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Came out last Friday April 17th New version – One of the most popular entertainment offers on Runet. In it, the hosts, comedians Olesya Ivanchenko and Dmitry Zhuravlev, analyze the guest and ask him questions. The hero of the new issue is the designer and pro-Kremlin propagandist Artemy Lebedev.
Lebedev immediately stated that he did not believe in astrology. He answered the questions of Ivanchenko, who compiled his birth chart and asked him to comment on the conclusions drawn from it, in one clip and in an often sarcastic manner. Ivanchenko responded sarcastically, while at the same time trying to persuade Lebedev to provide more detailed and frank answers. Zhuravlev tried to defuse the situation and support his colleague, describing Lebedev’s behavior as a provocation that should not be surrendered to.
The tension between the hosts and guest reached its peak near the end of the first hour of the show (the episode lasts two hours in total). Ivanchenko asked Lebedev questions about his personal life, and he did not want to answer them. “What are you, shy, damn it, what the hell! Tell me something!” – asked Ivanchenko. “No, let’s leave our personal life,” Lebedev replied. “What should I do?” – The presenter raised her hands. “Suck,” the guest said.
Zhuravlev described this response as another provocation by Lebedev and called on Ivanchenko “not to be fooled.” She demanded an apology from Lebedev. I apologize. “You did something ugly. Not worthy of your Venus in Pisces. And in general not worthy of a man.” [поведения] <…> “You are a 50-year-old grown man,” Ivanchenko said. These words were followed in the video by a montage, after which Ivanchenko continued to host the show.
After another 15 minutes, she again reprimanded Lebedev for not answering questions. “It would be great if you opened your mask a little, but you don’t want to open it. <…> I say: it is difficult for me. You say: Okay, take it out. <…> Let’s get to some human thread of the conversation,” Ivanchenko said. “Ask a normal question,” Lebedev replied.
After that, the presenter burst into tears – but quickly collected herself and continued to analyze Lebedev’s natal chart.
Ivanchenko published She posted this part of the show on her Instagram and received many sympathetic comments in response – both from regular users and celebrities. “Olesyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa” Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, “- wrote singer Sergey Lazarev. “I can’t imagine what it took to not finish filming and leave,” presenter Irina Ponaroshko said. “What a goat,” condemned presenter Ksenia Borodina Lebedev. Blogger Polina Brzezinskaya added: “In almost any other country, this would have been his last interview.” “Let’s give him an attractive look so that his face and hair are monochromatic, so to speak,” suggested actress and comedian Marina Fedunkiv.
Broadcaster Anfisa Chekhova described Lebedev’s behavior as “emotional abuse.” “Realizing that the presenter cannot interrupt filming, this is her job and behind the scenes there is a huge group whose time costs money, Artemy, with great pleasure of sadism, sprinkled with sarcasm, turns to open insults!” — male Chekhov on Instagram. She expressed her hope that Lebedev would apologize to Ivanchenko. If not, she called on women to unite and fight against “typical screen abuse.”
Blogger Victoria Bonya did not stand aside either. “Are these traditional values when grown men allow themselves, on live television, to insult women, calling them ‘escorts’, ‘old women’, and calling them ‘shit’? <…> Why are these people today in the public space and representing the interests of our people? Isn’t it time for them to retire? ” – asked Bonya. Her complaints were directed not only to Lebedev, who insulted Ivanchenko, but also to the preacher Vladimir Solovyov and State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov, who Insulted herself after her appeal to Putin. Bonnie was already exasperated Found Response on social networks, where users (both women and men) call for the “cancellation” of Lebedev, Milonov and Solovyov.
At the same time, some, commenting on the conflict between Ivanchenko and Lebedev, expressed the opinion that the presenter herself behaved aggressively towards the guest and made incorrect statements addressed to him. “Okay, let’s pretend that Olesya didn’t name Artemy the whole episode. One word wasn’t necessary, he acted disgusting, but Olesya was also toxic throughout the whole issue,” was one comment under Ivanchenko’s Instagram post.
“After the reels, I didn’t even want to watch the episode, I was so angry about it [Лебедева]! But after watching, I changed my opinion about this situation: from the very beginning, Olesya was very nervous and biased towards the guest, and several times he cleverly kept silent in response to completely rude statements under the guise of an expert opinion. <…> The word ‘sucks’ sounds harsh, but if you know, there are no questions about that statement,” another comment said.
The announcer reacted to the ringing fastingwhich could be called conciliatory: “This is how the release happened. It is probably the most difficult for me in the entire history of our show. Reactions are different, this is normal. But excuse me, why should I have enough endurance? <…> You prepare for two weeks, try to delve into the hero, do a lot of work (no matter how easy it looks on screen), which is less and less almost every second. Yes, it’s a show. But I’m also the living person who has the right to any living reaction, I don’t hold any grudge against Artemy, and that didn’t happen either.
Artemy Lebedev is known for his provocative statements. And in 2024, in an interview with journalist Yuri Dodo, he described the Safe Internet Association as “nonsense on a stick.” Dodd also quoted another interview with Lebedev, in which he said the word “pussy,” and wondered whether that was a distortion of the name of Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safer Internet Association. Lebedev replied that this was “Aesopian language for describing Turbinian patriots”, but denied that the word “Bezdulina” was derived from the surname Mizulina.
After this interview, Mizulina announced her intention to appear in court. Lebedev apologized to her, but this did not prevent her from filing a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity. Both Lebedev and Doud were defendants. In the spring of 2025, the trial decided Collect from them 300 and 200 thousand rubles, respectively. “You cannot abuse girls. You will be tortured for swallowing dust,” Mizulina wrote on her Telegram channel after the court’s decision. Initially, she wanted compensation of 10 million rubles, but she did not insist.