“A difficult and dangerous person”: Polina Gagarina openly about the conflict with Max Fadeev
32-year-old Polina Gagarina gave an interview to Irina Shikhman’s YouTube channel “Let’s talk?” The star recalled her conflict with Max Fadeev, admitting that the latter had not said hello to her for 15 years.
Polina Gagarina, who participated in the second season of “Star Factory” along with Max Fadeev as a mentor, admitted that the producer of Serebro is absolutely not her person.
“For me it is very difficult, dangerous, incomprehensible - or rather, understandable and not mine,” the Economy Today portal quotes Gagarina.
After Maxim Fadeev became more clear to Polina Gagarina as a person, the singer made her final conclusion about him. “Sometimes, of course, I have a desire to tell how everything really happened. And then I think: for what? Sometimes you want them to know, but life already puts everything in its place,” said the artist.
According to Gagarina, Maxim Fadeev did not know what kind of songs to write for her. “He didn’t understand what to do with me. There’s a moment when I’m recording “My Heart Will Go On” and he says, how she sings! That is, he admired me, but did not know what to do with it,” says Gagarina.
After “Star Factory-2”, in which Polina Gagarina became the winner, Polina Gagarina refused to sign a contract with Maxim Fadeev.
“Since I was 16, only my mother had the right to sign. And I told her: I can’t work with him, I don’t want to, I’m afraid <…> I admire him as a musician. Dot. We still don’t say hello,” Gagarina said.
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According to Polina Gagarina, when she participated in the Star Factory show, some believed that the singer was overweight. According to the artist, a similar effect was created for many only because of her teenage “fat.”
“I was at the Factory, and it seemed to me then that I was at absolutely normal weight. Well, such a plump girl! The shape of my face also dictates my own perception of me! And then there was teenage swelling. Baby fat. And when I got pregnant at 19, hormones were added on top of the baby fat. And I was blown up to 80 kilograms,” said the performer.
It was then that Polina Gagarina decided that she should fight the weight she had gained. “When I gave birth to Andryusha, I went to the mirror and said: “I don’t want to look like that,” the star recalled. Since then, Polina Gagarina began to monitor how she eats. At the same time, physical activity became part of her everyday life.
As Ruposters Life wrote, earlier Polina Gagarina publicly humiliated her Star Factory colleague Victoria Daineko. The star is sure that the status of the winner of this project does not give anything in the long term. “Tell me, who won in “Factory” number 5? Funny! Of course, no one remembers. And Polina Gagarina, who sings “Lullaby” and “Ask the Clouds” - everything, there is a picture, there is an artist, there is a song that is sung,” said Polina Gagarina, who won the second season of the show.
How about Polina Gagarina’s words outraged fans of Victoria Daineko, who just became the winner of “Star Factory - 5” in 2004. Fans sent Victoria Daineko an excerpt from an interview with Gagarina, after which the winner of the fifth season of “Star Factory” immediately responded by posting it in Stories with the caption “What do you mean?”
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Polina Gagarina: “Maxim Fadeev is not my producer, and that says it all”
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Now she is completely different from the girl who became famous 10 years ago at Star Factory 2. For some time, she even had to explain to her friends: “It’s me, Polina, I just dyed my hair and lost several dozen extra pounds.”
I have never been as slim as I am now. During the “Factory” era, I looked like a plump girl, with round cheeks, and weighed 57-58 kilograms. I remember how happy I was when the scales suddenly showed 56! And during pregnancy, plus I gained another 30 kilograms. Passing by the mirror, she turned away. But what could I do? When I became pregnant, I felt hungry all the time. I even dreamed about confectionery. I could wake up at three in the morning, go to the refrigerator and destroy half of its contents. At the restaurant I ate two plates of spaghetti carbonara and still remained hungry. For tea, and sweet tea at that, there are two large cakes. Now I’m wondering: how could I eat so much?! But my mother told me: “Enough is enough.” And I was also offended by her: they say, she forbids a pregnant woman to satisfy the needs of her body! (Laughs.)
— And what did your husband (actor Pyotr Kislov. — Ed.) say about this?
“Petya just endured it.” A monument should be erected to him for his patience during my pregnancy! After all, I not only ate all the time, I also cried all the time. From morning to evening! My mood was constantly changing - it was a disaster!
— How did you manage to lose weight?
