Star life is not an easy thing. It may only seem from the outside that celebrities are basking in luxury. Constant tours, concerts, large fees, luxurious life. But what did it cost them!? Behind all that pretty cover lies the hard work. You need to devote yourself entirely to your profession, having a busy schedule in which there is no time even for proper sleep. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your family for your career.
And while some follow the principle “family comes first,” others, in their desire to make a name for themselves and build a career, completely neglect their family. The result is scandals, divorces and children who have to grow up, at best, in an incomplete family, and at worst, be raised by grandparents without seeing their own mother at all.
Today in MORE magazine we will talk about 10 stars who abandoned their children for a career
Which of the stars of Russian and foreign show business put their career first? But we have no right to condemn them. Everyone has their own circumstances in life. Some really put career and popularity first, others simply decided that they were not ready for the status of a parent. Still others simply had to earn money for the family and could not do otherwise.
Lolita Milyavskaya
photo: prozvezd.infoMarried to showman Alexander Tsekalo, the couple had a daughter, who was named Eva. The child was born prematurely, and, as a result, the girl suffers from a mental disorder, medically referred to as autism. After the birth of her first child, Milyavskaya had no intention of giving up her career, and her busy schedule of constant touring did not include caring for a sick child. Therefore, the vocalist decided to place her daughter in the care of her mother.
The girl stayed with her grandmother in Kyiv while her mother traveled around the world, building a career as a successful singer. But at the same time, Lolita always found time to visit her daughter. So Milyavskaya became a weekend mom. And then Lolita completely moved to live in Russia. Therefore, her meetings with the child became less and less frequent. Now Eva has grown up, and Lolita often shares photos with her daughter and talks about the child’s life on social networks.
Angelika Varum and Leonid Agutin
photo: vokrug.tv The daughter of Varum and Agutin, Lisa, was diagnosed with autism, the yellow press wrote. However, the parents themselves refused to comment on this assumption by journalists. Immediately after the birth of the baby, the parents went on tour, leaving the child to be raised by Varum’s parents and her brother. They saw each other extremely rarely, because the girl was taken to live in Miami by her grandparents, Yuri Varum, who took custody of the child. With all this, love was enough for Lisa, even though she saw her parents a maximum of several times a month.
Now Lisa lives a full life, goes to a paid school, communicates with her peers. The girl also followed in the footsteps of her musical parents and began playing in a rock band. Varum and Agutin often boast about their daughter’s successes. She is an excellent student, and according to her teachers, the girl is a talented writer. And, which goes against autism, Lisa has a lot of friends with whom she communicates.
Lisa understands this choice of her parents, since studying in America costs a lot of money. Most likely, the girl is not at all sick with autism, and these are just rumors that journalists love to spread.
Masha Rasputina
photo: dom2life.ru The outrageous Masha Rasputina has a daughter, Lida, from her first marriage. But the child was not part of the singer’s plans, and therefore, immediately after Rasputin’s birth, she gave her daughter to her parents to raise, and she devoted herself to her career. After 16 years, Rasputina divorced her first husband, which caused great stress in the child. The result is psychosis, hysterics and deep depression. It got to the point that the girl even had to be placed in a mental hospital so that she could undergo treatment there.
The daughter held a grudge against her mother for a long time. But they recently reconciled. Lida thanked her mother for the treatment she received and for the fact that Rasputina accepted her into her new family.
Lyubov Polishchuk
photo: obaldela.ru Actress Lyubov Polishchuk was in great demand at one time. Therefore, immediately after the birth of their son, Alexei Makarov, it was decided to send the boy to a boarding school, since his mother did not have time to raise him due to the busy filming schedule. In addition, Polishchuk divorced the child’s father. I had to work hard myself.
The boy studied in a boarding school until the 6th grade, and when he turned 13, Polishchuk took her son to her new family. The actress married for the second time. But the son did not hold a grudge against his mother, because, as he said in an interview with journalists, he did not even know that it was possible to live differently at that time.
Yuri Stoyanov
photo: howmade.ru The creator of “Town” traded his two children from his first marriage for another woman. Feelings flared up with such force that the star father decided to leave his wife with two children. Stoyanov did not provide financial assistance to his first family and even stopped communicating with them. Therefore, it is not surprising that the sons, Nikolai and Alexey, decided to change their surname, since they did not want to have anything to do with such a father.
