Alena Vodonaeva: frankly about relationships, son and new apartment

In the life of a TV presenter Alena Vodonaeva an important event happened: she bought her own apartment in Moscow. In an exclusive interview with the 7days.ru portal, the star spoke about the interior of the apartment, why she does not regret changing her home, and with whom she is ready to share elite square meters.

– Alena, now you are doing repairs in a new apartment. Tell us how the work is going? How many rooms are in the apartment?

“Oh, you’re stepping on a sore spot. My son and I had to move into an apartment that was already completely finished, and the people who worked at the facility assured that it would be like that. As a result, we, as planned, moved into a new house, but now we have so much to finish and, the most unpleasant thing, to redo and overpay again! I don’t even want to talk. And I don’t want to spoil the impression and energy of the new nest either. I hold on, I redo, I cry. As for rooms and space. We have a living room combined with a kitchen, a son’s room and dressing room, Bogdan’s bathroom, a nanny’s room, a small library with two huge bookcases and my pink moped, my bedroom, my dressing room and my bath. I insulated the balcony, and it is also a small room in which I will put a sofa and make a book space. Philological education —this is a diagnosis. Books are everywhere, but so are shoes.

Why did you decide to change housing? What did you not like about your previous apartment?

– Why didn’t you like it? We lived in Shuvalovsky for a long time, 7-8 years. But that apartment was rented. During my marriage, we never bought an apartment. And after we broke up with my husband, Bogdan and I remained on our rental for a long time.

– In your microblog, you wrote that you do not regret the move at all. Why? After all, many things, events connected you with the old apartment?

“I never regret anything, let alone remember. Everything happens as it should be. The past does not exist for me and, accordingly, there is no nostalgia for what happened yesterday. I always live for the future and the present. And, of course, how you can regret moving when you move into your own apartment. Of course, I already have in my personal piggy bank the purchase of an apartment in Moscow, but it —one-room, and I gave it to my grandmother. She lives in it. And, you know, it’s just an apartment there, and here is our native nest with my son, where I brought to life all my ideas, desires and ideas about what our house should be like.

– Have you taken all your things, interior items with you to a new house, or have you decided to get rid of something?

– You know, there was nothing special to transport, except for my things. When it came to moving, I realized that in family life we ​​didn’t make anything together, except for some dishes, half of which were given to us for the wedding, a massage table and towels. She threw away almost all the dishes, completely updated the textiles for the new apartment, took the massage table. Come in handy. A massage therapist is now visiting Bogdan, so the thing is necessary. Things that went with us to a new life —these are Bogdan’s clothes and toys. And my huge wardrobe, a moped and a pink chest of drawers, which I bought myself after the divorce. Of course, there were no fewer boxes during the move: one shoe took more than 30 huge bales.

Did you design the apartment yourself? What colors is it in?

– All the ideas for the apartment lived in my head long before the apartment itself. And there are much more unusual things in it than ordinary ones. The house has collected several styles and characters. The halls and the living room were designed to look like Bogdan. I made a loft with rough brick inserts, dark grays and massive materials. It was my decision, since I am raising my son alone, and it is very important for me that the masculine and brutal are present in his life every day. She made the nanny’s room the most tender in the apartment. And although everything is still not going smoothly with us with the nannies, there is already a room for her, and she is insanely beautiful, bright and very sweet. My part of the apartment is behind a separate door. A black and pink bedroom, the same wardrobe and a pale pink and white bathroom. You can’t tell about all the unusual details in one interview. All this is a must see, and I will definitely, as soon as all the details of the house are completed, I will arrange a virtual housewarming for my fans and readers of my Instagram*. I already promised them.

– Alena, was the children’s room for Bogdan decorated according to his preferences? What does it have?

– No, here, as they say, they married me without me. I came up with everything myself, without consulting my son, but 100% taking into account his character and hobbies. Bogdan has a cool room. Brutal lair of a traveler, rock-n-roller, hooligan and explorer. There is a map of the world on the wall next to his bed, on which he has already drawn something with a felt-tip pen (Laughs). But I did not scold him for this, but talked, and we decided that this would not happen again. I always agree with my son. About everything.

You are a big fashionista. Tell us about your wardrobe. I wonder how many pairs of shoes you have, and how many dresses?

I never counted how many pairs of shoes I have. And I don’t want to look like a boaster, even if I count everything. A lot of. Highly. Both dresses and shoes. Lots of. I can only say that the area of ​​​​my dressing room is larger than the area of ​​u200bu200bmy bedroom. And another giant closet for fur coats and coats is in the nanny’s room. Yes, and in the hallway there are two large wardrobes to the ceiling for outerwear and street shoes: boots, boots, all sorts of sneakers.

— Alena, tell us, what projects are you working on now? Are you going to return to TV as a presenter?

– All the last time I was engaged only in the child and repair. After the project, “Duel” saved itself only for this. I myself bought all these TVs, sofas, washing machines, chandeliers, kettles and more. I walked in the same tracksuits and sneakers for several months. What kind of shooting can there be when I look like a gopnik from a neighboring yard? Plus, more often she herself took her son to kindergarten. But I did a great job and have no regrets about my priorities. I have a business with my brother’s wife, there are advertising contracts, so I earn money, regardless of whether I am in show business or not. Now I will deal with the remaining everyday issues and start living a full life again: with filming, projects and all my stories.

– The media do not get tired of writing about your personal life, they come up with new guys. How do you feel about such conversations?

– I don’t care about that at all. I’m not thinking about them, but they are about me. This is not my headache. Let them come up with whatever they want. I don’t care. When the “shores” are completely confused, I can give the answer in my social networks. Many of these media outlets have a smaller circulation than my followers on Instagram *, so who will hit whom even more is a moot point. I am stronger than many “journalists”, so it’s better not to make me angry. I — patient, for the time being.

– Tell me, is your heart free now?

– I won’t tell (smiles).

– In one of the interviews with the 7 Days magazine, you said that you get on well with Bogdan’s father and his family. Is it so now? How often does the son communicate with his father?

– With Bogdan’s dad, at the time of the release of that interview, we had friendly relations. Now they are restrained, even and friendly. I’ve been on my own for a long time, and Alexey — by itself. We have different hobbies, in many ways different views on life and a different worldview. As for frequent communication with your son, judge for yourself. Dad, who works 24 hours a day, and sometimes also studies on weekends, a priori cannot see his child often. Yes, their daily routines absolutely do not coincide: the son goes to bed at a time when dad is still at work. They rarely see Bogdan.

At best, once a week or once every two weeks. But for the first time in 4.5 years, they went to rest alone this year. I am always glad to communicate with them. Bogdan loves his father very much, and I instill in my son this love and respect for dad, no matter what relationship Lesha and I have. We are fine, I would say. I definitely don’t need more. I have changed too much over the years that we are not together. And I’m not very interested in being friends with my ex-husband. The main thing is that everything is good in his life, I sincerely wish him this. And so that with Bogdan they could become real friends.