Dmitry Shepelev is a Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian TV and radio host who, thanks to his eccentricity and ability to attract the eyes of millions of viewers, has become famous. His TV shows appear on the main TV channel in Russia on the air in prime time and enjoy the interest of the public. Shepelev's private life is no less interesting, because it was he who became the last love and father of the child of everyone's favorite pop star.
Dmitry was born on January 25, 1983 in the capital of Belarus - Minsk. The family of the future celebrity was far from the world of art and cinema, his mother and father had a technical education, worked in their specialty. As a child, Dima was fond of sports - water polo and tennis. In the latter, he achieved considerable success, entering the top ten best junior tennis players in Belarus. At school, the guy preferred humanitarian subjects.
Even in his youth, Shepelev's biography was enriched by participation in the filming of the program in the crowd. The future TV presenter was very impressed by the magic of TV. When his friend and classmate Denis Kuryan offered to try himself at the casting of TV presenters for a youth talk show, Dmitry immediately agreed. The guys passed the casting and in 1999 began to host the 5x5 program.
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In February 2017, Dmitry took the place of the TV talk show host "Live" after leaving. Not all viewers were satisfied with the choice of the channel's management, but Shepelev managed to show skill and convince the public of the opposite.
A little later, Dmitry became the TV presenter of the Channel One project. The talk show examines family conflicts, the participants of which are tested on a lie detector right in the studio. The program is popular, so for the showman this project still remains the main one.
Personal life
Shepelev got married while still a student at the Belarusian State University. Anna Startseva became his wife, with whom the presenter at that time had been dating for 7 years.
The personal life of the spouses did not work out. Dmitry spent no more than 3 weeks in the status of a married man, after which he packed his things and moved away from his wife.
In 2011, the first rumors appeared about the novel of the TV presenter and popular singer Zhanna Friske, a former member of the group. She was 9 years older than Shepelev. Zhanna and Dmitry met during the filming of the program "Property of the Republic" in 2009. Relations between them did not improve immediately. From Dmitry, the singer managed to get pregnant. In April 2013, their son Plato was born.
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Dmitry Shepelev and Zhanna Friske
Soon Friske was diagnosed with cancer. The official statement about the serious illness of the artist (an inoperable brain tumor) followed only in January 2014. All the difficulties associated with the organization of treatment, Shepelev took upon himself. The singer was placed in a New York clinic, and after a course of chemotherapy, the family moved to Jurmala. The remission was short-lived. On June 15, 2015, the performer passed away.
Jeanne's death was a real shock for everyone. Only 2 years later, Shepelev openly spoke about his experiences due to the death of his wife. He shared this with TV presenter Andrei Malakhov in a program where he passed a lie detector test.
After the death of the artist, Shepelev began conflicts with her relatives. According to Dmitry, Vladimir Friske repeatedly threatened him with physical violence, because of which the journalist was forced to contact the police.
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TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev became a guest of the new issue of Ksenia Sobchak's YouTube show “Caution, Sobchak! ”, where he spoke about a new lover, raising a son, a conflict with Zhanna Friske's parents and courts with Rusfond.
About life with a new lover
For the first time I understood what family life is because I have never lived with a woman. [With Zhanna] how long did we live? It was very little, we traveled, everything was for the first time, a novelty and some extraordinary emotions. It's hard to call it "lived". Now with Katya [Tulupova], this is absolutely new for me. Before that, nothing like this happened, - the TV presenter shared with Sobchak.
TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev and architect Ekaterina Tulupova started dating three years ago. The couple met in kindergarten, whose heirs went to the same group. Until recently, the couple carefully concealed their relationship, but in November 2019 for the first time
About raising a son
I don't think I'm an outstanding father and I'm honest about it when I make videos on Instagram or when I talk to my guests on the YouTube channel in the Folders program. I confess to my fuckups. I confess that I sometimes raise my voice to the child, make some mistakes, often impatient. I'm not the perfect father. Perhaps they perceive me as an ideal father, because I do not hide the fact that I love my child, I devote time to him. I love it and love it!
When asked by the TV presenter whether the son remembers his mother, Dmitry replied:
It is very important for me that he understands that he has a mother. Despite the fact that Jeanne is not directly in the vicinity and he cannot hug her. He [in the room] has her photographs, I try to tell as much as possible about my mother. But I ask our entourage not to talk about what kind of artist, singer she is. All this “public side” I try to move away from him. It is very important to me that he understands that his mother is real and loving, and not what others see on the covers of magazines. We are the closest people to him. We have such a trusting relationship! In this situation, I am both dad and mom.