Eddie Murphy
photo: spletnik.ru While in a relationship with one of the Spice Girls members, Melanie Brown, the couple had a daughter, Angel, whom the actor refused to acknowledge. There were rumors that the child was not his. Murphy himself believed the gossip and asked Melanie to conduct a paternity test, which proved that Angel was his own daughter. But this did not influence the actor’s decision in any way, and he did not begin communicating with his daughter.
But the girl’s stepfather fell in love with Angel so much that even after divorcing her mother, he is trying to get a court decision to see the child. However, the mother is against it and wants to deprive her second husband of the opportunity to communicate and see the children.
Rod Stewart
photo: dailyrecord.co.uk Rock singer Rod Stewart became a father early. He was barely 17 years old when his chosen one stunned the singer with such news. The girl refused to have an abortion, so she was left alone while pregnant while the young father pursued his career and became a rising star. Later he learned that the mother of the girl Sarah, unable to support the child due to her age, sent her to an orphanage.
Later, the girl began to have problems in her life due to the use of alcohol, cocaine and crack after she was unable to come to terms with personal failures. And it was the father who helped the eldest daughter overcome all life’s difficulties.
Lyudmila Gurchenko
photo: teleprogramma.pro A stage and an enthusiastic audience - this is what young Gurchenko dreamed of in her golden years. But she was destined to become a mother, which did not make the star very happy. Therefore, already at 4 months old, the actress sent her little daughter Masha to be raised by her grandparents in Kharkov, Ukraine. Three years later, Gurchenko took her daughter to her place in the hope of becoming a good mother for Maria. But maternal feelings were not destined to awaken, so the grandmother had to move to take care of the child.
This was the reason for such a tense relationship between mother and daughter. Maria Koroleva carried her resentment for her childhood without a mother throughout her life. Later, the women stopped communicating altogether and didn’t even see each other. Maria received the news of her mother's death from the media.
The rising star was only concerned about her constant concerts and tours, so her daughter, Ilona Bronevitskaya, was raised by her grandmother, the mother of the girl’s father, Erika Karlovna, whom Ilona lovingly called mom. In gratitude for her upbringing, Ilona named her daughter after her grandmother. Later, as time passed, Edita Piekha said that she greatly regretted that she did not have enough time for her own child.
Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina
photo: argumentiru.com The once-in-demand actress has more than one marriage behind her. Shukshina was not at all involved in raising her daughter Anastasia from her first husband, actor Vyacheslav Voronin. She shifted this concern onto the shoulders of first the child’s father, and then the grandmother. And after her divorce from her first husband, she completely stopped seeing her daughter. Another family, a happy marriage with Vasily Shukshin, acting, a child again, the actress had nothing to do with Nastya. In addition, Nastya remained to live in Ukraine.
After many years, they managed to reconcile and establish communication. But their relationship was spoiled by Anastasia’s appearance on a TV show with Andrei Malakhov, where her mother forbade her daughter to appear. After this incident, Shukshin and his eldest daughter Anastasia did not see each other again.
This is how it happens, parental “love”!
Celebrity parents who abandoned their children for careers updated: January 11, 2020 by: Tatiana Sinkevich
The women presented in the article could have had the most fantastic careers, but they preferred quiet family joys, leaving the stage or film set. Their names are probably known to the reader. Our list includes both foreign stars and domestic celebrities.
Alsou
The 35-year-old singer shone at Eurovision 2000 while still underage. However, after her marriage to Yan Abramov, a major businessman specializing in the production of weapons (2006), she practically stopped touring. Alsou only occasionally releases videos and performs in holiday concerts, focusing on family and children. The couple has three of them - two eldest daughters and little Rafael, who was born in August 2016.
Irina Leonova
At the peak of her career, the 40-year-old Maly Theater actress abandoned her professional activities, giving her lover seven children. Her chosen one was Evgeny Tsyganov, the star of “Children of the Arbat” - the film on the set of which they met. In 2015, after 10 years of marriage, Irina was left alone. Tsyganov went to Yulia Snigir, and Leonova was forced to return to the temple of Melpomene to raise her children.
Oksana Okhlobystina
The 45-year-old wife of Ivan Okhlobytin, a successful actor, screenwriter and director, could have made a wonderful career herself. She was cast in the role of the main character in "Accident - the Cop's Daughter" (1989), an action-packed youth drama that immediately brought popularity to the aspiring actress. But she became Mother Ksenia, the wife of the director, who was engaged in clergy for 10 years. The family has six children.
