’s personal life. Alexey was married. Ex-wife Irina Gorovaya is a financier by profession and works as commercial director of the production center MOZGI Entertainment. This is Irina’s second marriage. From her first marriage she had a daughter, Natalya, whom they raised together.

In 2008, Ira Gorovaya gave birth to a son. In the Potap family there is a custom of calling boys by the names Andrey or Alexey. The couple decided to name their son Andrei.

In 2014, Alexey and Irina filed for divorce. Potap admitted to the press that this is not a momentary decision, the couple have not lived together for several years, the singer and his wife have long had a personal life outside the family. The musician even hoped that the new chosen ones would get along with each other after meeting. Former spouses communicate, the separation did not affect the couple’s business relationship. The producer and commercial director continued working together to promote groups.

The divorce announcement has given rise to many rumors about new lover musician. And the first candidate for the role of the girl with whom the musician had been dating for so long and secretly was his constant colleague. Often Potap's co-host on social events Nastya Kamenskikh performed, so the musicians constantly appeared together. The artists looked harmonious: petite Nastya and tall Potap (the singer’s height is 195 cm).

The words of Alexei’s mother, who called Anastasia her son’s muse, added fuel to the fire. As another indisputable proof, followers cited numerous photos of the couple posted by the musician on "Instagram". Potap in these frames hugs his partner, the couple makes faces in joint funny pictures, takes pictures of each other and demonstrates in every possible way warm relations. The artists even lost weight together. As was subsequently written in articles dedicated to the duet, Nastya and Potap look better now than in their youth, at the beginning of their careers.

Fans believed that star wedding musicians was planned for the summer of 2016, but was canceled due to force majeure. Then Nastya unsuccessfully jumped with a parachute and the singer broke her leg. According to media reports, the bride’s reluctance to attend her own celebration in a cast led to the cancellation of the wedding.

On May 23, 2019, Potap and Nastya officially announced their relationship, admitting that their wedding date was set for this day. On such an exciting day, Nastya confessed her feelings, and Potap presented new clip to the song "Constant", in which for the first time he sincerely spoke about his love for Anastasia.

And - in "New Year's Matchmakers".

In the same 2018, the singer released a children's book "Pan Žák". Alexey wrote his first literary opus in Ukrainian.

Potap wrote a children's book "Pan Izhak"

The musician wrote the song LOMALA for Kamensky, and also accompanied the girl at the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. In addition, the couple published pictures from their vacation in Miami, and fans were already convinced that the meeting former members a duet in one place is by no means an accident.

Potap changed his image - he got rid of his beard, which he had previously dyed in acid colors. Fans greeted the transformation of their idol with delight; they thought that the artist looked younger and looked like Hollywood celebrities.

Potap again took up the search for young talents in the “Voice of the Country” show. Without false modesty, he stated that the creators of the program, by inviting him to mentor, get not just a Ukrainian star, but a producer international level. The artist’s ward in the 7th season, Ingred Kostenko, took 2nd place and participated in the national selection for Eurovision. In 2019, the 9th season of the show started, Potap's team competed with students of Tina Karol, Monatika and.

Discography

2004 - “On your own wavelength or, of course, because Shozh”
2006 - “On a different wavelength or otherwise, of course, because it’s shocking”
2017 – “Malibu”

As part of the duet "Potap and Nastya"

2008 - “Not a couple”
2009 - “Don’t love my brains”
2013 - “Everything in a Bunch”
2015 - “Shield and Ball”

The promotion of Nastya Kamenskikh was financed by the owner of the M1 TV channel - Verkhovna Rada deputy Nikolai Bagraev

The promotion of Nastya Kamenskikh was financed by the owner of the M1 TV channel - Verkhovna Rada deputy Nikolai Bagraev

We recently talked about the attacks faced in lately in their homeland, Ukraine, the favorites of the Russian public are singers Ani LORAK (Karolina KUEK) and Taisiya POVALIY (No. 45, 2014). As it turned out, fellow countrymen also do not like another popular Ukrainian performer in Russia - rapper POTAP (Alexey POTAPENKO), member of the duet “Potap and Nastya”. True, the negative attitude towards him has several other reasons that are not related to the current events in “Nezalezhnaya”.