About the history of the inheritance and the conflict with Zhanna Friske's parents
According to Shepelev, the singer's relatives still do not communicate with Plato, although there is a court order on their meetings with the child.
She ended up with nothing. This happened against my will, and for several years I was generally silent and did not comment on what was happening, because I considered it wrong. In answer to your question, have we "advanced" - no. There is no communication, they do not see their grandson. There is a court decision that they initiated. They wanted to determine the order of communication with the child, and I urged them not to do this, when there were still good relations between us.
The journalist clarified that before their conflict, Zhanna's parents visited their grandson more than once and communicated normally until they themselves decided to sue.
They had the opportunity, they saw their grandson, Zhanna's mother was in my apartment several times and everything was more or less normal. But, they sue me and demand to establish a certain order of communication with the child, up to the fact that he lives there. He did not go from me to them, but from them to me. There were completely inadequate requirements. But, the court established the order of communication - one and a half hours twice a month. They still don't come to these dates.
The TV presenter noted that he had repeatedly asked the singer's parents not to make Plato's life public, but they did not listen to him.
On my part, there was one main request and demand - no need to publish photos with a child, no need to drag him to television broadcasts, leave Plato alone. But, as soon as Jeanne is gone, everyone takes turns happy to post the photos that they have taken during all this time. I ask: "why and why are you doing this?". I ask you not to do this, but no one answers me. And after that, they go on talk shows with the whole family and tell how bad I am.
About Rusfond's money
I paid Plato's share. He can't pay for himself, so I paid the money. How do you think a loving grandma and grandpa would do shit like that? They say: We do not need anything, we record everything for the child, the apartment for the child, the house for the child, we have everything! I redeem a share in our house with Zhanna, draw it up for us. Before I do this, I look that this share has already been issued, guess who? Not for a child, but for grandparents! It's not about love, it's about greed, theft and meanness! I will be forced to tell my child about this, maybe not in a year, but I will tell him the truth.
About Zhanna Friske's father
Beloved artist also remembered the meeting of his son and grandfather after the death of Jeanne. According to him, then Vladimir Friske came on a date with his grandson with a weapon.
He pinned himself on the platform with a pistol, if it weren’t for the guards, I don’t know what would have happened, ”Dmitry suggested. - He threatened me, I'm not kidding and I swear to you that it was. A guard stood between us and took him aside. A few months later, Platon and I return to the apartment in which we lived and five people are waiting for us, two of whom are on the federal wanted list. We also had security, but I don’t know what they wanted. Then, in front of my child, the guard's arm was broken. He covers us with his body, and they try to beat him and give him access to his grandfather, who at that moment is trying to pull his hands to his son and beats me.
Shepelev also clarified that at the time of their relationship with Zhanna, the singer had conflicts with her father more than once.
She had a difficult relationship with her father, they did not talk for six months, and then we did not discuss how this would backfire on Plato. She warned that they would certainly crap and that they needed to fight because of their ability. But what to fight? 4 years have passed since Zhanna's death, and all these years litigation has been going on about everything and for any reason: that the inheritance was not distributed in the right way, shares in the house were sold incorrectly, they owe [money] to Rusfond, do not owe Rusfond, the procedure for communicating with grandson. At the moment, there is still a lawsuit, the TV presenter summed up.
Dmitry Shepelev is 36 years old. He is known to Ukrainian viewers thanks to the projects "Star Factory-2", "Make the Comedian Laugh" and "Kitchen with Dmitry Shepelev".
Since 2010, Shepelev has been in a civil marriage with singer Zhanna Friske. The actress found out about the fatal diagnosis while already pregnant, but she still decided to have a baby. The boy was born in April 2013, and two years later the singer died. The day before Zhanna's death, her lover Dmitry Shepelev took their common son to his homeland in Belarus. Since then, Friske's parents have been fighting for the right to see their grandson.
Today, November 11, the world celebrates International Bachelor's Day (this tradition was started by the Chinese in the 90s of the last century). 36 year old Dmitry Shepelev will be left without a piece of birthday cake: recently he is no longer single. The TV presenter has always been philosophical about the issue of formalizing relations, and even with Zhanna Friske, whom the showman called the love of his life, he was in a civil marriage. But now Dmitry still decided to go to the registry office. Shepelev is preparing for the wedding with Ekaterina Tulupova, a business woman and interior designer. Their romance lasts almost a year and a half, and lovers have been living under the same roof near Moscow since the beginning of 2019. Together with them is the 6-year-old son of Dmitry Platon and the daughter of Ekaterina Lada, the same age as the boy.