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Soviet actress, whose popularity was in the 50-60s. it is difficult to overestimate ("The Unyielding", "Queen of the Gas Station", "Girls"), practically disappeared from the screens after marriage. Her husband was diplomat Willy Khshtoyan, to whom the movie star devoted her best years. He saw her off on her last journey in 2008. Rumyantseva died at the age of 77 from a serious illness.
Grace Kelly
By the age of 25, a successful fashion model had made a dizzying career in cinema, which was ended by a fateful meeting with the Prince of Monaco at the Cannes Film Festival. Since 1956, Grace became his wife, giving the monarch three children. Her life was tragically cut short in 1982 in a car accident on one of the mountain roads on the border with France.
Jennifer Garner
Before meeting the Hollywood star, Ben Affleck's ex-wife was also a successful actress, whose fame was brought by the series "Alias." And they both met while filming Pearl Harbor (2001) together. However, during 12 years of marriage, Jennifer appeared on screen no more than once a year, because she focused on her family and raising three children together.
Kate Capshaw
Few people know that the actress’s surname belongs to her first husband, from whose marriage Kate has a daughter together. Since 1991, her name has been associated exclusively with one of the most successful directors in Hollywood - Steven Spielberg. After meeting on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the couple never separated. Having once dreamed of becoming an actress, Kate focused on her family and raising her five children.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
In the 90s, the name of the 49-year-old actress literally never left the screens, but everything changed when her family came to the fore. In 2000, Michael Douglas became the celebrity’s husband, with whom they have been together to this day. The couple has two children together. In the 2000s, Katherine was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, so in 2013 no one was surprised by Douglas's announcement of divorce. In it, he talked about the impossibility of living with a person who is constantly depressed. However, the divorce did not take place, and Katherine found a new occupation for herself - she became interested in interior design.
Twiggy
The 69-year-old British supermodel previously often starred in films and appeared on television. But everything changed when the Golden Globe winner met Lee Lawson, the main love of her life. Now she only runs Instagram, collaborating with some fashion brands.
Eva Mendes
They started talking about Eve after the touching speech of her husband Ryan Gosling, a Canadian actor, at the presentation of the Golden Globe statuette in 2017. He expressed gratitude to his wife, who carried their second child under her heart and helped his seriously ill brother, allowing Ryan to participate in the project, which brought him recognition. The actress herself appears on the set quite rarely.
Meghan Markle
The 37-year-old actress, having married a member of the British royal family in 2018, practically doomed herself to comply with the strictest regulations and live under the guns of cameras. Meghan left her career for love with Prince Charles.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
In the main photo you can see a blonde beauty, who is almost impossible to find in the credits of successful projects after Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The mother of two children, Sarah is happy with Freddie Prinze Jr., whom she married in 2002.
Popular musician and performer Dominic Joker (Alexander Breslavsky) left his family for the star of the Russian show “The Voice”, singer Ekaterina Kokorina. They met Ekaterina when she participated in the “Battle of the Choirs” project. Already after starting a relationship with Alexander, Kokorina appeared on the show “The Voice”. Breslavsky's ex-wife says that most of all from their breakup their two small children are suffering- The sons now practically do not see their father.
Alexander Ustyugov.
Alexander Ustyugov is a Russian actor, known for his roles in the TV series “Cop Wars” and “Plague”. In the fall of 2015, Alexander secretly married his ex-wife star of the films “Shadowboxing” Denis Nikiforov Anna Ozar and took her to France. Problems with previous wife Yanina Sokolovskaya's relationship with Ustyugov began in the summer, so their breakup was not a surprise to anyone.
Vladimir Kristovsky.
Popular Russian musician, leader of the group Uma2rmaH, in 2013 left his wife Valeria Kristovskaya (Rimskaya) with four children and married a second time. Olga Pilevskaya became his new chosen one - PR team member Vladimir, who played leading roles in many Uma2rmaH videos.
Alexey Nilov.
Captain Larin, as we used to call him. Before his current wife Elena, Alexey was married four times(twice officially and twice unofficially) and about he has three ex-wives and one child each. Elena Nilova is a former sales assistant at a super fashionable clothing store in the center of St. Petersburg, now a professional digital photographer. They have been together since 2004.
