What helped Vera Novikova survive two divorces with Sergei Zhigunov

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Vera Novikova became the heroine of the secular chronicle not at all of her own free will. For the first time, the media began to write about the actress in connection with the romance of her husband Sergei Zhigunov with Anastasia Zavorotnyuk. And in the second - after the actor not only returned to her, but again made a marriage proposal. But this was far from the end of the confused relationship between the spouses. In October 2020, they broke up again, and Zhigunov even posted a photo of the divorce certificate on his page on the social network.

Happy acquaintance

In spite of everything, the story of Vera Novikova and Sergei Zhigunov can by no means be called unhappy. Then, in 1984 in Kaluga on the set of the film "Chance", Vera Novikova immediately drew attention to the charming young man with whom she had a chance to work on the set. Sergei Zhigunov was five years younger than the actress; he was recently expelled from the Shchukin school for numerous absenteeism. By the way, these omissions were not connected at all with the carelessness of the student, but with numerous filming.

Vera Novikova at first did not make matrimonial plans at all. The actress not so long ago broke up with her first husband, she herself raised her four-year-old daughter Nastya and was not going to change anything in her life. True, Sergei Zhigunov already knew exactly what he wanted at that time. He promised Vera not only to win her heart, but also to become famous. Most importantly, he kept both promises.

In the mornings, the young actor brought flowers to Vera Novikova in armfuls, and in the evenings he sang his own songs with a guitar and recited poetry. After returning to Moscow, he continued to look after his beloved woman, not at all embarrassed by the age difference (Vera is five years older). It took Sergei Zhigunov two years for Vera Novikova to say the cherished "yes" to his marriage proposal. Young people signed, and in 1990 they had a daughter, Maria. However, Sergei Zhigunov and Nastya, Vera's daughter from his first marriage, treated like his own.

It was a truly happy family. In 1987, the film “Midshipmen, Forward!” Was released, and Sergei Zhigunov actually became famous. And the more successful he became, the deeper Vera Novikova went into the shadows. She continued to serve at the Vakhtangov Theater, but she acted in films less and less. But she devoted a lot of time to home and children.

Vera Novikova has always been an excellent hostess, she has everything in its place, all things are laid out on the shelves, and sudden guests will never find the actress in a well-worn dressing gown, just as they will not be able to see dirty dishes in her sink in the kitchen. And Vera Novikova has always been a wise and strong woman.

She understood that during the filming her husband was able to get carried away by another woman, but she considered it an integral part of the profession. The actor needs to experience a surge of emotions, excite the nerves with new feelings. Vera Novikova herself was not inclined to throw tantrums and roll up scenes of jealousy. She loved, was loved, and everything else did not matter.

Two divorces

And then there was the shooting of Sergei Zhigunov in "My Fair Nanny". The actor's wife and daughters watched this series with pleasure, and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk even came to visit the performer of the role of Maxim Shatalin. And then Vera Novikova learned from the media that her husband had an affair with the performer of the role of the beautiful nanny Vika.

She did not restrain her husband, but simply let him go. After all, if you love a person, then you definitely wish him happiness, even if not with you. True, the spouse's romance lasted only two years, followed by a rather painful parting for Sergei Zhigunov and a return to his first wife.

Did Vera Novikova experience something like a triumph? Not at all. From the very beginning of this story, she did not leave the feeling of the incompleteness of her story with Zhigunov. She just waited for the continuation. She never blamed Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, did not try to kill herself, as some media claimed, but simply went with the flow. When Sergei Zhigunov suggested that she try to start all over again, she agreed with ease. And again she went down the aisle with her beloved.

Outwardly, everything seemed almost perfect, Sergei Zhigunov claimed in his interviews that he and his wife began to treat each other's feelings much more carefully. And in October 2020, he suddenly posted a photo of the Divorce Certificate on his Instagram page. The media immediately discovered a new beloved actor - journalist Victoria Vorozhbit.

Love in the distance

Vera Novikova this time also remained icy calm. She did not try to blame her husband for all mortal sins, did not appeal to his conscience and did not try to manipulate the children. The former spouses did not share the property, they could not stand dirty linen in public and did not suit public clarifications of relations. Vera Novikova admitted: no matter where and with whom Sergei Zhigunov lives, he remains a dear person to her.

She never tried to hurt him. Just because she always continued to love him and wish him happiness. She only says today that she is unlikely to go for Sergei Zhigunov for the third time. Now she prefers to love him from a distance. Or not to love, but still - at a distance.

According to Vera Novikova, they continue to communicate, and she herself is sincerely worried when she finds out about the problems of her ex-husband. It seems that only a loving person is able to speak with such warmth about her ex-husband, who twice did not keep his promise to be there always, in sorrow and in joy …

Probably, every person, entering into marriage, sincerely believes that his family life will be long and happy. But life is often not like a fairy tale, and spouses have to learn to live together, find compromises and do everything to save the marriage. And very few people are able to forgive betrayal just to fulfill your dream of a long life together. True, not for all star families forgiveness turned out to be the solution to the problem.