Malakhov about leaving the program. Andrei Malakhov about leaving Channel One: “I was a soldier following orders

(45) is inevitably associated throughout the country with scandalous program“Let them talk” - together with the studio, he finds out where the Rusfond money went, who is to blame for the rape (18) and (34) on a lie detector test. But recently it became known that “Let Them Talk” may be left without a star presenter. According to rumors, after 25 years of work (12 of them at “Let Them Talk”), Andrei decided to leave Channel One. Let's figure out what happened!

It all started with a Twitter post by Current Time correspondent Yegor Maksimov. “Wow, they say VGTRK bought Malakhov. in any case, his studio in Ostankino was occupied by Shepelev with new transmission(this is a fact),” the journalist wrote. And a little later he joined Chief Editor R-Sport agency Vasily Konov: “This is a fact and the main transfer sensation of the television off-season. There’s a lot of talk about this in TV circles.”

And so, the news was picked up by the presenters news agencies. For example, RBC reported that the TV presenter did not work well with the new producer of “Let Them Talk,” whom First General Director Konstantin Ernst (56) appointed to raise the show’s ratings. Andrey demanded the return of the previous producer, he was refused, and he decided to move to another channel. According to RBC, from the fall Andrei Malakhov will work on the Rossiya 1 channel (VGTRK holding company) in the Live Broadcast program (now hosted by Boris Korchevnikov (35), but he plans to focus on the position general director channel "Spas"). Part of the team will also follow Andrei, so Channel One, if the information is confirmed, will have to conduct a rather large casting.

In any case, neither the leadership of the First nor Andrei Malakhov has yet commented on the rumors, and VGTRK refers to the vacation of the entire management team (we know nothing - we have heard nothing). Andrei himself, by the way, shared in 2014 that he had no idea what would force him to leave Channel One. He openly: “Sometimes during the recording of another program where a father raped his daughter or where ungrateful children, a week after the death of their mother, furiously divide the inheritance, you want to get up and leave. But the thought always stops me - we still help. The DNA tests that are carried out for broadcast are real. After many transfers, criminal cases were opened or reopened and the perpetrators went to prison. We are doing a good deed."

The next topic for discussion on the talk show “Let Them Talk” a couple of weeks ago was Andrei Malakhov himself. Which is not surprising. IN Lately that's all they talk about: the presenter wrote a letter of resignation and left Channel One, will soon appear on Rossiya 1, is going on maternity leave. I felt somehow worried about Andrey.

“I am still alive,” Malakhov met me on the threshold of his own apartment.

Telegrams with this phrase (“I’m still alive” translated into Russian) were sent to his friends by the Japanese conceptual artist On Kawara. Andrei purchased one of them at an auction and gave it to his wife Natasha. The telegram is dated: the day and year of her birth.

Andrey in an apartment on Ostozhenka with the work of Oleg Dou in the background. On the right is the lead sculpture “Olga”, Rita Jordens. Above is a thematic poster by Viktor Govorkov

– Andrey, your open letter about leaving Channel One was published in StarHit magazine. But I don’t even believe my eyes anymore. Tell me personally: are you really not coming back?

- Yes! You can take a lie detector test. 25 years of my life devoted to Channel One are over, and I am moving forward.

– Still, you have: ratings, fame, money... What was missing?

- Everything was enough. But at some point a crisis came.

– The same one, middle-aged?

- To a mild degree. Yes, I turned 45 in January. And then before the birthday there was a crisis of the genre in absolutely everything. Starting with programs that began to seem secondary: this was already in The Simpsons, and ending with complete dissatisfaction with their position. I have always been submissive. A human soldier following orders. And I wanted independence. I looked at my colleagues: they became producers of their programs and began to make decisions themselves. And suddenly the understanding came: life goes on, and you need to grow, get out of the tight confines.

Capricorns are like that. They climb, they try, and then they send everyone off and go climb somewhere else.

– In addition to understanding, you also need to find the strength within yourself to move away from your comfort zone?

– Sometimes there is no other option. Some karmic stories were added to the understanding. On April 25 at 18:45 they called me and told me that we were changing the studio and had to leave Ostankino. And Ostankino is my second home. It has its own aura and energy. Our team also never changed the studio. This was a place of power. We came in and understood what needed to be done. I was left without a home and a familiar atmosphere. And when I saw a new room a thousand meters away from our backstage two hundred, I realized that this was probably the point. I simply can’t handle a studio of this size.

- This is deceit, of course.