Sergey Selin.
With his first wife "Dukalis" lived for almost 20 years. She is also an actress, sometimes starred in small episodes of the TV series “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” but mostly served as her husband’s secretary and impresario. In 1987, their son Prokhor was born. However, in 2008 or 2009, Sergei left his family and married a young tax employee, Anna, who is only three years older than his son. In their second marriage, Sergei and Anna already had two children.
Mikhail Trukhin.
Another one of the “Cops”, Mikhail Trukhin (Lieutenant Volkov), left his wife and two children for the sake of a young lover named Anna Nestertsova, who 14 years younger than him. However, in 2008 they had a child - daughter Sophia. Unfortunately, nothing is known about who Anna is and what she does.
Tim Steiner.
Tim Steiner - pretty major British businessman, multimillionaire, owner of an online store Ocado. Having been married to his wife Belinda for 14 years, he decided to leave her and four children for the sake of a 27-year-old Polish model named Patricia Pica. The businessman himself is 46 years old, so their age difference does not seem that strong. Now, together with their new passion, they live in a large house in north London.
Rowan Atkinson.
The same one Mr. Bean. He and his now ex-wife Sunetra Shastri lived together for 24 years. Their couple has always been considered happy and exemplary, so the breakup of their family came as a real surprise to everyone. 60-year-old Atkinson left his wife and two children for the sake of thirty-two-year-old actress Louise Ford.
Fedor Bondarchuk.
One of the loudest celebrity divorces Russia of recent times. Fedor met his wife Svetlana in 1986, and after 30 years he divorced for the sake of a 27-year-old actress Paulina Andreeva. They had been dating since the fall of 2015, while the official divorce of Fedor and Svetlana was finalized only in the spring of 2016.
Baygali Serkebaev.
The 57-year-old leader of the popular group A’Studio, Baygali Serkebaev, left his family for the sake of a 29-year-old model. The most interesting thing is that he has no plans to divorce his official wife, with whom Baigali has lived for more than 20 years. At the same time, the new passion of the musician Olga Zharova tries to actively demonstrate their hot relationship, publishing joint photos on social networks.
Evgeny Tsyganov.
Popular Russian theater and film actor Evgeny Tsyganov - a real father of many children. Married to his first wife Irina Leonova, they had seven children.. That, however, did not stop him from leaving his wife alone with them and going to another - actress Yulia Snegir. In March 2016, they already had a child together.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.
Not so long ago, in February 2016, 80-year-old Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and his 36-year-old fiancee Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya legalized their relationship in the registry office. It is worth noting that before this they lived together for 15 years. Dzhigarkhanyan was married to his previous wife Tatyana Vlasova for 40 years.
And the fact that their family life was no longer like a fairy tale struck us like a bolt from the blue. Due to this PEOPLETALK I decided to remember other couples where, despite the outward idyll, everything was not so sweet, and the initiative to break off the relationship came from the woman.
Alexandra Edenborough and Gary Oldman
No matter how perfect it may seem Gary Oldman(57), as many as four wives left him! Alexandra Edenborough(36), whose marriage to Cora lasted six years, left Oldman in January of this year. Although the actor always said that this relationship was the most ideal for him, the couple did not part on friendly terms.
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
It seemed to everyone that these two made each other truly happy. But it was not there. Mark Anthony(46) and JLo(45) lived together for four years, and Lopez initiated the divorce. There were rumors that the singer left her husband because of a dancer William Levy.
Natasha Koroleva and Igor Nikolaev
Despite the fact that the first spouse Natasha Koroleva(41) (55) made her a popular singer, their relationship did not work out. At the peak of her career, the Queen left her husband and soon tied the knot with Tarzan (Sergei Glushko (45)).
Kristina Orbakaite and Vladimir Presnyakov
Didn’t suit the family-creative union and Kristina Orbakaite(43), although Vladimir(47) and Christina have been together since they were young. Bye Presnyakov Jr. built a career and spent time with friends, Christina sat with the child. And How Orbakaite Even though she tried to save the marriage, she had to pack her things and leave. Today the former spouses have a good relationship.
Shakira and Antonio de la Rua
Relationship Shakira(38) and the son of the former president Argentina lasted 11 years. However, they never officially married. The true reasons for the separation are not known. She herself commented on this: “We still have friendly relations, but I don’t see a continuation.”
