Anatoliy Anatolich sharply criticized Potap and Nastya Kamenskykh

Well-known Ukrainian TV host Anatoliy Anatolich emotionally criticized Potap and Nastya Kamenskykh. He stated that, in his opinion, the duo’s stance plays into the hands of the Russians.

Recently, in a conversation with journalist Kateryna Gordieieva, the singer said that at the start of the full-scale war, she spoke exclusively in Ukrainian for several months. According to her, after returning to her native language, she lost her voice and developed a cyst. Potap has also repeatedly been embroiled in scandals due to public statements regarding crossing the border and remote service in territorial defense. Recently, Anatoliy Anatolich sharply condemned the duo’s stance.

“Speak whatever language you want among yourselves. But they’re playing right into the Russians’ hands. It’s disgusting. And when you’re living abroad and spouting such things—it’s unfair to people,” the showman noted on the show “Closer to the Stars.”

Anatolich also added that he wouldn’t be afraid to tell the artists what he thinks to their faces if he ever saw them in person. 

“If I saw Potap in person, I’d tell him right to his face: ‘Lesha, you’re an a**hole’… Nastya—okay. Someone who believes that a clinical illness can be cured by thoughts—okay, that’s a different story. I don’t want to get into that. But Lesha… I thought he was an educated person and definitely not stupid,” the man emphasized. 

The entertainer spoke about this on the show “Closer to the Stars.”
 

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