The editors of Glamor magazine announced a decision to deprive Regina Todorenko of the title of Woman of the Year, which the TV presenter and blogger was awarded in November 2019. The message about this was published on social networks and on the website of the publication.
“The editors were forced to make such a decision after Regina’s public statements about domestic violence in an interview with Peopletalk. Glamor categorically does not support the position of Regina. We want to emphasize that we are against violence of any kind, including bullying. We really hope that you support us in this. ”
The magazine does not provide specific quotes, however, it refers to a conversation between Todorenko and her husband Vladislav Topalov with the founder of Peopletalk.ru Laura Dzhugeliya. The video was posted on the online channel’s YouTube channel on April 23. Todorenko reasoned about why bloggers share only pleasant moments from their personal lives, hiding unsightly episodes.
The broadcaster harshly condemned women who in social networks talk about their problems in family life - even when it comes to domestic violence.
“You need to be so psychologically ill person who takes the camera and says:“ God, my husband beats me ”... And why, didn’t you think about it? And what have you done so that he does not beat you? What did you do to hit you? ”She said.
Negative comments appeared under the video. By the evening of April 25, more than 7 thousand spectators marked "I do not like". To discuss Todorenko’s position, the editors of Glamor invited her to live on Instagram on April 24th.
After that, Regina Todorenko released an apology video on her own page on the social network. “Once again I want to emphasize that I am against domestic violence and any kind of violence in principle,” she said. Todorenko called her wording “incorrect”, and also asked subscribers to suggest how she could help “in this situation”.
However, some platform users considered the celebrity gesture insincere. One of the reasons was Todorenko’s words about some experience that she is not ready to share at the moment. Under the post of Glamor, readers demanded that the actress be stripped of the title of woman of the year.
Statements of the colleague were condemned by the TV presenter and singer Anna Sedokova. “What I heard yesterday from Regina is very bad and wrong. No one has the right to justify family cruelty, ”Sedokova wrote on her Instagram page.
She also mentioned her own negative experience of family life, and also spoke about similar cases that she remembers from childhood. The singer also noted that unmarried and divorced women face undeserved censure.
After Glamor announced the withdrawal of the title on Saturday, the chief editor Ilyana Erdneeva commented on the decision for 360. Erdneeva admitted that Todorenko could express her point of view incorrectly.
“Surely some of Regina’s formulations were not entirely accurate. But if you watched the broadcast, you had the opportunity to observe that her position was quite consistent. " She emphasized that the title of TV presenter will not be returned.
Singer and composer Rita Dakota (Margarita Gerasimovich) made a detailed commentary on her Instagram. In the same People Talk interview, Todorenko and Topalov suggested that Dakota was responsible for problems in family life that led to a divorce from Vlad Sokolovsky in 2018.
- Rita Dakota and her daughter Mia
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The singer urged subscribers not to listen to Todorenko and expressed concern that the words of the presenter would prevent women in a dangerous life situation from protecting themselves.
“Who will take responsibility if one of them is crippled, and if someone, God forbid, be killed?” Regina? The media that published her statements like this? ”She noted.
Dakota emphasized that she had previously maintained friendly relations with both artists, and for this reason at first she did not dare to join the public condemnation.
On Saturday evening, Regina Todorenko repeatedly apologized to Instagram. “Yes, I stumbled and made a mistake! But I am grateful to my stupid language for becoming a trigger that helped tens of thousands of women speak out. Thank you for showing me the vile realities that I didn’t even suspect about because of my ignorance and lack of education, ”the TV presenter wrote. She also mentioned that she contacted several foundations to “bring this issue to the public.”