ELLE Interview: Zhanna Friske
ELLE My colleague Seryozha said poetically about your stage costumes: “Ropes, under which everything is very beautiful!”
J.F. So glad! But, rather, not ropes, but rags.
ELLE No, he said “strings.”
J.F. This is a purely male perception. A woman can even see a pattern on such tiny pieces of fabric. And to a man they seem like nothing more than unnecessary ropes. I’ll tell you honestly: I tried to make more closed dresses and asked my costume designer Natasha Pilat: “Natasha, as much as possible! Let's make a long luxurious dress with drapery or a train." Natasha nodded enthusiastically: “Come on!” And here we are, rapturously draping ourselves in front of the mirror... Then Natasha pronounces her verdict: “Standing is beautiful. It’s impossible to dance!” And we pick up scissors and begin to mercilessly deal with both the drapery and the train. I don't wear pants to concerts. I am convinced that a woman in pants on stage rarely looks good. And for me it is extremely important that it is beautiful. For example, I know that all sorts of ruffles and polka dots don’t suit me. “Cute” is not my thing. As one of my friends says, “two rags on you look like a luxurious dress.” And I love it all and feel comfortable in it. Some people like it, others say that I go on stage in a swimsuit. But the fact that Madonna comes out in a swimsuit does not shock anyone. I’m not an opera singer who suddenly appeared in ropes. I'm a pop singer.
ELLE Millions of girls dream of becoming a “cover girl.” Last year you appeared on covers, probably more often than anyone else. What are the pros and cons of this role?
J.F. I probably won't be able to answer as you would like, since covers are part of my job. I didn’t become a “cover girl” overnight. I can name the pros and cons of life as a public person, but I’m unlikely to be original. The downside is psychological stress and huge responsibility. Plus is the love of people. For example, they asked me: “Wasn’t it a shame to be two steps away from victory at The Last Heroes and not receive a prize?” I sincerely answered: “It’s not offensive. Because winning doesn't necessarily mean being first. What’s more important is what comes after.” And I was not mistaken. After “Hero” I was showered with love from the public. I feel this especially strongly when I tour Russia.
ELLE Of course, everyone was convinced that they could go on reconnaissance missions with you.
J.F. This doesn't mean I'm made of iron. I may be weak.
ELLE Tell us how you stay in great physical shape. Diet?
J.F. The day before yesterday I ate about twenty pancakes with cottage cheese, although I said to myself: “Zhanna! Well, why are you doing this? You'll feel bad later! You will be punished, you don’t even overeat, you overeat.” I succumbed to a moment of weakness. But usually I try to enjoy food and not harm myself.
ELLE What does your menu look like?
J.F. At some point I realized that meat is tasteless. That's why I don't eat it. I love chocolate. I want pasta - please, no cream sauce. With tomatoes, herbs, pesto sauce. If it’s fish, then no side dish. It's simple. You need to listen to your body. I can drink wine, white and red, champagne with my girlfriends. And if I drink vodka, I will feel bad. The question is, why drink it? If filming is planned, I try to eat less carbohydrates and more proteins. But the main rule: you cannot deprive the body of anything, because it will find where to get what it needs. The body is not stupid. When hungry and experiencing a state of discomfort, he will find something to put aside in reserve, even from a harmless apple.
ELLE How intelligently you reason.
J.F. The wonderful nutritionist Margarita Koroleva, who helps many show business stars keep fit, told me all this. And teaches us to be independent of food. How does it usually happen? We got nervous and ate. If we didn’t get enough sleep, we ate. Our emotions are strongly connected to food. Therefore, you need to negotiate with yourself, but in no case deprive yourself. Hunger is the biggest stress for the body. And the body becomes its worst enemy if you treat it with disdain, and its greatest friend if you respect it. What is good for one person is unacceptable for another. It's like in sports. Some people can practice boxing, but others find it dangerous. Some may be vegetarian and others may not.
Doctors explained why they refused to treat Zhanna Friske
Show business » Russian show business
Specialists from the Moscow Oncology Center on Kashirskoe Highway, who observed Zhanna Friske in the last months of her life, said that they had to refuse treatment to the singer because the risk was too great: a too weakened body could not withstand such therapy.
Zhanna Friske died
According to doctors, Zhanna was brought to the oncology center already blind and in extremely serious condition two months ago. After treatment in America and Germany, Friske arrived completely weakened. American oncologists prescribed her a drug that was not registered in Russia, and Russian doctors received special permission from the Ministry of Health to administer this drug to her.
The director of the oncology center, Mikhail Davydov, told representatives of the prosecutor’s office that he called a consultation about a month ago because there were doubts whether her body could bear such a load: the drug was strong enough. And by this time the singer’s brain was already worn out.
The only time Davydov saw Zhanna Friske was that same consultation. According to him, the singer did not express any complaints or requests. Her treatment was carried out by the famous doctor Mikhail Lichintser, head of the department of chemotherapy and combined methods of treatment of malignant tumors. He also told investigators that Zhanna arrived in Russia at the end of her strength.
