Table of contents:
- Julia Kovalchuk and Alexey Chumakov
- Tatiana Lazareva and Mikhail Shats
- Igor Sklyar and Natalia Akimova
- Arthur Smolyaninov and Daria Melnikova
- Pavel Volya and Laysan Utyasheva
- Ivan Urgant and Natalia Kiknadze
- Alexander Nesterov and Nonna Grishaeva


Is there a friendship between a man and a woman? The heroes of our today's review used to confidently answer this question in the affirmative, because in fact they knew how to be friends with representatives of the opposite sex, they were happy to support, help, if required. But one day their life changed, and romantic feelings replaced friendly participation.
Julia Kovalchuk and Alexey Chumakov

For several years, the performers had friendly relations, and after they began to take part in the ice show together, Yulia Kovalchuk and Alexei Chumakov truly became friends. Alexey was a little awkward on the ice, and Julia constantly made fun of him. But one day she came to Alexei's concert and saw on the stage a completely different man: charming, talented, restrained. When, after the concentration, the singer accompanied Yulia home, she was already almost in love with him. She even decided to be the first to confess her feelings. True, that time Chumakov never received mutual recognition. And only six years after the beginning of the novel, Yulia Kovalchuk heard the cherished words: "Marry me!" Seven years have passed since the wedding of the performers, and their beloved daughter Amelia is already three years old.
Tatiana Lazareva and Mikhail Shats

They both played in KVN, however, Tatyana played for Novosibirsk University, and Mikhail - for the First Leningrad Medical Institute. They met in 1991 and for a long time only crossed paths at the games. Only once, on a cruise on the Black Sea, did both of them feel that something more was happening between them than just friendship. But Tatyana Lazareva at that time was married to Alexander Drugov and was not going to change anything in her life. And Mikhail Shats already knew for sure: Tatiana is not just a friend for him. Later, he confessed his feelings to his beloved woman, while her answer could not change anything. He was ready was ready to just love her. In 1998, Tatyana Lazareva and Mikhail Shatz became husband and wife, and for more than 20 years they have been together, despite occasional rumors about the separation of the actors.
Igor Sklyar and Natalia Akimova

Back in her student years, Natalya Akimova married her classmate Andrei Krasko, whose best friend was Igor Sklyar. The three of them were friends, studied together at LGITMiK, rehearsed, even at one time the three of them lived in a rented apartment. But one day Igor Sklyar packed his things and moved. He suddenly realized that he loved his best friend's wife. True, Natalya Akimova, as it turned out, also had feelings for her husband's friend. As a result, she left Andrei Krasko for Igor Sklyar, with whom she has been married for 30 years.
Arthur Smolyaninov and Daria Melnikova

For several years, Artur Smolyaninov and Daria Melnikova were familiar. But after filming in the TV series "Major Sokolov's Heterosexuals," it suddenly turned out that they were very good together. And the end of this project was the beginning of a new stage in their lives for them. In 2013, the actors played a modest wedding, two years later they became the parents of the first-born Arthur, and in 2018 the second son of the spouses, Mark, was born.
Pavel Volya and Laysan Utyasheva

The well-known comedian and successful gymnast met during the filming of one of the Comedy Club issues, and after that they were friends for several years. Later they started dating, but the people around them, out of habit, considered them just friends. When Laysan Utyasheva lost her mother, Pavel Volya was there, supported, helped, protected.It was then that the gymnast realized how close and dear this person is to her. In 2012, they became husband and wife, and today they are raising two children.
Ivan Urgant and Natalia Kiknadze

The comedian and his second wife also had a friendly relationship that began during their school years. True, during the prom, the future showman already confessed his love to Natalya Kiknadze and even offered her hand and heart, but she could not marry Ivan. They met many years later, when everyone already had the experience of an unsuccessful family life. And memories of bright friendship and first timid feelings. This time, nothing could stop them from becoming happy.
Alexander Nesterov and Nonna Grishaeva

The actors met at a time when Nonna Grishaeva was barely moving away from a painful divorce from her first spouse and avoided romantic relationships in every possible way. Alexander was younger than Nonna, but at the same time possessed an amazing gift: he knew how to listen in such a way that he wanted to share his experiences with him. The actors became friends and even got together to go on vacation to Thailand, being sure that there was nothing between them and could not be. But the vacation changed their relationship once and for all. Already upon his return to Moscow, Alexander Nesterov proposed to Nonna Grishaeva and even asked for her hand in the actress's daughter. They have been together for almost 15 years.
Unfortunately, not all couples can keep their feelings until the end of their days. Therefore, there are a lot of very unexpected partings: even the most seemingly strong couples cannot overcome differences and scatter on different sides. However, if some get divorced peacefully and without pretensions to each other, then others scandal and publicly sort things out.
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