- Maybe. But when you have the end of the season, a new location for filming, you physically cannot do anything wrong, you begin to engage in soul-searching, unnecessary self-destruction. You think that you and the presenter are so-so, and nothing works out, and your time is up... And then they sent me a video of how the “Let Them Talk” studio was being dismantled. I don’t know what to compare what I felt with. Probably, if they brought me to the morgue and showed how they dissect a person close to you... And just like that - drop by drop - they burned out everything that was dear, to which I was mentally attached. Then you realize that you have been building something for so many years and cannot afford to disappear like that. You understand that it has arrived new stage. You must close this door.

Antenna editor-in-chief Elena Krasnikova and StarHit editor-in-chief Andrey Malakhov

- With what force?

- Without slamming in any way. Namely, close it with complete gratitude in your soul. With respect and great warmth to the people with whom I worked. This is the most important thing - to learn to be grateful. When you give warmth and kindness to people, it always comes back in one form or another. Here's my main one internal motto– and in work as well. I honestly brought the season to the end. And - again a coincidence - they called me from the Russia 1 channel and offered me to become the producer of my own program. A person who will decide for himself what to do, how to conduct and what topics to cover.

- That's all? So I decided, spat and went?

– Natasha recently read a book about Capricorns. She said that people of this sign are exactly like this: they crawl and crawl for a long time, climb, try, break their nails, and then suddenly they send everyone away and go climb to another place.

Although, of course, it would be nice to retire with one entry in your employment record. Even now I was one of the dinosaurs left on the First.

– Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich feels good in the role of a dinosaur.

- He's special. Leonid Arkadyevich writes programs on Sundays, when there is no one in the television center. Starts at 8 am, works through eight programs. If there is a delay of more than 15 minutes, he gets up and leaves. Thus, he visits the empty Ostankino once every two months and the rest of the time he does not see or hear anyone. And then, he doesn’t fight for themes, doesn’t catch heroes...

-...they themselves come with jars and pies...

- That's it, we have different stories A little.

On the wall is a work by British artist Julian Opie

“I remember the story about how you quit Good Morning.” And caring colleagues collected your things in boxes and put them in front of the door. Since then I haven’t brought anything extra to work. So now there are no boxes at all?

– All the TEFI figurines remain in Ostankino. And over there, in the next room, there are two boxes. But I took them out myself so that they wouldn’t expose me.

-Can I have a look? It’s just interesting what a person accumulates over 25 years of work.

“Let’s go...” Andrey opens the box and shows what’s inside. – Funny New Year cards. People just send them knowing that I collect themed stamps redeemed on December 31st, for example.

Book by Irina Ponarovskaya. I want to do an interview with her; she hasn’t talked about herself for many years. And thus I visualize the desire.

ABOUT! An old cassette from “The Jerry Springer Show” (the American “grandfather” of “Let Them Talk”). It was wildly popular when I was studying in America. Prayer book. A device for measuring pressure.

Everything acquired through backbreaking labor: the contents of a box from Ostankino

- Such a daddy of vanity.

- Yes Yes. Show it to your children and grandchildren.

What else? The photographs were clearly taken at work. Magazine published during the premiere of “The Big Wash”, 2001. And look at the headline: “Andrei Malakhov is becoming more serious.” And finally it became, apparently.

Photo with Zykina, CDs with songs by Katya Semenova. Medal for covering the Olympics. A set of miniature books with Vysotsky, gift. And a refreshing spray for the face. Here.

- It’s kind of sad...

- So, what... In the next world, this won’t be needed either.

– No, no, no, stop, we’re talking about a new life. Your departure is news number one. And there are a lot of rumors on the Internet. Can you comment to close this topic once and for all?

– You are repeating the path of Maxim Galkin, who unsuccessfully went to “Russia”... This is not my statement. People are exaggerating.

- Hm. The big debate here is, you know, how unfortunate. Maxim Galkin went so far as to build himself a huge castle in Gryazi, give birth to children in his free time from broadcasting, educate himself, and enjoy life. He hosted the top-rated “Dancing with the Stars” for six years. And he returned in the prime of his life.

And let me remind you: management learned about Maxim Galkin’s departure from his live press conference. I, as a team member, gave two months’ notice about leaving. IN farewell letter I even wrote that part of Channel One’s DNA flows in my blood...

It’s a big debate, do you know how unsuccessfully Maxim Galkin went to “Russia”

- In a letter?

- Yes, I wanted to explain myself this way. When you say something, it may not always be heard. And the letter... You can re-read it.

– Rumor number two: the departure was provoked by Dmitry Shepelev, who was allegedly brought in to replace you.

