The conflict between the famous actor and his young wife Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya flared up this week. Armen Borisovich accuses his wife of not letting him into his own theater and of taking over two of his apartments. He spoke in an interview with the “Let Them Talk” program about his disappointment in his wife.
Just a couple of years ago, Armen Borisovich and Vitalina seemed like a happy couple and were inseparable. The actor completely trusted his wife, who is 45 years younger than him. He transferred his entire fortune to Vitalina and entrusted her with the Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Theater, she was appointed director.
But this week Vitalina Tsymbalyuk made a statement: her husband was kidnapped! She claimed that the actor had been ill for a long time and was now not aware of his actions. She wrote a statement to the police about the disappearance of Armen Borisovich, and gathered a group at the theater and stated that the artist had been kidnapped by unknown people who wanted to take over the theater.
Vitalina told the media:
Because of all his illnesses, Armen sometimes has outbursts of anger. We recently had a fight. And suddenly some of his old friends arrived. I haven't seen him since then. But I did say it once. He said he would kill me. I do not understand anything.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan with his wife Vitalina Tsimbalyuk-Romanovskaya
Dzhigarkhanyan’s friend: “I think this will end in a breakup”
All this time, Dzhigarkhanyan was in the hospital, where his friends took him. He asked that Vitalina not be allowed to see him, but he received the host of “Let Them Talk,” Dmitry Borisov, with pleasure. The “Let Them Talk” program visited Dzhigarkhanyan in the hospital to understand the situation. And the actor’s ex-wife Tatyana Vlasova, with whom he lived for 48 years, and recently scandalously divided property, came to the program’s studio.
Tatyana learned about what was happening with her ex-husband from the Internet:
I understand what old friends Vitalina is talking about. One of them is Arthur Soghomonyan, his great friend, one might say he is like a son to him. Arthur was a sponsor of the theater and helped financially with productions. The man is amazing! Vitalina knows him very well. As for the second, I think this is the son of director Nerses Hovhannisyan, Hayrapet. I don’t know why Vitalina calls them unknown. Maybe she wanted to add drama.
Armen Borisovich was very worried about his theater. This was the reason for the conflict with my wife
Photo: Vadim Tarakanov/Photoxpress.ru
Arthur Soghomonyan told Let Them Talk how the “kidnapping” of the actor took place:
Vitalina’s statement looks ridiculous. Armen Borisovich himself asked me to pick him up. As he said, a few days ago they had a conflict, and he does not want to communicate with her, and he personally asked that she not be allowed into the hospital. When we brought him to the hospital, he was not in very good condition: he had not taken his medication for three days. We arrived on time, I'm afraid what would have happened if we hadn't arrived on time. The rest of what Tsymbalyuk says is a complete lie, and I don’t know why she needs it. At first I was in touch with Vitalina every hour, she came to the hospital herself and promised to bring things and documents. The next morning I wrote a statement - first against Airapet, then against me. Now Armen Borisovich is in perfect health, I hope that by the end of the week he will be out of the hospital, and all these intrigues will go away.
He wrote an appeal to the theater actors, where he indicated that he expressed distrust of the administration headed by Vitalina and her two deputies. He asks not to panic and promises to return to the theater in the coming days.
The reason for their conflict is the management of the theater. What is happening now is sad: unprofessional management, few spectators, the latest productions are not pleasing. Armen Borisovich can be deceived somewhere, but not in the theater; he feels falsehood with his skin. And he worries about what is happening there.
He and I discussed his relationship with Vitalina, and said a few things to her. He is deeply disappointed, and I worry about him: stress at this age does not go away without a trace. I don’t see that the situation can return to normal; I think it will end in a breakup.
Ex-wife: “The authorities turned Vitalina’s head”
His second wife Tatyana Vlasova expressed her opinion about why Armen Borisovich was so carried away by Vitalina Tsymbalyuk that he was left without a theater and property:
I’m used to the fact that there are always some intrigues going on around these two people, especially Armen Borisovich’s new wife. The main thing for me is to be happy. He was happy with me too, 48 years is proof of that. I was never jealous of him, because I myself am an actress by training. I was there all the time. She lived for him. But Tsymbalyuk lives for himself. And I can’t understand what caused our separation. When I was like her, he liked me. But we all get old. I can say he changed too.