I think in Ukraine Potapu someday the balls will be torn off, - the producer of one of the former soloists of the group shared a sore point “ VIA Gra» . - And not at all because he constantly goes to perform in Moscow. He simply behaves dishonestly in life. I have known him since the times when Lech was curly, long-haired and could hide behind a mop. Potap openly plagiarized all the musical material that brought him success: “Not a Couple” was copied zero to zero from “The Art of Getting Jumped” American group“De La Soul”, “In Nature” - from the rapper’s “Don’t Need No Help” Young Buck etc.

When pressed, he insisted that he legally bought the rights to the music from his friends in the States. Although in Ukraine for some reason he registered the authorship of this music as himself, without indicating the real authors. And accordingly, he took all the rewards for the performance.

Or take the ugly story with his wife. If anyone doesn’t know, Potap began his career with the rap projects “UGO” and “Vkhid u Zminnomu Vzutti” (“Entrance in replaceable shoes”). His partner and close friend was a bald, stocky boy Yura Gorovoy, who performed under the stage name Yugo. So, current wife Potapa - Ira - was married to this Yura at that time. But she did not refuse others. Imagine the situation: the current husband and the ex, who was not yet an ex, fucked the same chick for a long time and at the same time every evening, as if nothing had happened, they went on stage together. This is just beyond the bounds!

Ira already had a daughter from Yura ( Potap often calls her his in interviews, although at the time of the girl’s birth he was barely 16 years old. - M.F. ) . Then Lekha successfully developed a duet with Nastya Kamenskikh. Ira immediately realized: “Oh, let’s go matzo!” She quickly got pregnant and gave birth to a child, Potap. After that, Yura was safely drained. Now he works quietly in clubs with his material. And Ira eventually became not only Potap’s official wife, but also headed his production center. True, when she opens her mouth, you understand that nothing worthwhile will come out of it, and you want to shove something into it to keep her quiet. In general, except for complete dirt and greed, there is nothing around Potap.

Took off my panties

The rapper's duet partner - Nastya Zhmur, performing under the more euphonious surname Kamensky, was also credited with dubious sexual relationships. And with a woman - a childhood friend Janoy Shvets which everyone knows as former soloist « VIA Gra» Eva Bushmina. However, despite this, Nastya is spoken of in the Ukrainian show community with much more sympathy than Potap.

It was a pleasure to deal with Kamensky, - One of the former employees of the Ukrainian tabloid Blik, which was closed several years ago, once confessed to me.- Unlike Potap and his wife, who often argued with us, she always made contact easily and was ready for almost anything.

For example, once Nastya not only provided us with her panties as a prize for readers, but also agreed to take them off in front of the camera so that no one would doubt that this piece of clothing really belonged to her. Initially, Nastya’s promotion was financed by the production company “Music-Motors”, which belonged to the creator of the international festival “Tavria Games” and the owner of the Ukrainian music TV channel M1 - a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Nikolay Bagraev. This company was led by a producer Ruslan Minzhinsky. But he couldn’t manage to promote Nastya. Then Potap drew attention to her and suggested working together. To promote the duet, they, together with Minzhinsky, created new company Empire Label. True, it did not last long. When things started to take off, Potap and his wife, who manages all his affairs, quarreled with Minzhinsky and began to work independently under their own label, MOZGI Entertainment. What happened between them remained completely unknown. Minzhinsky stubbornly avoided making any comments on this matter. Just like Potapenko. But in private conversations, Minzhinsky more than once complained that he was treated very unkindly.

The name Potap is known to millions of people around the world. Today he runs his own production center, shoots videos for the most popular artists and hosts large-scale musical events. The songs written and performed by him are heard on the best radio stations in Ukraine, Russia and the CIS. Potap is invited to television projects as an inimitable presenter, a strict and extraordinary musical expert. He easily makes cutting jokes towards the most famous stars and delights with shocking antics. The current fame and recognition did not fall on Potap in one day: few people know how much effort today’s success took.

Childhood of Alexey Potapenko

Alexey Potapenko (stage name – Potap) was born in Kyiv. He did not dream of becoming a singer, and this is not surprising. His father, Andrei Alekseevich, is a military man, and his mother, Lyudmila Anatolyevna, is a professional athlete, world champion in scuba diving in the relay race. The child of such parents with early childhood accustomed to discipline, thanks to which his character became what it is today.

At school, Alexey studied without C grades, especially loved history lessons, but he constantly brought failures for his behavior. Parents were frequent “guests” at the school. On the advice of his mother, the son took up swimming, and later began going to water polo. Very quickly he showed brilliant abilities for this sport, thanks to which he ended up in the Ukrainian national team and became its captain.

