TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov apologized to blogger Victoria Boni for insulting him on air after her appeal.
“Firstly, you look great,” Soloviev said during a live broadcast with Bonya on the “Full Contact” program. “Secondly: Yes, of course, I have to apologize. You are absolutely right. Of course, I was very emotional, and of course, whatever the motivation behind what and why I said it, I of course had to be more strict about my words that were spoken live.”
Solovyov added that it was “very strange” to list him “as one of the main misogynists of the country”, because a large number of women come to his radio shows, and “70% of misogynists are women.” According to him, Victoria Bonya suffered “much more” from the hatred of those who pretend to be her friends than from his words. He did not mention specific names.
Solovyov’s reaction, he said, was not related to Boney’s attractiveness itself, but rather to the fact that he was “noticed on that level.” According to him, what made him “angry” were Boni’s words that they were afraid of Vladimir Putin because the Western media picked them up, but in Russia, people actually love the president and are not afraid, Soloviev said.
“I’m glad you apologized,” Bonya said.
On April 14, Victoria Bonya published an appeal “on behalf of the people” to Putin. She listed five problems that “no ruler will talk about” and said that Putin’s people are afraid, but she is not afraid. The Kremlin said that “work is underway” on the issues raised by Bonya. Then, with tears in her eyes, she herself thanked Putin and Peskov for watching her speech in the Kremlin.
After Bonnie’s appeal began to be actively discussed, Vladimir Solovyov, on the air of his evening program, called her a “shabby bitch” who should not “open her filthy mouth and scatter into space.” MP Vitaly Milonov also joined in the insults, calling Bonya a “poorly educated blogger” and “an escort.” Social network users harshly criticized Solovyov for insults, and she herself posted an AI video in which she fights, in the guise of Spider-Man, with Solovyov, Milonov and Artemy Lebedev, who also spoke out against her.