Umphathi wefayili odumile waseRussia uhalalisele ngobumnene umngane wakhe womshado, umkhiqizi womculo uJoseph Vigogin, usuku lokuzalwa oluhle. Umculi waphawula ukuthi othandekayo uyaqhubeka nokummangaza.
Umdlali oneminyaka engu-52 ushicilele isithombe esihlanganyelwe, esigqoke isembatho sephayinaphu, lapho ehlanganyela khona embukisweni "Mask" esiteshini se-NTV. UValeria uhalalisele umyeni wakhe ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe futhi wavuma kuye ngemizwa yakhe. "Umusa wami, onothando, onesibindi, ozaziyo ukuthi angakumangaza kanjani, uyacela futhi uthokoze ngodumo lwengane! Ngiyabonga ngokuphila! (Namuhla, leli gama linembile ngawe), liyabhala ukukhumbula kanjani ekuqaleni konyaka uPrigaine angafanga ngenxa yemiphumela emibi kaCoronavirus.
Ngasikhathi sinye, uValeria wavuma ukuthi wavula ikhwalithi entsha kumyeni wakhe, eyayingazi ngaphambili: umkhiqizi angagcina izimfihlo. Umculi waphawula ukuthi kwaba isimanga esikhulu ukubamba iqhaza embukisweni we- "Mask", ungomunye wamalungu e-jury. "Umangaze izwe lonke, kodwa iningi lazo zonke - mina. Ngiyaziqhenya ngawe, ngiyavuma, ngiyathanda, "umenzi wabhala ngemfudumalo.
UValeria noJoseph Prigogin ndawonye iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-17. Kuqala, umkhiqizi waba ngumeluleki womculi, njengoba uValeria asayina isivumelwano nenkampani yakhe. Lapho-ke ubudlelwano bebhizinisi buphendulwa inoveli yenkonzo. Ngo-2004, umculi kanye nomkhiqizi badlala umshado.