Why Potap divorced Irina Gorovaya. Potap and Irina Gorovaya divorced - exclusive interview with stars

They themselves didn’t notice how family relationships grew into workers, and love into friendship, but managed to part ways with dignity, preserving general business, warmth and respect for each other. How co-producers Potap and Irina Gorovoy managed to do this was learned by the magazine “Relax!” (Ukraine).

Everyone knows that Potap's union (Alexey Potapenko) And Irina Gorovaya incredibly successful: they created the production center MOZGI Entertainment, several musical projects, received many prizes and awards in show business, and are raising two children - 19-year-old Natasha (daughter from Irina’s first marriage) and 8-year-old Andryusha. But it turns out that they are no longer husband and wife. Let's find out the sensational details first-hand!

Alexey, Irina, many are still sure that you are a strong married couple. Is it true that you got divorced and no longer live together?
Irina: 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. (Smiles.)
Alexei: Why didn’t we advertise that we weren’t married for a long time? Yes, somehow there was no time, we worked a lot: we put the group “Time and Steklo” on its feet, developed the group “Potap and Nastya”, created the group Mozgi, recorded the song Michelle Andrade... But now we already have different personal lives, and it’s time talk about it...
How would you characterize your current relationship?
Irina: We are parents, business partners, we are true friends... If I have a problem, Lesha is the first person I turn to, and he only person, whom I trust 100%. We are an unconventional couple - a symbiosis of two people who cannot exist without each other.
Alexei: We have such a strong friendly love. Although we separated a long time ago, we never really parted, since we worked together... Probably, from the outside it will seem strange that the ex-husband and wife communicate so warmly. But we are truly close, we share the most intimate things with each other...

You have been together for more than 15 years. Can we say that it was a happy time?
Irina: We had interesting life! We went through a lot: poverty, Lesha's development as a popular artist, nerves, my leaving work - I held a high position in a bank, childbirth... We separated and came together... I am grateful to Lesha that all this time he tried not to hurt me.
Alexei: It was happy marriage, that is why, after getting divorced, we remained soul mates, partners and associates.
Which period of your marriage do you consider the happiest and which the most difficult?
Irina: The happiest is the beginning of our relationship. Lesha was 19 then, he was like a flower that had just bloomed. There wasn't a speck of dust on it! (Smiles.) And the most difficult time was the period when we realized that we were drifting apart. It was difficult to accept this fact. We had to think about what to do next - how our production center, which we created together, would work... At this time we had victories at work, we rested together, but there was no longer a family.
Alexei: At first it was also difficult for us, because we were getting used to each other, adjusting. I am a creative person, and Ira is a mathematical-pragmatic person. I am a free wind, an artist, I must create... When I become too correct, I send myself on some adventures just because I need to draw inspiration from there. I got married officially because I adjusted to Ira - she taught me to take relationships seriously. I fulfilled Ira's wish. (Smiles.) There were also difficult moments: buying a new home, moving to new apartment, took out some loans, then paid them off…. But I spent all my money on my woman, on my family. I remember the episode when I received one of the first fees for a concert and used all the money to buy Ira mink coat. We went into the store, she thought that we would buy some kind of jacket... And I had already chosen a fur coat for her in advance. The happiest moment is, of course, the birth of a son.

There are always many temptations in the artistic environment. Were you jealous of each other?
Irina: Naturally, I was jealous of Lesha - I am a terrible owner. (Smiles.) Success came to him at a time when I was sitting at home with the child, and he was the center of attention. A real boom began for “Potap and Nastya” - there were a lot of beauties hanging around Lesha... Before Andryusha was born, I worked in a bank for 10 years and was not used to sitting at home. I felt uncomfortable. I did not return to the bank and decided to work with my husband. I started doing PR, signing contracts, organizing concerts...
Alexei: In general, Ira is very calm and balanced. Yes, she became popular after our relationship ended. Before that, she was in my shadow, working for a common cause. And of course there was jealousy, it always exists when people love. Ira - very sexy woman, half of Kyiv was and is running after her: businessmen, bandits, cool dudes... She is energetically very strong, filled with feminine energy.

