Olena Shoptenko shared how her son reacted to her marriage to a foreigner

Well-known Ukrainian dancer Olena Shoptenko, who recently got married for the third time, shared how her son reacted to her new husband. The artist also shared details about how she met Christian.

A few years ago, Olena separated from the father of her son Oleksiy—businessman Oleksiy Ivanov. For a long time, the dancer did not comment publicly on the divorce, as she hoped to keep the family together. Now she has revealed that 8-year-old Oleksiy has already found common ground with her Austrian husband, although there were some initial difficulties between them.

“Even though Alexei has an incredibly great relationship with my husband, my son still had mixed feelings about our wedding. However, I understand why that is, because it’s ultimately tied to the fear of losing his mother’s attention and love. Although I explained things in simple terms and through simple conversations, we were able to allay that fear fairly quickly, and now we understand that there’s another person who loves us—and we love him, too,” Shoptenko noted on her Instagram. 

By the way, the dancer also recalled where she first met her boyfriend and how long it took for their relationship to begin. 

“We first saw each other about 4.5 years ago. But we got to know each other better about 4 years ago. It happened at one of the New Year’s events for Ukrainian displaced children in Vienna. I was leading a dance workshop for the children, and Christian was a co-organizer of the event. But our relationship didn’t start right away. We began spending more time together and dating about half a year after we first met,” Olena emphasized. 

Shoptenko secretly got married and introduced her husband.

Shoptenko revealed details of her romance with the foreigner she married.