The beginning of Potap's musical career

Despite being very busy at school and sports, Potapenko was fond of writing songs and poetry. Co school years Potap began to become more and more imbued with music. From the age of 13, he wrote his first lyrics and tried to record his own compositions. Parents did not take their son's hobbies seriously.

After school, he became a student at the University of Physical Education and Sports, where, in parallel with his studies, he performed in KVN along with the university team. After graduation, he could have worked as a physical education teacher or a water polo and swimming coach, but at the insistence of his father, he continued his studies to receive a more serious education. This time Alexey entered the National Economic University and received a qualification - Master of Economic Sciences, entrepreneurial activity and audit.

Not succumbing to either the influence of his mother or the instructions of his father, Potapenko did not engage in any of the professions in life that he acquired at two universities. He decided to devote himself to music. “Show business is a combination of sports and economics!” - Potap says now

During his student years, Potap devoted all his free time to creating songs and participated in several musical projects. For a long time this activity does not bring high income, but the artist sets very high goals for himself and decides to devote himself entirely to show business. Unreal perseverance, sincere love for music and the desire for popularity will soon bring results.

Potap and Nastya - Crazy Spring

In 1997, the young man organized the first group. He didn’t read rap then, he was fascinated by hard rock. In 2003, Potap presented his long-awaited solo album “On his own wavelength, or Ano, of course, because it’s Shozh.” Active concert activity, public shares, filming and interviews cement Potap’s image as a shocking artist.

“Having gained success, I was afraid of losing it. Later, I realized that music is such a beautiful thing that only the Creator himself, who gave you this talent, can take it away,” the artist recalls in an interview about his first achievements.

The year 2006 turned out to be very successful for Potapenko, when he created a duet with Nastya Kamenskikh. The guys called themselves “Potap and Nastya.” Potap, being a famous solo performer, decided to record a song with a girl and was looking for a vocalist who would sing the chorus in the artist’s new composition. An acquaintance of Potap recommended recording a single with Nastya Kamenskikh. Back then, no one imagined that a one-time duet to create one song would turn into an incredibly successful musical project. But the producer’s subtle instinct told Potap that he shouldn’t stop at a one-time performance. From the very beginning, he began producing a duet, for which he writes songs and shoots videos.

Potap and Nastya - All together

Only a year has passed, and the duet became a laureate at the “New Songs about the Main Thing” festival. They performed the song “Not a Couple,” which instantly became a hit and a leader in chats. Potap and Nastya were already known both in Ukraine and abroad. The song was the leader of the hit parades, and performing it, the team won the “5 Stars” competition. The lyrics of the compositions performed by the duet are filled with piquant ambiguity, but the original performance and striking visuals made them increasingly popular.

In 2008, the first album “Not a Couple” was released, in 2009 an album appeared, which was called “Don’t Love My Brains.” In the same year, the new hit “Plague Spring” caused a real sensation. This song literally came from all directions.

The team successfully moved forward, winning award after award. Just a few years later successful work, active touring and releasing new hits, Potap and Nastya collected all the music awards in the post-Soviet space, including “Song of the Year”, “Golden Gramophone”, “Muz-TV Award”, “RU.TV”. The duet participated in such music festivals as “Tavria Games” and “Crimea Music Fest”. For several years, Potap and Nastya remain among the most popular performers. Their new hits appear periodically.

Potap and Nastya - Udi Udi

“Potap and Nastya” were officially recognized as the most popular and touring duet in the CIS. The number of concerts and invitations to perform can be the envy of many top artists. The duo sets records for visiting concert venues, including international ones. The geography of Potap and Nastya’s tours is constantly growing: the duo performs with incredible success in the USA, Europe and Asia, one of solo concerts was in Beijing. Songs by Potap and Nastya are record holders for sales and distribution of mobile content. The project never ceases to amaze with new products and releases new hits every year.

In 2013, the third album of Potap and Nastya, entitled “Everything in a Bundle,” was released. The single of the same name is a contender for the 2014 Golden Gramophone award and continues to stay at the top of the music charts along with the fresh hit “Udi Udi.”

Potap at the cinema

In 2008, Alexey, together with Nastya, was invited to the musical “Little Red Riding Hood”, where they were assigned the main roles. This was not their only film-related activity. Already in 2011, the duo performed the song “Freaks” written by Potap, which viewers heard while watching the comedy film of the same name with Konstantin Khabensky, Ivan Urgant and Milla Jovovich.