And Tao Ruspoli
At the age of 18, the actress married an Italian prince Tao Ruspoli(39). However, after eight years of marriage, their marriage was dissolved. Olivia decided that she plunged into family life too early and left Tao. So not all girls dream of a prince!
Angelica and Nikolai Agurbash
U Angeliki Agurbash(45) there was a loud divorce. After 11 years of marriage, she left her husband, a businessman. Nikolai Agurbash(60). In one of the interviews, the singer said: “I am proud that I took this step - left my husband, regained myself, my life and destiny. “I am leaving this family with a feeling of fulfilled female duty and with gratitude for the years I have lived.”
Tatyana Arntgolts and Ivan Zhidkov
The acting family broke up quite recently. Tatiana (33) and Ivan(31) lived together for six years. Showed initiative Tatiana. And then she increasingly began to appear in public with her colleague Grigory Antipenko (40)(who also divorced his wife). Ivan and Tatiana remained friends.
Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar
And here is the actress Elizabeth Hurley(49) dared to leave the Indian millionaire Aruna Nayara. For a long time there were rumors that the reason was her secret relationship with a cricketer Shane Warne.
Marina Alexandrova and Ivan Stebunov
This couple seemed perfect. However, their story ended as quickly as it began. The couple filed for divorce after two years of marriage. One day Marina I realized that this relationship was a burden for her, I just packed my things and left. Despite this, they Ivan They often intersect at work and even play in the theater together.
And Marko Jaric
Today he is one of the most successful and highly paid actors in Hollywood. He has almost everything - he only lacks a higher education diploma. And not only him. We invite you to look at people who, in order to achieve fame and establish themselves in the profession, had to “sacrifice” their school education.
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1. Johnny Depp was expelled from school when he was 15. At the age of 16, he finally abandoned school and took up music and film work.
2. One of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman, was forced to drop out of school due to her mother’s serious illness. To support her family she had to work as a masseuse, but she continued to study art and work in the theater. Nicole Kidman first appeared on television when she was only 15 years old.
3. John Travolta left school at the age of 16 so that schoolwork would not interfere with his modeling and acting studies.
4. Oscar winner for her role in the film “Monster” Charlize Theron dropped out of school when she was 16. On the advice of her mother, she took part in a modeling competition. After winning the first competition, Charlize Theron participated and won several more competitions until she signed a lucrative contract with a modeling agency in Milan.
5. The beginning of the career of one of the highest paid comedians in Hollywood, Jim Carrey, was very difficult. The family was constantly short of money, for some time they were even forced to live in a campervan, and his first performance at a comedy club was a failure. I had to quit school to go to work at a steel mill.
6. Sir Michael Caine was nominated for an Oscar every decade from 1960 to 2000. He did very poorly at school and dropped out when he was 15. His acting career was also difficult at first. The actor received real recognition only after 30 years.
7. Winner of an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and three Golden Globes, Cher dropped out of school at the age of 15. Due to dyslexia, schoolwork was difficult for her, but studying music and acting did not cause any difficulties.
8. Three-time Oscar-nominated Australian actor Russell Crowe left school at the age of 15 to devote more time to music and acting and thereby help his family.
9. Oscar and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor Robert De Niro made his stage debut at the age of 10, playing the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. True, he never finished school, leaving it at the age of 16 to pursue acting professionally.
11. The star of the films “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill” Uma Thurman also left school at the age of 15 to devote herself entirely to studying acting.
12. American actor and director Al Pacino studied very poorly at school, and at the age of 17, after “failing” almost all the exams, he was expelled. Because of this, he quarreled with his mother and was forced to work in various low-paying jobs in order to raise money for his acting education.
13. One of the highest paid American television actors, Charlie Sheen, was expelled from school for poor academic performance and poor discipline right before graduation.
14. Australian actress and Oscar nominee Toni Collette left school at the age of 16 and entered the theater institute.
15. Actress and TV presenter Whoopi Goldberg experienced great difficulties at school due to dyslexia, and at the age of 16 she completely abandoned her studies. In the late 1960s, she left home to live with hippies, followed by a difficult battle with drug addiction and a variety of hard, low-paying jobs, until Whoopi Goldberg managed to get a job in the theater in 1974.
