Tina Kandelaki's scandals, conflict with Vasily Utkin
Kandelaki’s appointment to a responsible post led to one of the most famous media conflicts of recent years - a quarrel with TV commentator Vasily Utkin.
Vasily Utkin and Tina Kandelaki on the “Evening Urgant” program
As a result, Utkin left Match TV, saying that “working under Kandelaki’s leadership is humiliating.” During the conflict, both became victims of the famous telephone prankster Vovan. Thus, Kandelaki, to whom the prankster introduced himself as Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, said about the situation:
“I don’t even know what (Utkin) wants, I haven’t even seen him. He called me at the very beginning and said: let's meet at your restaurant. I met with the entire editorial staff, he just wanted a personal meeting, specifically with him.
But it’s probably wrong to meet with him specifically when the entire editorial team is there. I was at the meeting and talked to everyone. And he invited me to my own restaurant. Do you think I should have gone to my restaurant with him? He calls me somewhere, constantly calls, but I don’t answer and don’t pay attention.”
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You can read other details of the conflict in “Sobchak Hates Me.” Stars who trash each other on social networks.
However, even before the episode with Utkin, there were many scandalous situations in Tina’s life. Thus, on December 22, 2011, TV presenter Mikhail Shats said that Kandelaki was asking the management of the STS television channel whether they were aware that he and his wife Tatyana Lazareva had starred in videos calling on citizens to come to a rally on December 24 related to protests against the alleged fraud in the State Duma elections. According to Mikhail, Kandelaki called the video clips “dubious videos calling for people to come to the rally on December 24.”
“To his credit, the leadership responded that both Mikhail and his wife are quite adults and decide for themselves how, who and where to recruit. I will use this right again. I urge you, Tina, stop! Because we also know how, who and where to send,” said Schatz.
In response, Kandelaki accused her colleague of hypocrisy and stated that she was leaving STS and suing the man. However, on December 29, it became known that the TV presenter remains on the channel because of the “The Smartest” program and, accordingly, refuses legal claims.
There were also scandals of a more “entertaining” nature in Tina’s career. There is a known case in which in 2006, at the “Person of the Year” award ceremony according to GQ magazine, Kandelaki sensually kissed her eternal rival Ksenia Sobchak.
Tina Kandelaki declassified her son's personal life
Tina Kandelaki with her son Leonty // Photo: Instagram
Last Saturday, a concert by rapper Slava CPSU, also known as Gnoyny, took place in one of the Moscow clubs. TV presenter Tina Kandelaki was also among the spectators of Vyacheslav Mashnov’s speech. Before the event, the star talked with the artist about music, battles and modern television.
The conversation between Mashnova and Kandelaki was published on the Mustwatch YouTube channel. The authors of the video were a team of like-minded people who are creating the film “Battle”, dedicated to competitions between performers in the rap genre. During the conversation with Vyacheslav, Tina also touched upon the interests of her children, Melania and Leonty. As follows from the words of the celebrity, her heir is in a relationship with a girl.
“When I was a child, Leonid Yakubovich was shown on TV. I graduated from school, went to college, had children, and Yakubovich. My son has grown up and already lives with a girl, Yakubovich again. Judging by my son, it’s unlikely, but my daughter will probably make me a grandmother in four or five years, conditionally. And again there will be Yakubovich... This is cool, of course, but other heroes went anyway. Television doesn't produce them. And if this doesn’t happen from above, then, as in your case, it will happen from below,” Kandelaki said.
In addition, Tina admitted that her children are interested in modern culture. “Leo is generally very funny,” the presenter noted. According to Kandelaki, her son often tests her knowledge of music and asks about albums and songs.
The TV star’s immediate plans include participating in a battle with rapper Milky. At first, many took the news of this as a joke. However, Kandelaki made it clear that she was serious about preparing for the fight with the performer. “Yes, of course, I promised,” Tina shared.
Later, Kandelaki shared her emotions from the meeting with Vyacheslav in her Telegram channel. Tina found the rapper and his colleagues representing the Antihype association interesting interlocutors.