Potap’s incredible charisma and mastery of stage transformations go beyond the scope of his musical activities. The artist is invited to bright roles many films, including “One for All”, “New Year’s Matchmakers”, “Rzhevsky against Napoleon”, “Heavenly Relatives”. In 2008, Potap and Nastya played the main roles in the musical “Little Red Riding Hood”.

In 2014, Potap and Nastya voiced the characters of the German 3D cartoon “The Seventh Dwarf” Tusk and Spring, adding a bright color to their characters. The duo performed two soundtracks specifically for The Seventh Dwarf. One of them, the full single “Believe in Your Strength,” became very popular with listeners thanks to its energizing positive mood and is now in rotation on Russian radio stations.

Potap - producer

In 2010, Potap, together with Irina Gorova, opened the production center “MOZGI Entertainment”, which represents the legendary duet “Potap and Nastya”, the charismatic group “Time and Glass”, the mysterious artist Arkady Laikin and the new dance and music man’s band “Mozgi”. Potap is not only a producer, but also a songwriter, screenwriter and director of videos for these projects, ideological inspirer and an inexhaustible source of creativity, which is implemented by the MOZGI Entertainment team. Potap not only performs with Nastya, but is also one of the participants in the “Mozgi” project; with “Time and Glass” he records a joint single “Tear” and stars in the group’s video of the same name. Producer Irina Gorovaya manages the work of the production center office and deals with all financial issues and strategic planning for artist promotion.

"MOZGI Production" is a new direction in the multifaceted activities of "MOZGI Entertainment". It deals with all stages of production music video and multimedia advertising, from script development to the post-production stage. The company creates videos not only for Potap’s production projects, but also for other famous artists, including Zara, Diana Gurtskaya, Alexander Kogan, and the group “30.02”.

Together with Vadim Lisitsa, Potap founded the recording studio “MOZGI/FOXX Studios”. The studio has created more than a hundred hits, and has developed many years of collaboration with successful artists, including Philip Kirkorov, Laima Vaikule, Ani Lorak, Irina Bilyk, Andrey Danilko, Alyosha, “Pesnyary”, Vlad Darvin, Alexander Rybak, Vitaly Kozlovsky, Vladimir Grishko.

Potap's solo career as a presenter

Since 2008, Potap has discovered a new creative side in himself, actively working on a number of television projects on Ukrainian television channels. He acted as a presenter and was on the jury of many television programs, including “I Love Ukraine”, “TV Star”, “GPU”, “GutenMorgen”. “Star + Star”, “Battle of the Choirs”. Within its solo project Potap recorded the songs “The Sea is Foaming”, “Summer” and “Au”, as well as the composition “Pronto” together with

Sometimes Potap himself does not know what to expect from himself in the future, but one thing is certain: his projects will be successful, his ideas will be original, his experiments will be successful, surprises will be pleasant, and his antics will be endless!

Personal life of Potap

Irina Gorova is Alexei’s wife. She is a financier by profession and works as the commercial director of their family business, MOZGI Entertainment. This is not the first marriage for Irina. From her first marriage she has a daughter, whom she is raising with Potap.

In 2008, Irina gave birth to a son. In the Potapenko family there is a custom of calling boys by the names Alexey or Andrey. The couple named their son Andrei. Now Alexey considers himself absolutely happy.

Often, Potap’s co-host in some television programs, projects and at various events is Nastya, which constantly gives rise to gossip about the alleged relationship between them, which is far from the workers. However, neither Nastya nor Potap confirm such rumors.

It is known that one of Potap’s most favorite films is “Jaws”, and his signature dish is “Potaptsi”, the history of which dates back to the times of the Zaporozhye Sich. “Potaptsi” are slices of bread fried in lard, served with cracklings and garlic.

Potap now

In October 2017, Potap and Nastya Kamenskikh recorded a video message to fans. The duo took a creative break for an indefinite period, but promised fans a surprise as a parting gift.

Potap and Nastya Kamenskikh announced their departure from the stage

In May 2019, Potap and Nastya announced their wedding. Although many still doubt that they really got married and are not promoting their personalities in this way.

A few years ago, for the first time, the media started talking about the fact that the judge of the shows “Voice.Children” and “Voice of the Country” broke off relations with his wife Irina Gorova. Then the reason for the rumors was joint photographs that appeared on the Internet from the artist’s vacation with his colleague Nastya Kamenskikh.