— Firstly, I went on a strict diet. I alternated: one day I eat only rice, another day - chicken, the third - only vegetables or light vegetable soup. And strictly until six o'clock in the evening! At first it was hard, I was hungry all the time, but then I got into it. I even began to like watching my diet and choosing foods for my diet. But most importantly, I had very heavy workloads at the Moscow Art Theater School, where I was studying then. Every day for three hours - stage movement, fencing, then a dramatic dance class with Alla Sigalova, after which we all literally crawled out of the studio completely exhausted. It was because of these stresses that my breast milk disappeared. I fed Andrey for only a month, and then switched him to artificial feeding. In general, in six months I lost 30 kilograms. And then another 10 suddenly left. I was literally blown away! And since this coincided with the fact that I dyed my hair blonde, it felt like the dye had penetrated my body and dissolved the extra pounds. So my weight dropped to about and is no longer growing. Some kind of restructuring of the body has occurred. Now I'm not on any diets, I just try to eat right. Excluded flour, sweet, fatty foods. Sometimes I completely forget to eat. In addition, I go to the gym: I run, lift, swim and steam in the sauna. And, of course, I give my all at concerts.
— Why did you decide to radically change your hair color?
— Stylist Alexander Shevchuk advised me. One day we found ourselves in adjacent seats on a plane. We talked, as they say, “for life,” and he said: “Don’t be afraid to change everything.” - “It’s easy to say... But when you don’t even know where to start?” — I shrugged. “Yes, with little things - at least with the hairstyle! I see you as a gorgeous blonde, and a new beautiful life will be added to your image. If you decide, call me." One day I did just that. But first, my black hair turned bright red, and I also had to shorten it greatly. There were a lot of funny situations associated with this: at the institute, at the entrance gate, they began to ask me for a student’s ID, and one day, when meeting me at the station after a tour, my director passed by. (Laughs.) After a few weeks, the hair acquired a harmonious white color. I saw a new Polina Gagarina in the mirror, which I liked.
- Many women radically change their appearance after a divorce...
“I lost weight and dyed my hair six months before we parted with Petya. So this is not about me.
- Why did you break up?
— Peter is an actor, we met at the Moscow Art Theater School. Both are temperamental, selfish, stubborn people; no one could or wanted to give in. We thought and looked at things differently. Each quarrel resulted in a big scandal. In the end, I realized that it was better for us to break up. I just packed my things, took my son and moved in with my mother. Now Petya and I have a very warm and respectful relationship. First of all, he is my friend. We learned to hear each other and understand. He helps me a lot with raising our son. I'm sure people meet for some kind of mission. So we met so that Andrei appeared.
— You became a mother at the age of 20. Was it difficult to decide to have a child at that age?
“At that moment, Petya and I were deeply in love with each other and, of course, dreamed of a family, of children. I saw only this man as the father of my child! But I didn’t expect that everything would happen two months after we met. Now I am sure that this is fate! Andryusha should have been born precisely at the peak of love, emotions, passion. That’s why our son is so cheerful. We call him "Mr. Positive." He runs, jumps, laughs, dances, adores us, and we him. Petya and I got married when I was already deeply pregnant - it didn’t work out for us before, we both studied and worked. In parallel with my studies at the Moscow Art Theater School, I tried to build a singing career and performed in concerts. Although the teachers were extremely surprised when I came for the first time and said that I was going on tour for a couple of weeks - after all, you can’t miss classes at such a serious university, even with a fever you have to come and show a sketch. And when six months later I became pregnant, everyone was in shock! But right up until giving birth, I led an active lifestyle. She worked until the sixth month, and then she went to Jurmala to see “New Wave” and sang “I will never forgive you.” By the way, this was our first work with Kostya Meladze, then he was not yet my producer. And I continued to study. I remember in September, in the eighth month, I rolled into the classroom, and everyone shouted: “Oh, the bear has arrived!” And literally on the eve of giving birth, she played a German fraulein. I specially chose a thicker heroine, put on a huge pink robe, cap, and glasses. I handed in the passage, they read it to me, and I calmly went to give birth. Just two weeks after giving birth, I ran to take exams, because otherwise I could be kicked out of the institute. I remember my best friend Alena was ironing the stroller on Kamergersky Lane, because I had no one to leave Andryusha with. And every half hour she wrote to me by SMS: “I’m changing my diaper,” “I went to the restaurant.” And at this time I was scribbling a plan for an answer about Don Quixote. Having received another SMS, I couldn’t stand it and went up to the teacher: “Listen, I have a child on the street, can I quickly tell you about Don Quixote?” He was surprised: “What child?” After all, with my chubby cheeks and naive eyes, I looked like a child myself.