- Oh no. I'm not a child and I know my worth.

– They started trying Dmitry Borisov as the host of “Let Them Talk”, who is now being shown on air.

– By that time, my application had been on the channel for a month. It is clear that you need to look for someone.

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– Are you going on maternity leave?!

– Natasha will soon become a mother. And I actually had the idea of ​​taking a little vacation. But in the schedule in which I worked for the last two months, I would not have had time to meet my wife from the maternity hospital.

– That is, the reason for leaving is, after all, a conflict with the new producer of “Let Them Talk” Natalya Nikonova.

- Can I remain silent...

– Andrey, what will the program you are producing be like? And I hope you're not planning on sitting behind the scenes!

– Title “Andrey Malakhov. Live". And this is the same Andrei Malakhov in the frame that everyone is used to, just with more freedom of action, a greater understanding of what the viewer needs.

In the background: Nadya Leger’s carpet from the collection of the author of “Wait for Me” Konstantin Simonov

– Do you think the audience of “Let Them Talk” will leave behind you? Or will there be another? In general, who are you working for?

– Sometimes some programs are launched in such a way that even schoolchildren begin to discuss them primary classes. It is impossible to predict who will turn on the TV today or who will watch it on the Internet today. Everyone has set-top boxes, delayed viewing, now no one needs to rush to a certain time so as not to miss something important. But what will always work is this word of mouth: did you see it? did you hear? what do you think? I don’t believe it when people say that they haven’t heard anything about Dana Borisova or Diana Shurygina. We heard. And they know for sure that they heard it from me. It is important to feel the mood that will hook a person right now.

I don’t believe it when people say that they haven’t heard anything about Diana Shurygina or Dana Borisova. We heard. From me

– Can you give an example of which of your colleagues feels this?

Lena Letuchaya felt the time (the presenter, by the way, was the editor of the “Let Them Talk”) program. Today she is a bigger star than many leading national channels. Because the content that Lena offered hit the nerves and mood of the audience. After all, everyone walks around the cafe. And many are unhappy with the quality of food or service. So, the fight for consumer rights made her name a brand. By analogy with contemporary art This is a picture that should hook you at a certain moment. Then you can grow out of it. But if the work doesn’t immediately make you think, it means it’s not your art or the artist is not able to touch on anything.

– What touches you in paintings? Tell.

Let's say I have a work by Serge Golovach. You look and think that this is a photo from the late 20s. Some kind of parade. And for some reason Mayakovsky is in the foreground. But in fact it is May 1, 2006 in St. Petersburg. And from work you feel like nothing really changes around you. And people are the same. And even Mayakovsky is walking around St. Petersburg somewhere. It's about the idea. Sometimes the very name of the artist can touch you. You were amazed by some of his masterpieces at one time, but you cannot buy it. And you can afford a piece of what the master had a hand in.

– I saw Glazunov on the wall...

- Yes. I was 12 years old. We went to Ilya Glazunov's exhibition at Manege. Shel pouring rain, there was a huge queue. And we are in it together with my Aunt Ira. She's wearing a very beautiful soft blue jacket and a hat... She just returned from France. And I! I'm 12 years old and I'm in love with her. And so we go inside and see this “Russian beauty”. I was stunned... And those drawings on the wall that you saw, they take me back to childhood. Everything in them is covered with snow, like in Apatity. The old woman is wandering. And I see my mother, she is going to the temple...

– Which construction did you invest in?

“My dad started the construction. Then, Kingdom of Heaven, he was gone. It was necessary to continue my father's work. Two years ago we made a beautiful road to the temple. Soon, if possible, we will erect a monument to Pushkin by Tsereteli in Apatity.

Under the poster of Valery Barykin, Soviet pin-up style. Right: Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe as Marilyn. There is an art object on the windowsill: a bomb damaged by an explosion. Symbolizes what our planet will turn into in case of war

Andrei Malakhov commented on his possible departure from Channel One. According to him, he “already made his decision”

Andrei Malakhov (Photo: Anton Belitsky / Global Look Press)

TV presenter Andrei Malakhov commented on his possible departure from Channel One. The presenter's commentary is posted in in social networks « Life Show"(former publication Super.ru) and on the website Life.ru.

“I’m now on a yacht with friends, and I’ve already made a decision,” the TV presenter told the publication. At the same time, Malakhov refused to clarify exactly what decision he made.

Sources on the TV channel and those close to the presenter told RBC that Malakhov had a conflict with the producer of the show “Let Them Talk.” Other presenters are already being tried to replace Malakhov in “Let Them Talk,” and his new place of work could be the VGTRK television channel (“Russia 1”), RBC’s interlocutors reported.