“When she arrived in Russia, her illness had progressed greatly. They turned to us to administer drugs prescribed in the USA to her. It was, of course, impossible to cure, but her relatives insisted on it, so they brought her in once a week to administer medications. This was already the end,” said Professor Lichitser.
Pravda.Ru wrote that at the end of January, an official statement by her common-law husband Dmitry Shepelev was published on Zhanna Friske’s website that the artist had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Rumors about the singer’s illness leaked to the press, then it became known that the singer went to the USA for treatment. Subsequently, information appeared in the media that the singer was suffering from inoperable stage IV brain cancer.
Note that Zhanna was treated in several countries. First, she turned to Russian doctors, and then went to the United States, where she underwent a course of experimental treatment with a nanovaccine in one of the oncology clinics in New York. Plus, she was examined by doctors in Germany and China.
Thanks to the campaign organized by Channel One and Rusfond, 50 million rubles were collected for the treatment of Zhanna Friske using SMS messages, and in total, the actress’s fans transferred 68.7 million rubles to her account, of which 4.7 million rubles were transferred to payment of the artist's bills and about 3.6 million to pay off the debt for her previous treatment at the Miami clinic, and another 30 million were allocated for the treatment of children with severe forms of cancer.
Oncologist, Honored Doctor of Russia, Candidate of Medical Sciences Natalya Bogdanova, especially for Pravda. Ru talked about what brain cancer is and what Zhanna Friske’s chances of survival were. At the same time, the doctor recalled that of all human cancers, brain tumors, on average, account for one and a half percent, of which approximately every fourth is glioblastoma, which is what we are talking about in the case of Friske.
Read all materials on the topic “Oncology” on Pravda. RU.
Zhanna Friske will be seen on her last journey on June 17 at Moscow's Crocus City Hall.
Photo: Zhanna Friske
The Russian singer and actress died yesterday after a long illness
Zhanna Friske is being taken on her last journey today, June 17, in one of the concert halls in Moscow, Crocus City Hall, Russian media report, citing the management of the institution. Let us remind you that the Russian singer and actress died yesterday, June 16 . The cause of Zhanna Friske's sudden death was inoperable brain cancer, which she had been fighting for the past two years.
As Zhanna’s father Vladimir Friske told Russian media, the farewell ceremony will begin at 14:00. At the same time, he previously said that Friske would be buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoye cemetery , located east of Moscow, on June 18. In turn, as stated by Olga Orlova, Friske’s former colleague in the pop group “Brilliant,” she is the one who organizes the funeral of Zhanna Friske. However, she promised to announce the exact time at which the funeral will take place later.
Probably, if the time and place of the singer’s funeral are indeed announced in advance, large crowds of her fans will want to attend them. Perhaps precisely in order to avoid unpleasant incidents, this information has not yet been disclosed.
Photo: Zhanna Friske as part of the group “Brilliant”
Let us remind you that the famous singer and actress from the Russian Federation died, it was announced on the night of June 16. Zhanna Friske died after a long illness, which she struggled with for more than two years. Moreover, at first the singer herself and her relatives hid information about her serious condition. The singer’s illness with cancer became known only at the beginning of 2014, when Dmitry Shepelev, Friske’s common-law husband, announced this. A tragic touch was that a brain tumor that could not be operated on was found in her less than six months after the birth of her son Plato.
Recently, news about the course of Friske’s illness has hardly leaked to the media. As the father of the Russian singer Vladimir Friske said yesterday, his daughter was in a coma for three months before her death, and her relatives did not want this information to become public knowledge. Before this, the media closely followed the singer’s struggle with the disease. In particular, it was reported that she was treated in the USA, underwent a course of treatment in China, as well as a rehabilitation course in the Baltic countries. As it has now become known, Friske spent the last months of her life in a country house near Moscow with her son and common-law husband.
And it was Zhanna Friske’s husband, Dmitry Shepelev, who yesterday turned to her loyal fans with gratitude for their help . In particular, on his Facebook account, he thanked them for their support - both financial and moral. Let us note that the singer’s terrible diagnosis really did not leave her admirers indifferent. In particular, when it became known and the Russian Channel One, with the participation of Rusfond, began collecting funds for treatment, they managed to collect 69.3 million rubles, which exceeded the amount needed at that time. Moreover, later, when it became clear that there was no hope for Friske, 32.6 million rubles. of the collected funds, by decision of the singer herself, were given to the treatment of nine children with cancer. This noble gesture also did not go unnoticed by admirers of the singer’s talent and simply caring people from all over the CIS.
At the same time, the reaction of social networks to the death of Zhanna Friske turned out to be ambiguous. In particular, in some cases, inappropriate jokes about this matter led to serious scandals between “comedians” and the singer’s fans. For example, after one of these cases, an appeal appeared on the Internet site change.org to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation with a request to bring administrative or even criminal liability to the administrators of the group on the social network where offensive comments were published. Thanks to the efforts of Friske's admirers, this petition has already collected almost 50 thousand signatures.
Based on materials from RBC
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