Later, Alexey and Irina themselves added fuel to the fire by prohibiting journalists from using the phrase “husband and wife” in interviews. This was further proof that changes are taking place in the family, which the couple simply prefers to remain silent about.

And so, the other day, in an interview with one of the Ukrainian publications, Potapenko and Gorovaya openly said that they had not actually lived together for a long time. However, this fact was not advertised due to increased employment in the projects.

Yes, we got divorced, it's true. We have been living separately for five years now, and we officially filed for divorce two years ago. And we are indeed a strong, but not a married couple,” Irina Gorovaya shared with journalists from the publication “Relax.”

The ex-spouses also admitted that they tried to save the marriage, but after several unsuccessful attempts- we realized that it was time to build something new. At the same time, both Alexey and Irina managed to keep warm friendly relations, continue working in a joint production center, and also protect their children as much as possible from the stress of their divorce.

The children didn't notice him. Natasha is already an adult, she understands everything, she already has a boyfriend... We didn’t say anything to Andryukha, because before I was always on tour and was rarely at home, so nothing has changed for the children. The children stayed with Ira. I give them all my free time! - Potap said.

Let us recall that the marriage of Irina Gorova and Alexei Potapenko lasted more than 15 years. The couple has two children - 8-year-old son Andrei and 19-year-old Natalya, Irina’s daughter from her first marriage to the singer “UGO” Yuri Gorov.

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For 15 years, Irina Gorovaya was the wife of Alexei “Potap” Potapenko, a popular Ukrainian producer, composer, author and performer of songs. However, in 2016, the couple announced their divorce. What is known about Potap’s ex-wife, Irina Gorovaya? What does she do and how is her personal life?

Irina Gorovaya: personal information

Irina was born in December 1977. It is known that she is an economist by training and worked as a financier in a bank for 9 years. The girl had 700 people under her command.

However, after the birth of her son Andrei, she decided to quit her job. leadership position. Just at this time, Potap’s contract with his producer expired, and Alexey had to make a decision: to renew it or go on a free voyage.

Since Irina Gorovaya is a good financier and is well versed in accounting and jurisprudence, Potap suggested that she organize her own production center and conduct business independently. In one of the interviews, Irina’s ex-husband stated that he respects and values her both as a person and as a professional. In addition, he has repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Gorova for the help in her work, which she continues to provide even after their divorce.

Participation in the project

During her collaboration with Lesha Potapenko, Irina met many famous personalities and found it easily with them common language. Most likely, it was for this reason that she was offered a job in the show “Zirka + Zirka”. The girl already knew most of the stars from the project when she went on tours and concerts with her husband. And for this reason, many of them treated Irina quite confidentially on the show.

Irina Gorovaya - Potap's wife

For Irina, marriage to Potap was the second. Her first husband was singer and colleague of Alexei - Yura Gorovoy. From him, Irina has a daughter, Natalya, who is now 20 years old. And while Irina was married to Potap, she gave birth to a boy, who was named Andrei.

According to Irina, the break in relations with her father did not affect the child in any way, because her husband Alexey Potapenko was rarely at home due to constant tours. By the way, after the official breakup, he continues to see Andrey, comes to visit him and plays with him. And last year, the ex-spouses took their son to school together. The boy, who turns 10 this year, stayed with his mother and older sister after his parents separated.

By the way, the fact that the couple was officially divorcing became known only in 2016, although according to documents, Irina and Alexey broke up back in 2014, which surprised their fans a lot. In addition, it turned out that the ex-spouses have not lived together for about 5 years. However, they managed to maintain friendly and partnership relations all this time. Despite the divorce, business cooperation continues to this day.

Personal life of Irina

In February of this year, it became known that Irina Gorovaya (you can see the photo of the girl in the article) is pregnant. This could be judged from the picture where she was captured with Michelle Andrade and Monatic. The girl herself hid her pregnancy, covering her emerging belly with voluminous dresses. Irina also tries not to talk about who the father of her third child is.

The girl does not give extensive comments about her personal life in any interview. Assuring journalists that everything is great and gorgeous. She motivates such answers by the fact that she is not glad that she put her previous relationship on display.

In addition, Gorovaya shared a long-standing prediction. As a child, a boy told her what her fate would be by reading her hand. He prophesied to Irina her early marriage and the birth of two children 10 years apart. These predictions came true. In addition, they predicted five spouses for her, but, according to Irina herself, she “couldn’t stand” that many.