— You entered the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio after “Factory”, being a famous singer. Did you want to change your profession?
- No, what are you talking about? My mother always insisted that I get some kind of higher education. I didn’t want to go to the conservatory because it was boring, I couldn’t stand it. And at the Moscow Art Theater School they almost immediately told me: “We like you, don’t go anywhere else.” The professions of an actress and a singer, it seems to me, are quite similar, they even complement each other. The singer simply needs acting skills. After all, the song must be lived, the meaning of each line must be conveyed to the viewer.
— How did it happen that you got to the “Star Factory” at the age of 16? At this age, you’re supposed to still be in school...
— In Greece, where I lived with my mother (Polina’s mother is a professional dancer, she worked under contract in the Athens ballet. — Ed.), people go to school from the age of five. I was even released late - at six. And when I moved to Russia, I dropped out of fourth grade - after third, I immediately went to fifth. So I graduated from school at the age of 15. Moreover, in my senior year I studied in parallel with the first year of the pop and jazz school. That’s why I came to the Factory. I didn’t even know about this project - because of my studies I had no time to watch TV. But one day a teacher from the school called me and asked me to come to the casting - they were recruiting for the “Star Factory”. At first I refused. It seemed to me that since “Factory” is a reality show, it would be the same as “Behind the Glass.” And it’s impossible to imagine more dirt on television. But the teacher persuaded me. Well, when they said that they would hire me for the project, then my mother and I started thinking seriously. We had never been separated before, but here we had to suddenly gain independence. In general, we consulted and consulted, and then I thought that if I didn’t try, I would regret it. There is nothing worse than regretting something not done...
— And so you won at “Star Factory-2”, a lot was written about you in the press, you were very popular. And then, one might say, at the peak of fame, they disappeared for seven whole years. There were rumors that this was due to a personal conflict with Maxim Fadeev...
“Sometimes people suit each other, and sometimes they don’t suit each other.” Maxim Fadeev is not my producer, and that says it all. To say that I disappeared for seven years is, at the very least, incorrect. A year after “Factory” I signed a contract with Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy. Or rather, my mother signed for me - I was only 17 years old. Then I recorded several popular songs: including my starting work “Lullaby”, “I am yours”. I toured constantly and released two full-length albums. So there is no question of any disappearance. Then we met Konstantin Meladze. I was still in another production center, but we had already released the song “I will never forgive you” together. Then Kostya came up with the song “The Performance is Over.” We recorded it very quickly then, and a month later the song took off and was heard literally from everywhere. From that moment on, the most vibrant and interesting creative period began in my life, which continues to this day. Now I can say with one hundred percent certainty that Konstantin Meladze is my producer. I needed a person like Kostya, I trust him, this is very important to me. He is aware of all the events of my life. The songs written for me largely relate to my experiences. And they are unlikely to suit anyone else.
- And if your son ever wants to go into show business, how will you feel about it?
- Andrey already, at five years old, sings at the slightest opportunity, hits the notes, feels the rhythm. He is especially good at dancing. But even if I see his incredible abilities, I will still try to protect my son from show business. He doesn't need this! A man must earn money with his intelligence and ingenuity, and the profession of a singer is somehow unmanly. By the way, this is why I decided not to take photographs with my son for the press anymore. Andrey once took part in photo shoots with me, posed, smiled for the camera, and changed clothes with great pleasure. But I think that this is unnecessary for a boy, let him do men’s things and not be photographed.
— But your parents didn’t try to protect you from show business...
“Unfortunately, we can only talk about my mother here—my father passed away when I was only six years old. But my mother did not prepare me for show business at all. There was no such thing before! I was simply given a comprehensive education. I played the piano, went to ballet school, and did gymnastics. Then she started singing... All the children around me played the piano, some the violin. This was customary in intelligent families, one might say it is in the order of things.
— Does your ex-husband take part in raising your son?