How did you decide to divorce? Was it mutual?
Irina: It doesn’t happen that you wake up and realize it’s time to get a divorce. Love falls apart bit by bit. At first we argued, and then we sat down and talked. We decided to live separately and see what happens. I admit, we honestly tried to save the marriage. But after trying a couple of times, we decided to build something new.
Alexei: Change is always hard. But I wasn’t afraid of change, I was afraid of not taking this step. Now we understand that he was correct.
Did the divorce somehow affect your joint business?
Irina: Some people expect that after the breakup our business will fall apart. Can't wait! There will be no Hollywood divorce with showdowns either! All passions subsided five years ago.
Alexei: For me, this is not a divorce, our relationship has just moved in a different direction. For the sake of some work issues, personal ambitions were abandoned, because we had been working for so long on our dream: to create a company that carries out the entire cycle of work in show business.

How did you tell your children about the divorce?
Alexei: 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. The children stayed with Ira. But as an artist, dad is constantly on tour, so nothing has changed for the children. All free time I give it to them!
Irina: We managed to get a divorce without scandals and division of property. We talked to our daughter Natasha. Andryusha also understands that dad and mom are not together, but for him this did not become a trauma - after all, Lesha had always disappeared on tour and was rarely at home. By the way, Andrey sometimes says: “I have two dads and many grandfathers and grandmothers.” He considers my first family to be his family, and we still communicate well. In general, I believe that a woman should unite. Even if you are divorced, why end the relationship? You just need to move on. On my birthday, the first husband, the second husband sits at the table, new guy... We get along great. This is ideal. (Smiles.)
Spouses often accumulate grievances against each other. Do you have them? Or have you dotted all the i's?
Alexei: When we separated, there may have been some grievances, but now there are none. The good we've had outweighs the bad. We just didn’t understand each other the way we understand now.

Give advice to readers who are going through similar things on how to maintain respect and normal relationships after breaking up with a partner and not get bogged down in squabbles.
Irina: Stop feeling sorry for yourself and move on with your life. My friend once said the following thing: “Ira, think that three months will pass and you will forget how painful it was for you now.” So I advise you to look forward and not look back. You can't save something that no longer exists. Love yourself and everything will work out for you.
Alexei: I emotional person, and often emotions lead me to wrong actions. But it is important to understand: time passes, and all emotions and grievances fade into the background. You need to learn to forgive. This is my main advice. And don't get hung up on the showdown. We need to move on with our lives! I could never have thought that I would part with Ira like this and wish her maximum happiness in her personal life. I did everything so that the woman who gave me so many years of her life and gave me a son would not hold a grudge against me.
What are you grateful to each other for?
Alexey: I am grateful to Ira for our three children: Natasha, whom we raised together, Andryusha - our most brilliant work - and our company, which we continue to develop.
Irina: I am grateful to Alexey for his creativity, for Andryusha, for teaching me how to cook cheesecakes. We were never bored! It must be admitted that both Lesha and I are not family people. We did not tie each other to home, to everyday life... Family in the traditional sense is something that I never really had. My husbands (Irina’s first husband is musician Yuri Gorovoy - Ed.) - creative personalities, therefore standard family life- with trips to the country, home-cooked dinners, vegetable gardens - is alien to me. At the same time I have family values: children, relatives are sacred. I'm like a chicken that warms loved ones under its wing. (Laughs.)

Are you open to new relationships?
Irina: Yes! I want to be called correctly - Irina Gorovaya. And not Potap’s wife, as is often written in news headlines. I am a successful producer, a professional, and I want this to be taken into account. But not every partner is suitable for me. I can’t imagine myself next to a male businessman or a teacher, scientist, mathematician... I’m used to a creative atmosphere, I feel good with creative people. Alexey for me was a bright cloud that I looked at with bated breath! When I met him, he had a huge hayer on his head, he came in mustard-colored shorts, he was a flying boy. I won’t say that I fell in love with his eyes or hands - I fell in love with his hooligan image.
Alexei: Ira and I separated a long time ago as a man and a woman, and we have a personal life separate from each other. I would like our new halves to be found too mutual language. But this is already some kind of idyll...