​​ “The channel brought back the producer who had worked there nine years ago to the program, hoping that she would help raise the program’s severely fallen ratings. But Malakhov no longer worked well with her and demanded the return of his previous colleague. Since the channel did not make concessions for a long time, the presenter began to declare that in otherwise will leave the channel, hence the rumors,” said RBC’s interlocutor.

According to the BBC Russian Service, the conflict between Andrei Malakhov and the management of Channel One began after the return of producer Natalya Nikonova to Channel One, who decided to add to “Let Them Talk” before the presidential election, and Malakhov opposed this ideas.

Later, the radio station “Moscow Speaks”, citing an informed source, reported that “Channel One” is considering two “to replace Malakhov,” but their names were not mentioned. RIA Novosti, citing an informed source, reported on August 7 that Malakhov, however The agency's interlocutor did not specify whether it was signed or not.

The presenter himself had not previously commented on the situation.

There is also alternative version about the reasons for Malakhov’s departure from Channel One. Interlocutors of the glossy magazine Elle claimed that probable cause Malakhov’s departure from Channel One was due to the fact that his wife Natalya Shkuleva was pregnant, and the producer of the program asked him to choose between maternity leave and work. The TV presenter considered this choice “unacceptable,” the publication’s interlocutors reported.

However, a source from RBC on “Pervoy” told RBC that the editors of the “Let Them Talk” program are talking about the alleged maternity leave Malakhova. “No one has seen or heard any statements from him on this matter,” explained RBC’s interlocutor.

The press service of VGTRK RBC reports Malakhov’s departure from Channel One. RBC's interlocutor said that the management of the television company is on vacation, “so this physically cannot happen at the moment.”

Andrei Malakhov explained the reasons for his departure from the country's main television channel. The former presenter of Channel One said that he was tired of “reading from a piece of paper” and had long since grown up to producing his own show.

Andrei Malakhov. Photo: Channel One website

According to him, he is tired of being a “lead in the ear” and has long had something to say to the audience without prompting.

"It's like family life“At first there was love, then it grew into a habit, and at some point it was a marriage of convenience,” he said frankly in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper.

Therefore, the TV presenter wanted to take the initiative into his own hands. “I want to grow, to become a producer, a person who makes decisions, including determining what my program should be about, and not giving up my whole life and looking like a puppy into the eyes of people changing during this time. The TV season is over, I decided “that you need to close this door and try yourself in a new capacity in a new place,” he continued.

At the same time, Malakhov did not comment on the rumors that main reason His departure resulted in a conflict with producer Natalya Nikonova. She came up with “Let Them Talk,” and then went to VGTRK for 9 years and returned to “First” only this year.

“I have always believed that you need to be consistent in love and dislike. It’s unusual for me to change my set of beliefs as if by magic. I’ll end the story here,” he said.

The presenter assured that the separation from “First” did not in any way affect his relationship with its leader Konstantin Ernst. Like, he realized that Andrey, due to life circumstances (the presenter’s first child will be born in November), would not be able to devote much time to the project and let him go in peace.

However, Malakhov did not hide the fact that he sent the application by Russian Post, and sent his representative to negotiate with Ernst about extending his contract.

The TV presenter entered into a new cooperation agreement with the Rossiya TV channel. He will head “Live Broadcast”, which was previously managed by Boris Korchevnikov.

By the way, the latter, in a conversation with Komsomolskaya Pravda, said that his era Live broadcast" ended. "The program that will be released in its place will be different. But it will retain everything that made “Live Broadcast” successful and loved by viewers,” he noted.

Malakhov himself confirmed that part of the “Let Them Talk” team moved with him to the second channel in the country. Thus, new broadcasts will be produced together with Alexander Mitroshenkov, who previously also made “The Big Wash”. But even here, the final word will remain with Malakhov.

“My wife calls me a boss baby. It’s clear that television is a team story, but the producer has the final say,” he concluded.

With their former colleagues TV presenter has already published an open letter.

The famous presenter Andrei Malakhov had a conflict with the management of Channel One. The disagreements turned out to be so significant that the TV presenter filed an application and decided to change the channel.

While viewers were wondering why the producers removed Andrei Malakhov from Channel 1, the media, citing anonymous sources, published several versions:

1. Conflicts within the team.
2. Decline in TV ratings.
3. The discrepancy between the views of Malakhov and Natalya Nikonova (producer) on the topic of the program.
4. The producers' reluctance to grant the presenter maternity leave (the showman's wife is about to give birth).