I tried to understand what was in her that was not in me. When he met Vitalina, she was a pianist. And he loves music and knows it well - classical, opera. And then suddenly she’s young, slender, nimble, and even plays the piano! I think that's what attracted him to it.
Vitalina is 45 years younger than her husband
Photo: Timirkhanova Tatyana/Photoxpress.ru
I got carried away, okay. When she firmly entered his life, he began to look at something in her. And now she’s already running the theater and firing actresses and costume designers. Rules. I think he didn't know a lot of the things she did.
It seems to me that she was playing too much. It went to her head that she was the wife of such a man, that the director, that she ruled, could kick this one out and criticize that one. I tried to put myself in her place to understand. But, having achieved my goal, I would not turn people against me!
Vlasova admitted that Dzhigarkhanyan has a little secret:
He is aged, he is sick. I know all his ailments. I even know when he is really sick and when he wants to rest. He had a habit: if he wanted to think so that no one would interfere, he fell ill. I could have gone to the hospital.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan: “I noticed that Vitalina was stealing, but she was my wife!”
Dmitry Borisov visited Armen Borisovich in the hospital. The artist looked cheerful and answered the host’s questions without hiding, although not always clearly.
- What attracted you to Vitalin?– asked the presenter.
I have been living in this world for 83 years. There are female actresses who are sweet. And I still see what kind of breasts she has, what kind of butt she has, I see everything! Still, after half an hour I start to doubt! Because that's how I'm built. We are all designed this way. And sometimes people like Vitalina Viktorovna give us orders.
If you doubted it, what prompted you to leave your wife of 48 years and get married again?
I suggest you doubt it too. As soon as you find out everything, go and lie in the coffin.
Why was a police report filed? The whole country was worried about what happened to you, where the artist was taken...
The actor claims that his wife transferred two of his apartments to herself
Photo: Chernykh Alexander/Photoxpress.ru
This is the tragic, bastard behavior of Vitalina Viktorovna. I’m telling you: I didn’t go anywhere, but was in the hospital. When I get out, where I will live, I don’t know yet. Vitalina took two apartments from me.
The fact that Vitalina Viktorovna issued a decree not to let me into the theater... I gave birth to this theater! Do you see what kind of vile thing has come out... This is a very bad person. Now she proves that I'm crazy...
- What’s the point if you say that she has already taken two apartments...
On knees! A Russian woman has no right not to bring a man to his knees. If we talk about Vitalina, then, in my opinion, she is a little sick. A thief of pure water. I’m not speaking figuratively – she stole money right out of my pocket. I was either deceived or a little tired. I am a People's Artist of the Soviet Union, but I don’t have an apartment where to live.
- Haven’t you noticed?
No, I noticed. But it was my wife. I am 80 years old, I still don’t know what the relationship is between a male and a female. This is the most difficult question.
Scandal Armen Dzhigarkhanyan with his young wife Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya took an unexpected turn. Elina Mazur, a representative of Dzhigarkhanyan’s wife, spoke in the show “Live with Andrey Malakhov"a new version of what is happening.
“The situation is terrible, this is the “murder” of Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan live,” she says. - This is all connected with the financial component. In 2007, Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan lent a large amount of money - 500 thousand US dollars - to his friend in America Eddie Malyan. And he gave it at a very good interest rate. The 10 years after which the money was to be returned with interest expired in July 2017. And according to the receipt that Tatyana Sergeevna Vlasova has, (shows a copy) this money should have been returned - the amount and interest. Total: 1 million 180 thousand dollars to be returned. This is not the only debt obligation that Armen Borisovich has to his American partners. There are also several other receipts. Apparently, we are dealing with such a thing as manipulation of consciousness. The person was blocked from his immediate surroundings. Even before this whole story began, a very strange situation arose, a sharp intervention of third parties in Dzhigarkhanyan’s life. A group of people appeared who had nothing to do with the theater. Their status: we are friends. And they suddenly begin to actively interfere in the financial affairs of the theater. They initiate an audit, try to withdraw money from the theater's accounts... Some people have been using a certain scheme for withdrawing money through the theater for many years. There was a certain bank, which was recently deprived of its license, through which all this was done. But Vitalina put an end to this. On October 12, there was a trial of the chairman of the board of this bank. And we have a strong suspicion that he is not as guilty as he seems. People who were withdrawing money from the bank used the charity scheme. There are agreements on sponsorship of the theater, but this money did not reach the theater. At this moment, Armen Borisovich disappears. This whole situation was planned."