“My son doesn’t want to talk about divorce at all,” shares Irina Gorovaya. - It’s as if she doesn’t exist. Once we were standing with Lesha, he hugged me and kissed me on the cheek, and my son: “Hey, you don’t need to kiss. Hold on to your hand - you will have other men to kiss!” However, Andryusha is sometimes jealous, because for him dad is the main authority in life. They have a special connection. As soon as Lesha has a free minute, he immediately comes to us. Plays games with Andrey, they go for walks together. Dad is always there. Our children are already accustomed to this regime.”

Lesha, what advice would you give to Irina’s new boyfriend?
I laugh at men who think they can win her over easily. But she was Potap’s Wife! Ira is that little thing: she’s smart, beautiful, sexy, she knows her worth. She needs strong man. To conquer her, you don’t need to be rich and famous, you just need to be a Real Man!
Ira, what advice would you give? new darling Alexei?
I will not give advice to Lesha’s chosen one. Let her figure it out herself. (Laughs.) I’ll just wish her good luck and I’ll be happy for Alexey if the girl makes him happy.
Are you ready to get married again?
Alexei: I don’t call what we had a marriage. There was love. And this is the main thing for me! I love music, women and children. I am always ready to have children. If this is important for my woman in marriage, so be it.
Irina: Having several husbands is not a problem for me. They actually told me five! And I have enough for everyone, because I love to love. (Smiles.)

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December 2 2016, 11:12

The most talented person, director, presenter, musician, performer and producer Alexey Potapenko, better known to the public as Potap, was born in Kyiv on May 8, 1981. His father was a military man, and his mother was a fairly famous athlete, a scuba diving champion. From childhood, parents formed a strong character in the child and taught him to lead an active lifestyle.

Potap's ex-wife Irina Gorovaya: biography, photo

WITH early childhood Alexey went in for sports, but the guy was always drawn to creativity. He wrote songs and poems, and by the age of 13 he was trying to perform and record compositions. The parents believed that such an activity was frivolous and did not support their son’s hobby. After graduating from school, the future star entered university physical education, where, among other things, I became very interested in KVN. After graduation, the father insisted that the guy take a second course. higher education and entered the economics university. The son did not dare to disobey, but he never had a chance to work in his profession. Alexey firmly decided to connect his life with music.

Potap achieved his greatest popularity in 2006. Just at this time, their wonderful duet with Nastya Kamenskikh was born. Initially, it was planned to record only one composition, but the success was so strong that the duet became a long-term project.

In the photo: Potap s ex-wife Irina

Potap’s personal life was initially not as successful as professional activity. The musician's first wife, Irina Gorovaya, currently works at the production center ex-husband as commercial director. The girl is a financier by profession. At the time she met Alexei, she already had an unsuccessful marriage behind her.

In 2014, Potap divorced his wife. As he later told the press, this was not a spontaneous decision. The couple had not lived together for quite some time, each had love relationship. Oddly enough, the former spouses remained friends after the separation and communicate well with each other. They even hope that their new lovers will also find a common language with each other. Irina and Alexey continue to work together to promote new groups and performers.

The press has repeatedly stated that Potap cheated on his wife. The artist himself does not comment on this matter. It is only known that while still married, both spouses started affairs with other people. Whether this can be considered treason is an open question.

Children of Potap

At the time of the wedding, Potap’s wife, Irina, already had a daughter from her first marriage. The couple raised a girl named Natalya together. Alexey accepted the child as his own and tried to do everything to ensure that he grew up in a full-fledged loving family.

In the photo: Potap with his ex-wife Irina and children

In 2008, Potap’s wife gave birth to a son. The musician had a tradition in his family, according to which the boys were called Andrey and Alexey. The couple chose the name Andrey for the newborn. The father was incredibly happy about the appearance of the heir. Even after Potap divorced his wife Irina, he continues to be directly involved in raising his son. The man also provides financial support and does everything so that his son does not need anything.