On the First, they filmed an episode of the show about the departure of the star presenter. The media reported that there are a couple of candidates for Malakhov’s place - Borisov and Shepelev. As a result, the issue about Malakhov was hosted by Dmitry Borisov.

It’s no secret that working effectively and making a quality product for broadcast in conditions of intra-team hostility and discontent is problematic.

The presenter himself noted that a lot has changed over the course of several years. He was not pleased with the change in the location of the program’s filming (previously, episodes of the show were filmed at the Ostankino television center) and he was tired of following management’s commands, without being able to influence the theme and the filming process.

Film crew of the program “Let Them Talk”

Discontent reached its peak in mid-summer 2017. Although at the beginning of the summer, in an interview with GQ, the presenter stated that the reason could only be a proposal to do something completely absurd and immoral on air to increase ratings.

Malakhov was fired - the main reasons

The TV presenter himself denied the theory about the insufficient amount of the fee and said that if this were the only issue, he would have left Channel 1 several years ago.

Theoretically, the reason for the decline in ratings could be a sharp shift in topics towards politics. The “Let Them Talk” program is an analogue of the popular American show for housewives (“The Jerry Springer Show”). Considering such an audience, it is not surprising that the departure from social and everyday themes did not create a sensation.

Malakhov VS Nikonova

One of the most plausible reasons for the presenter’s departure from the channel is the conflict between Malakhov and the new producer of Channel One, Natalya Nikonova.

During the pre-election race, Mrs. Nikonova began broadcasting “Let Them Talk” programs with explicitly political themes. Malakhov did not agree with this decision and expressed his dissatisfaction, but the channel’s management refused to meet the showman and give him the opportunity to choose topics for the programs himself.

Malakhov is no longer the host of the “Let Them Talk” program

Speaking about the real reasons for leaving, the presenter noted that he had long become popular with the audience and over the years of work he was tired of blindly following instructions at a time when less experienced and well-known presenters get the opportunity to work on their own projects.

For creative person With such colossal experience in hosting television programs behind him, such an attitude from the management is a serious reason to think about leaving for a place where his initiative and experience will be appreciated and his opinions will be listened to.

This is not the first case on television when producers do not take into account the presenters, do not try to compromise and lose talented channel employees. It is unknown what the change in the host of “Let Them Talk” will mean for the program’s ratings.

The change in the theme of the show caused dissatisfaction not only with Malakhov, but also with some other team members. Producer Natalya Nikonova previously worked on the “Live Broadcast” program on Russia 1 channel, and the ratings of this program, due to its seriousness and obvious political bias, were significantly lower than those of “Let Them Talk.”

Andrey works as a presenter of the “Live Broadcast” program on the Rossiya channel.

There was no open conflict, but the whole team was perplexed and tense; no one wanted to turn the popular talk show into a clone of “Live Broadcast.”

There were even rumors that it had become the real reason leaving not only Malakhov. There was an assumption in the press that the presenter would take 1 part of the team with him to the Russia channel. An anonymous source denied this information, saying that there have been no statements of resignation from anyone from the team working on the “Let Them Talk” program.

Family is the most important thing

The showman's wife Natalya Shkuleva, who holds the position of publisher and brand director of Elle magazine in the Russian Federation, is in a position and soon a new addition to the TV presenter's family is expected. In this regard, the real reason for Malakhov’s departure from the channel, according to Elle, was the refusal of the show’s producer, Natalya Nikonova, to grant the TV presenter leave to help his wife care for the baby.

Moreover, it became known that Mrs. Nikonova denied the presenter the legal right (Labor Code of the Russian Federation, Art. 256) to take maternity leave in a rather rude manner, saying that working on the show is not kindergarten and Malakhov must decide who he is first of all - a nanny or a TV presenter.

The showman was dissatisfied with this attitude of management and cynicism towards him. Considering long years his work on First, his experience and popularity among the audience, the producers could have been more loyal and polite.

A quarter of a century is no joke

The talented TV presenter began working on Channel One about 25 years ago, and since 2001 he was approved as the host of the show “ Big Wash”, which was later renamed “5 Evenings”, and then became the well-known program “Let Them Talk”.

The presenter himself said that over many years of cooperation, everyone was so accustomed to him always being on Channel One that since December 2016 they even forgot to renew the contract with him, although Malakhov continued to work and host the show.

The “Let Them Talk” program is hosted by Dmitry Borisov

Considering how many years Malakhov hosted the show on Channel One and how many fans he acquired during this time, we can safely say that viewers will watch his programs on any channel.