“The acquaintance grew into a long conversation - we discussed the musical preferences of my children, an interview with Slava Yura Dudu, we talked about Posner, TV formats and my future battle with the Milky. Slava, Victor and Andrey (Zamai) turned out to be interesting interlocutors - in the end we talked with them for about forty minutes,” the star wrote.
By the way, on November 5, a new vocal show “Success” will start on the STS channel, which is called the successor to the popular project American Idol. The host of the program was Vera Brezhneva, and the jury included Gnoyny and Philip Kirkorov.
Rapper Gnoyny and Tina Kandelaki backstage at the concert of the Antihype association in Moscow // Photo: Instagram
Personal life of Tina Kandelaki, children, marriage with Vasily Brovko
The personal life of Tina Kandelaki also has a rather scandalous coloring. The loudest of the scandals occurred due to a car accident in Nice in October 2006, when the TV presenter’s affair with billionaire Suleiman Kerimov was revealed. Read more about this in “I Never Loved Anyone Else.” Stars talk about romances with oligarchs.
Suleiman Kerimov. Photo – RIA Novosti
The hype from that incident fell on the shoulders of Kandelaki’s husband, businessman and artist Andrei Kondrakhin. The wedding took place back in 1998, and Stanislav Sadalsky became the initiator of the acquaintance.
Andrey Kondrakhin, Tina Kandelaki and Stanislav Sadalsky during the wedding. Photo – personal archive
In 2006, the marriage did not break up, but divorce followed 4 years later. Kondrakhin himself said that he and Kandelaki broke up not because of infidelity, but for another reason. But Sadalsky, in his later interviews, claimed that he had ceased to be Kandelaki’s friend, largely due to the fact that she “acted very badly to her husband,” who forgave her for the incident in Nice. The actor said that at one point the woman even set a condition for him - to communicate either with her or with Andrei.
However, Kandelaki, as far as can be judged, maintains good relations with the children born in marriage - daughter Melania (born January 11, 2000) and son Leonty (born April 28, 2001).
Tina Kandelaki with children. Photo – Instagram
From 2010 to 2014, Tina was single, and during this time rumor connected her with different men. The rumor started by Ksenia Sobchak about Kandelaki’s affair with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, turned out to be especially loud.
Tina Kandelaki and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo – Instagram
Since 2014, the woman has been married to Vasily Brovko, director of communications and strategic research at the Rostec state corporation. Tina said that Vasily knew her for a long time and was the initiator of the marriage:
“He met me already when I was a superstar. He always told me, and this is how our relationship began, that I can do much more. And what I'm doing is just the beginning of my career. And he’s been telling me this for 11 years now.
As a young man, he proposed to me! Many influential, wealthy, adult fans told me the same phrase, which really bothered me: you, of course, are amazing, but it will be so difficult with you! As soon as I hear this, I immediately want to yawn. But Vasya was not afraid of anything at all. He turned out to be the most fearless of all my fans.”
Tina Kandelaki and Vasily Brovko. Photo – RIA Novosti
About family
Tina has two children Melania and Leonty; their father is the TV presenter’s first husband, businessman Andrei Kondrakhin.
In 2010, the couple separated. Evil tongues claim that the reason for the divorce was Tina’s constant infidelities. Among her suitors was Suleiman Kerimov. The TV presenter tried for a long time to deny any connection with the State Duma deputy, but in 2006, Kandelaki and Kerimov got into an accident while on vacation in Nice. The politician covered the TV presenter with his body, and Tina escaped with only light burns on her hips and arms. Later, Kandelaki made a tattoo of an ancient Indian symbol of strength in place of the scars.
Now Tina is married to one of the founders, Vasily Brovko. The husband is 11 years younger than the journalist and initially few believed in the sincerity of their feelings. But in 2014, the young people legalized their relationship and are still happily married.
Recently, Tina’s daughter turned 20 years old, and Kandelaki very touchingly congratulated her on Instagram. “Your daughter is beautiful,” “health and happiness to your princess,” subscribers joined in the congratulations.
Fans are also delighted with the TV presenter’s son. “What beautiful children you have,” “looks like a rock star,” “cool,” fans commented on the photo.