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s last will was also stolen, according to which he leaves all his movable and immovable property to Vitalina. But she still has a copy of it.
Let us remind you that Armen Borisovich disappears from the theater after a quarrel with him. The actor’s wife claims that he was deceived by his “friends.” Vitalina even contacted the police claiming that her husband had been kidnapped.
Dzhigarkhanyan was found in the hospital a few days later. He is Dmitry Borisov, the host of the show “Let Them Talk” on Channel One. The actor said that his wife transferred all his property to herself and that he decided to file for divorce. Vitalina Viktorovna, in turn, claims that she did nothing of the kind. As director, she tried for several years to rid the Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Theater of debt - and she succeeded. Under public pressure, Vitalina Viktorovna wrote: The young woman does not want to file for divorce until she has a personal conversation with her husband.
By the way, Armen Borisovich’s sister Marina Dzhigarkhanyan did not side with her brother in this conflict.
“I, like no one, know how much effort Vitalina put into Armen,” she said.
According to Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, his friends took advantage of Dzhigarkhanyan’s trust. Some believe that this whole situation is the machinations of Armen Borisovich’s previous wife, Tatyana Vlasova. She has also already appeared on television. True, she did not answer the question whether she would accept Dzhigarkhanyan back. The actor himself and even watch the recording of her interview. “You can’t go back!” - he said.
People's Artist and favorite in the hospital and promises to tell everything
People's Artist of the USSR Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, sadly enough, again found himself at the center of a scandal that is only growing every day. But this does not clarify the matter and becomes more and more confusing. The testimony of some contradicts the testimony of others, information is distorted and uncontrollably gives rise to the most ridiculous, even shocking rumors. Therefore, introductory words - presumably, perhaps, most likely - will be most appropriate here.
The essence of what happened is a possible conflict between the famous artist and his young wife Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. “Possible” because the wife claims that there was no conflict, while Armen Borisovich himself, who is in the 57th city hospital, is more categorical in his judgments about her - she deprived him of everything, and that’s putting it mildly. Moreover, he does not want to see her. Vitalina also doesn’t get in touch (friends on FB are worried: “Why aren’t you answering?”). The artist’s sister, who lives in Yerevan, has her own version - a medical one. She claims that his brother is hot due to diabetes mellitus, and this disease has its own especially nervous manifestations.
In general, it is not yet possible to thoroughly understand what actually happened between the spouses (how it started, what became the reason) who until recently gave the impression of a happy and prosperous couple.
Soon, as soon as I leave the hospital, I’ll tell you everything, it’s not easy and you won’t understand,” Armen Borisovich promised me.
- Okay, Armen Borisovich. Let's wait, but for now tell me one thing - how do you feel?
OK-OK. Already better. I went on preventative measures. Believe me, I’m not making anything up, it’s an extremely vile story, you can’t just tell it.
- However, your sister Marina believes that this is a manifestation of diabetes.
Because she thinks she's saving her brother. Without understanding, without understanding anything... And there are doctors like that: without studying the patient, they prescribe medications, but they only cause harm. I have to go back to the theater and decide everything myself.
Vitalina herself assures that because of what happened (but doesn’t really explain what exactly) she feels bad - she hasn’t slept or eaten for several days. She suggested contacting her representative. I'm calling Elina Mazur.
- Excuse me, Elina, you represent the interests of Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. Are you a lawyer?
I am a lawyer, but here I act as a private individual, representing the interests of a private individual.
It’s not entirely clear, but maybe at least you have some reliable information about what ultimately happened between the spouses? Nothing seemed to foretell a storm. On the contrary, the scandal with his previous wife had only subsided.