- Certainly. He is a dad, and no one has canceled this fact. And a good dad! Petya loves our son very much, worries about him, and rejoices at his successes. Andryushka adores him. Sometimes in the evenings my son sighs: “I miss daddy.” And one stingy man’s tear, no, no, and will roll down his cheek... (Smiles.) I say: “Soon daddy will come and take you for 2-3 days...” Andrei used to say: “I’ll go to my man’s apartment.” She and dad are reading something, playing, watching sports, chatting... I'm sure they're having a good time.
— Your work takes up a lot of your time, you constantly tour, and also participate in television projects. Are you able to fully communicate with your child?
— There comes a moment when I say: “Stop! That's it, no money needed. I want to see my son!” And then I call the tour operator, order a ticket, take Andrey and my mother, and we fly to the sea. During vacation, we all sleep in the same bed - this is already a ritual. You simply cannot persuade a child to lie down separately. So we fall asleep side by side. And Andryusha will definitely hug me! It seems to me that my son does not have attention deficit, because he feels the love of all his relatives, he sees how we are all trying to spend as much free time as possible with him.
— Returning to your new image. They say that if you change your appearance, your whole life will change...
- This is true! True, it was necessary to finish old things. But now is the time to turn the page and start life from scratch.
Gagarina and Fadeev: what caused the conflict?
The collaboration of two creative people can be threatened at the moment when one of them “grows out” of this relationship. What didn’t Gagarin and Fadeev share? The conflict between them is still discussed in star circles and everyone has their own arguments.
Why did Gagarina leave Fadeev and is it true that it was this circumstance that aggravated the relationship between the stars? It is known that immediately after the end of the “Factory” project, Polina Gagarina entered into a contract with Maxim Fadeev. At that time, this seemed like incredible luck to the aspiring singer. Indeed, working with this man is a real honor even for established stars. And for a girl who was just starting her career, this collaboration opened the door to the world of show business.
At first, Gagarina and Fadeev worked well together. Polina even managed to record several new songs. But a little later she began to receive other offers. In particular, Viktor Drobysh and Igor Krutoy became interested in the talented singer. At the same time, relations with Maxim were somewhat strained. As Polina herself said, she was not very comfortable working with him; she felt with her inner instinct that this was not her person at all. Gagarina could not say anything bad about Fadeev. It is impossible to dispute the talent of this brilliant producer, but it happens that people simply do not have the same personalities. They are different and it is very difficult for them to be together.
It was this circumstance that caused the singer to leave her producer. The quarrel between Maxim Fadeev and Polina Gagarina occurred precisely for this reason. There was no violent conflict, but Maxim was very offended by his former ward, because he was the first to offer her cooperation and had certain plans for the young artist.
An important point is that after the end of the “Star Factory”, the contract with Fadeev was signed not by Gagarina herself, but by her mother. After all, at that time Polina was only 17 years old and her parents were entirely responsible for her. The singer herself did not have the right to sign.
Many fans of Polina Gagarina still cannot understand why her former producer repeatedly expressed unflattering characteristics. After all, these people have not worked together for a long time; each of them is successful in their own way.
Polina believes that Fadeev is very vindictive. This is confirmed by other stars who managed to collaborate with him. Singer Linda and Lena Temnikova also broke up with the producer with a scandal. It is obvious that Maxim is not as simple and good-natured as he wants to seem. He remembers the insult for a long time and does not forgive those who once betrayed him. And he considers the severance of creative relationships to be a betrayal.
Polina Gagarina complained about pressure from her former producer. In particular, several prestigious contracts were thwarted precisely because of Fadeev’s intervention. Maxim is an influential person and knows almost everyone in musical circles. His opinion is listened to and this circumstance has closed many doors in front of Gagarina.
In one of her interviews, Polina admitted that it was because of Fadeev that she did not go to one of the most popular music competitions. Then the producer promoted his ward, Yulia Savicheva, instead of her. Fortunately, all these obstacles did not break Gagarina and she continues to perform on stage, record new songs, and quite successfully. She is one of the most popular Russian pop stars and enjoys the love of her fans.
Many music critics are surprised that other producers who took Gagarina under their wing did not spoil relations with Fadeev and took a neutral position in this protracted conflict. They prefer to pretend that nothing is happening.
The conflict between Polina Gagarina and Maxim Fadeev has been going on for more than 10 years. More accurately, it can be called a “cold war.” The producer could not forgive the singer for the fact that at the beginning of her career she left him and chose to collaborate with other famous composers.
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