Shepelev, perhaps, could give lectures on the topic “how to hide from the paparazzi”: he, like no one else, knows what the increased attention of society is. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary looks, conversations and the inevitable unnecessary comparisons, he does not plan a large-scale celebration. Even today, years after the family tragedy that changed his life forever, a grand wedding party can look ambiguous. The lovers plan to sign in Moscow and go on a trip. “In general, it is extremely important - at least once every couple of months to change the picture, the usual scenario of affairs, and shoo somewhere, but at least to the grandmother in the village,” Shepelev says.
Dmitry and Ekaterina love to travel around Europe and America. In early autumn they visited Germany, and returned from New York a week ago. On trips, future spouses turn into real gourmets, explore local restaurants, try new things. They do not get better just because they walk a lot and with pleasure. However, the TV presenter still thought that it was time to end the belly festival.
“The last time I trained was at the end of June,” Shepelev recalls. - I actively and diligently practiced all year 3-5 times a week and for some reason I was so upset when I looked at myself in the mirror that I went on vacation and since then I have not returned to sports at all. I felt sad and decided that for motivation I should probably change the sports club. I called, and they told me: "The hall you have chosen will open in January." How glad I was! Excellent! "Excellent!" - I answered, rubbing my palms and shamelessly ordered a bolognese and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. January is still two whole months away, why deny yourself the pleasure?
Surrounded by the showman, they say that it was this taste for life, the acquired talent to enjoy simple things, that brought Dmitry closer to Catherine. What else do we know about the bride of the host of Channel One? Tulupova, like Shepelev, is 36 years old, she comes from Vladivostok. In the capital, the girl graduated from a prestigious university and became a certified interior designer (not a socialite who like to introduce herself in nightclubs like this, but a real specialist). In addition, Ekaterina graduated from Milan design courses and often visits Italy - of course, with her fiancé. Last summer, Shepelev rented a nice villa in Tuscany, where the future spouses spent their holidays, more like a honeymoon rehearsal.
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Dmitry Shepelev and Ekaterina Tulupova
According to the publication "7 days", 36-year-old TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev intends to legalize relations with his beloved, Ekaterina Tulupova. It is known that he and his six-year-old singer Zhanna Friske (she June 15, 2015) have been living with the designer and her six-year-old daughter Lada from a past relationship for a year.
Dmitry Shepelev with his son Plato and Ekaterina Tulupova
According to relatives, he and Tulupova do not plan to arrange a magnificent celebration (only relatives will be present at the wedding), but just want to sign in Moscow and go on a romantic trip.
Dmitry recently launched his own show on YouTube called " Folders", whose first hero was rapper Levan Garozia. On the air of the program, the TV presenter also talked about raising his son. It turned out that his lover helps him in this, she takes the boy to classes, takes care of the child while Shepelev is busy filming.
Recall that Dmitry was already married. His first wife was TV presenter Anna Tabolina. They met while working together in Minsk at a youth show. Before the wedding, the lovers met for seven years. However, they were married for only three weeks.
The famous shaman Christafarida made a deal on the fate of the infamous TV presenter and found the reason why Dmitry still cannot find a common language with Zhanna Friske's family. According to the clairvoyant, all Shepelev's problems are due to the lack of family support.
The shaman is sure that it is precisely because of this that adults cannot agree in any way and continue to divide the son of Dmitry and Jeanne, as if he is not a living little man, but just a bargaining chip. In addition, the celebrity family still continues to accuse each other of stealing money from the late Friske's fund.
Christafarida also noted that Dmitry does not have a patron on the subtle plane. This means that it is most difficult for him to achieve in life and he has to rely only on himself. However, the absence of a patron fully compensates for the zeal of a man. However, Shamanka emphasized that the TV presenter uses it even where it would not be worth it.
In particular, when it comes to the financial component of life, Shepelev does not listen to the opinions of others and does exactly as he sees fit. However, according to Christafarida, this is done unintentionally - Dmitry does not pursue selfish goals.
But as for the son, who unwittingly became a bargaining chip in the conflict between the showman and the relatives of the late singer, then Dmitry should be more careful. Of course, according to the clairvoyant, he will achieve his goal, but he will not be happy. In addition, the boy, already being an adult, will definitely not say thanks to him for this, because. he has a very strong attachment to the family on the mother's side.
Nevertheless, it is worth noting that the son of Shepelev and Friske should have their own interesting fate, Khristafarida believes. She is sure that when the time comes to make a choice, the boy will still surprise his relatives.