I know that on October 9, Armen Borisovich (and he was in the theater) became ill. Sugar jumped to 30 - that's a lot. The doctor, who had an agreement with the theater for medical care, did not call an ambulance, but almost took Dzhigarkhanyan to Hospital No. 57 in a private car.
- What is the doctor’s last name? Do you know?
Shogenova Lyudmila Vladimirovna. Moreover, when we wanted to call an ambulance, she prevented this in every possible way. We didn’t know then which hospital Armen Borisovich ended up in, and until October 12, that is, three days, we didn’t know anything about him - where was he, how was he feeling?
- How did you find it?
We found out about the 57th hospital by calling medical institutions in Moscow. He is now in the hospital without medical documents, without a passport. Until now, we cannot get to him, because people of Caucasian nationality who are with Armen Borisovich are doing their best to prevent us from passing through.
It seems that this story will have a difficult continuation, like all stories, one way or another, related to property, its possible division, etc. and so on. - how many of these there were! In them, the material side always prevails over the moral and ethical. And, alas, in front of the astonished public, it destroys all the best that seemed unshakable, stable, forever. Dirtying famous names, reputations... Who is right here? Who is more to blame? Or neither right nor wrong - only victims?!
Everything happens like in a bad, implausible melodrama, where everyone is overacting.
Scandalous details of the conflict between Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and his young wife Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya have been revealed.
Not only did the legendary actor find himself without property and literally nowhere to go after being discharged from the hospital, but there is also a high probability that Vitalina will simply fire the artist from his own theater.
Armen Borisovich is 82 years old, Vitalina is 38.
Journalists spoke with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's close friend, businessman Arthur Soghomonyan, who is now helping the artist who is in the hospital ("I am a close friend of Armen Borisovich. When he called and asked for help, another friend of ours, Hayrapet Oganesyan, and I did not stand aside.")
By the way, the actor ended up there for a reason.
Dzhigarkhanyan was very worried when he learned that his wife had released a “crude” performance, although she promised not to do so.
Then Soghomonyan asked the artist’s wife for a list of medications he needed, a passport and clothes.
However, Vitalina did not convey anything.
As a result, Dzhigarkhanyan’s phone number was changed and a new passport is now being issued.
“Vitalina greatly and deeply upset him.
Armen Borisovich wants to change the situation.
He’s tired of her lying all the time,” said a friend of the actor.
The relationship between the spouses has been upset for a long time. “Armen Borisovich is categorically determined to get a divorce. This is not today’s decision.
He is upset by what is happening to the theater: very unprofessional management and many strange facts.
Armen Borisovich called Sergei Sobyanin and asked that they check the theater for the entire period when Vitalina managed it,” Soghomonyan said.
According to Dzhigarkhanyan’s friend, some time ago Vitalina, taking advantage of the fact that the master was in the hospital with a stroke, began her life in the theater.
“The first thing I did was fire 11 actors from the theater, and these were the leading actors - Duzhnikov, Merzlikin, Kapustin...
These guys and Armen were 15 years old.
Naturally, they did not really perceive her as a leader.
But she continues to command there,” said Dzhigarkhanyan’s friend.
The most interesting thing is that, having come to power, Vitalina changed the statutory documents, and now she can fire her husband, but he cannot fire her.
Moreover, according to Soghomonyan, the young wife made a firm decision to deprive her husband of his job.
“Vitalina has already sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture with a request to remove Armen Borisovich from his position due to his state of health,” said a friend of the actor.
In turn, Dzhigarkhanyan sent a letter to the theater in which he expressed no confidence in the management.
The message was read out to the entire troupe.
The artist intends to return to work in the near future.
“But purely legally, we will ask the Ministry of Culture to take action, because only they can appoint or remove directors,” Soghomonyan noted.
The current state of affairs can be explained simply - Armen Dzhigarkhanyan “had a lot of confidence” and is now worried and very disappointed.
“Vitalina took her mother, father, friends, and people not related to the theater to work.
Vitalina has three of her own companies that provide some services to the theater.