Potap and Nastya Kamensky husband and wife?

After the breakdown of Alexey’s marriage, many different rumors began to appear regarding his personal life. ex-spouses. First of all, the public became interested in who Potap is married to now. Candidate number one, naturally, became his colleague, Nastya Kamenskikh. They often appear together at social events and appear as hosts of shows and programs. Fans note that the guys look very impressive together and are very beautiful couple. Only the artists themselves reject such rumors.

In the photo: Potap with Nastya Kamenskikh

Potap’s mother repeatedly called Nastya a muse for her son. Besides, in in social networks partners have a lot joint photos where they hug. Fans were simply sure that the couple would get married last summer, but due to unforeseen circumstances, the celebration was canceled. Then Nastya broke her leg during a parachute jump and refused to come to the event in a cast. own wedding. The artists did not give any comments about whether they were going to get married. However, since the fall of 2016, the Kamenskys have ring finger there is an elegant ring that arouses genuine interest among the public. Only the girl wears it on her left hand. How should we react to the rumor that Potap and Nastya are married? Most likely, this is just another rumor from the yellow press. At least officially, both Alexey and Anastasia are free and not married. And they refuse to comment on the relationships that are attributed to them. On the other hand, there was also no denial of the romance between colleagues, so there is a possibility that there is some truth in these rumors. Fans really believe in this and they were not even embarrassed by the fact that at one of the music parties Kamensky kissed Nadya Dorofeeva. The public perceived this maneuver of the girls as nothing more than an attempt to attract attention and raise ratings.

Potap has been on our TV screens for a long time, and his songs are heard almost everywhere. Even children know about his duet with Nastya Kamenskikh, who happily sing the simple words from perky songs. However, Potap is not only a member of the group, but also a solo singer, producer, songwriter, and presenter social events, and a participant in various shows, and even an actor. Unprecedented talents hidden in one person led him to fame, popularity and financial well-being, and also made him a favorite of millions of people in different parts globe. Naturally, Potap's personal life is often a topic for press publications. Moreover, the singer and producer is quite open to communicate with journalists.

The biography of Potap (Alexey Andreevich Potapenko) began in the Ukrainian capital and has been going on for 34 years. The celebrity's parents had nothing to do with show business. Until some time, the performer himself could not even imagine what a stellar future awaited him. At first, like his mother, he actively devoted his free time to swimming, striving to become a professional swimmer. Potap’s biography includes two graduates from universities - the National University of Physical Education and Sports and the National Economic University, which later turned out to be extremely useful in production activities. And in terms of the final choice of profession, they also played a role, because the first performances on stage began with the university KVN team, where Potap’s own songs subsequently began to sound. The duet with Anastasia Kamenskikh formed in 2006 and immediately became incredibly popular. In addition to this project, which is entirely the brainchild of Potap, the showman has many other projects - and Solo career, and the group "Time and Glass", and the artist Arkady Laikin, and duets with stars of Ukrainian and Russian stage, and much more.

In the photo - Potap with his wife Irina

As for his personal life, here, going against the established stage image of a brutal and broken guy-reveler, Potap has shown enviable constancy for many years in a row. His wife Irina Gorovaya is the only beloved woman in the singer’s life. A financier by profession, she also takes part in the management of his production center, holding the position of commercial director. The family has two children growing up - Irina’s daughter from her first marriage, Natasha and common son Andrey, born in 2008.

In the photo - the duet Potap and Nastya

Of course, at the beginning of the existence of the duet with Nastya Kamensky, the performers were often credited with having an affair. Gossip was born from candid photo shoots, songs with ambiguous meaning, but over time all the rumors dissipated. Some time ago, information appeared in the press again about allegedly not only a working relationship between the producer and the singer. But, probably, as in previous times, this rumor will turn out to be just a well-thought-out PR move, fueling interest in the group.

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, for a long time they fucked the same chick 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 have any doubts 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.