And we ask the prosecutor's office to conduct a financial audit.
Today the theater is in debt and is delaying tax payments.
Everything that concerns everyday issues, Vitalina is quite skilled in them.
I transferred all the accounts to myself, all the apartments.
Armen Borisovich took this calmly.
But when the theater produces half-finished performances one after another, and his name is on the posters, he could no longer stand it,” explained a friend of the actor.
All of Dzhigarkhanyan’s property is registered in the name of his young wife.
Moreover, according to a friend of the master, for a long time the artist felt the insincerity of Vitalina’s attitude.
“And we even convinced ourselves that maybe it would work out: Vitalina is nearby, giving him medicine, because he had a second stroke due to the fact that he forgot to take the drugs that were prescribed to him.
We saw great mercantile interests on her part.
And all the time there are some intrigues, showdowns, trials,” Soghomonyan said.
We are talking about two apartments, one of which was purchased during marriage.
The second has nothing to do with Vitalina, but, according to a friend of the artist, she insisted that Armen re-register it in her name.
By the way, lawyers representing the interests of Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya reported that she resold this apartment.
However, no one lives there.
As Soghomonyan said, “the resale is purely formal.”
Plus Dzhigarkhanyan has money in his account.
The artist’s friend emphasized that they do not want to sue and are ready to divide all the property in half.
“But she and her lawyers are building some schemes,” the man noted. Through him, Dzhigarkhanyan asked his wife to give him one apartment in exchange for everything else, but she refused.
As a result, when Armen Dzhigarkhanyan leaves the hospital, he has nowhere to go.
“We will be looking for an apartment to rent.
Thank God, he has friends and we will correct this situation, he will not have problems with housing or money.
You know, we were sitting in a friend’s kitchen and Armen said: just imagine, I’m 82 years old and have nowhere to go. How far have you lived,” quotes a friend of the master
For several days now, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and his wife Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya remain in the center of public attention. The theater and film star lost understanding with his wife. Yesterday, searches were carried out at the artist’s theater in connection with a previously initiated criminal case regarding the theft of his passport. Armen Borisovich claims that Vitalina deceived and robbed him, so the actor is going to dissolve his marriage. Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya herself denies such accusations. Dzhigarkhanyan’s wife and her mother Lidia Ivanovna shared their version of events in the program “Andrey Malakhov. Live".
Vitalina's parents work at the Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. The artist’s wife’s mother, Lidiya Ivanovna, holds the position of head of the sewing shop, and father, Viktor Vladimirovich, is the chief engineer. Talking about the conflict that flared up, Dzhigarkhanyan’s mother-in-law could not contain her emotions. The woman burst into tears because her daughter Vitalina devoted her entire life to the artist - first they dated for 15 years, and then legalized their relationship in February last year.
“For the last two weeks we have been horrified by what is happening. We need to save people. We are not talking about marriage here. There is danger hanging over her, with all these threats that she hears. I think many will agree that Dzhigarkhanyan is also in danger,” admitted the mother-in-law of the film and theater star.
Lidia Ivanovna admitted that she knows people who are threatening her daughter. “They came to our house with Armen Borisovich. They admired my hospitality. All the time that Vitalina was with Armen Borisovich, they were nearby and seemed to help,” noted Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya’s mother.
Vitalina said that she had not yet gone to the theater, although she left some of the things there that she did not have time to pick up during her dismissal. The star's wife believes that she will not be allowed there. According to the woman, she cannot comment on the searches. Instead, Vitalina remembered a recent meeting with her husband. Armen Borisovich, Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya claims, behaved like an outsider.
“There was a situation where he came with a man to pick up his things. He came home for just a few minutes, didn’t look me in the eye, didn’t talk. He answered with one or two words, it was impossible to communicate with him. He said that he only goes with an escort and simply said: “Give me my things.” Mom and I collected all our things. He took the safe with him. Mom tried to approach him, but he didn’t talk,” Vitalina shared.
Dzhigarkhanyan’s mother-in-law confirmed that she really wanted to talk to him. “I brought out a chair and said: “Armen Borisovich, come in.” I was afraid to be a third party...” the woman recalled.
