MakSim: “Everything that happens to me is my own fault”

Delicately waiting for the passions around MakSim to subside and she gain strength after her illness, we met with her before her long-awaited return to the stage – on June 17 at the VDNKh Green Theater Marina will give a concert “Thank you” for everyone who supported her in difficult times. In an interview with HELLO! the singer talked about how they tried to rob her while she was in a coma, why it is impossible to become a kept woman and why her youngest daughter is drawn to luxury.

On adequacy and the primitive world

Explain the phenomenon of the singer MakSim. In 2006, she performed the song “Do You Know” for the first time, in 2014 football fans already sang it in stadiums, and now it’s 2022, and the song is still remembered. And you are still the same – as if 15 years had not passed, there was no terrible illness.
So it’s genetics. Well, that’s just on the outside.

And what is inside?
Oh, there I have a very violent! After an illness, especially after one that I had, priorities change a lot. Of course, I would not like to remember those events, but I can say that here, in this life, in our such a small life, I feel good.

Has the meaning of this life changed?
No, it hasn’t. My meaning of life, first of all, is in my children.

Have you been bombarded with interview requests since you left the hospital?
Yes, even these calls reached me, although I try to make sure that no one has my personal phone number. My assistants went crazy.

Did you offer large sums for an exclusive?
Very big. I will not even name them, because I have never had such fees. Moreover, very respected TV channels addressed. They all had to refuse.

Why did you refuse?
Because I was not allowed to agree to this respect for myself. My status did not allow. Ratings are nothing to me in this case. It’s important to save face. And of course, the image of the programs in which I will be present is also of great importance. You can not see me at all the events where they invite me. I carefully choose where to appear.

There are many versions according to which you disappeared from the media field in the summer of 2021. Let’s choose the top one: unsuccessful plastic surgery, problems with alcohol, magic or conspiracy, well, just PR. What do we take?
Well, of course, the best version is just PR! In general, I clearly understand why I am, no matter how stupid it may sound, in this profession, in this job. And I really love what I do, I know why I do it. It would seem that sometimes I sing about some personal, even intimate things, but a large number of people understand them.

How long did it take you to return to normal life after an illness?
I think about six months. At first, I didn’t understand anything at all. The people around me thought that I had fully recovered, that I was as good as new. And I was not in this world at all! For me it was like starting all over again. Some new life, which you look at from a completely different position. No, I didn’t have such that I flew out of the body and saw myself from the side. Rather, I saw this world on a different scale – very small. And it didn’t fit in my head for a long time that I was still here. People around wanted some kind of adequacy from me, but there was none.

What surprised you the most about the new reality?
Simplicity. I don’t want to say that I suddenly became so enlightened, but I realized that we should all strive for something more. That we need to make this world a better place.

About recklessness and purification

What do you remember before you fell out of life for three months?
I got everything mixed up. I remember how they put me in an ambulance, and one of the medical staff asked me to write on the nurse’s clothes “Thank you for my health. Your MakSim.” After some time, this costume was sold at Avito for 450,000 rubles as the last autograph of the singer MakSim.

Is it true that you don’t remember how you performed in Kazan the day before you got to the hospital?
Honestly, I don’t remember! And it turned out that not only the concert fell out, but a whole period of time. I flew in, performed, flew away. And then there were some events that I was later told about. I measured the temperature and even posted on the Internet that I have more than 39. And at the same time, she continued to walk and do things, probably on autopilot.

Various media wrote that while you were in the hospital, someone from your inner circle tried to take away your property by forging your signature.
Yes, it was. And not from one side, but from several extremely close sides.

What percentage of people were eliminated in the end?
Ninety. And the world became different. Became cleaner. I seemed to exhale.

Was the behavior of many people around you a blow?
Of course. These were very close people! First of all, I stopped communicating with those who, as it turned out, behaved very ugly for many years. Then, gradually, others self-destructed, because we simply do not go along with them.

And who was there during the most difficult moments?
Doctors! Well, family, of course. As well as my musicians, my team. We have been together for many years with some of them since the very first concerts.

You have survived three accidents (one of which was during pregnancy), illness, betrayal, and many more unpleasant things in life. Was it such that you were desperately wondering: “But why do I need all this ?!”.
So I climbed everywhere myself! I’m so small, but the energy is over the edge. In parallel with something necessary and positive, it carries me into experiments. I used to be completely crazy.

Are you calmer now?
I started to feel fear. At least before the bold deeds of my children. Although earlier I myself pulled them on terrible slides and parachuting. Fortunately, my eldest daughter stopped in time. She said, “That’s it. I won’t go there, and you won’t go there.” Well, the youngest was not yet born.

About happiness and diamonds

When was the last time you felt happy?
When I felt that I was in my place, then I realized that I was a happy person. I have everything going the way it should be.

What is material happiness for you?
For me, the main thing is to be calm, so that I don’t worry that suddenly tomorrow I won’t be able to afford what I or my children want. For me, financial freedom is not having to calculate a monthly budget. But it’s about what’s really needed, because I’m not spoiled. I come from a very simple family and I don’t have any desire for wealth. I’m not into it.

You have repeatedly said that you would not want to live on the content of a young man. Why can’t you afford to give yourself into the hands of a strong man who could make your life even more beautiful and happier?
Yes, that’s more of a downside. Unfortunately, the one who gives the reins of government into someone else’s hands then blames this person for all sins. And I have a clear understanding that everything that happens to me is my own fault. And there is no one to be offended. After all, you can throw the whole world at the feet of a woman, give houses and diamonds – and she suddenly feels that she is unhappy, and all this will be in vain. And it will be his fault!

But being unhappy in diamonds is more pleasant.
Yes, equally bad.

Do you instill the same principles in your daughters?
No. I instill in Sasha and Masha those values ​​that are due to the correct understanding of life. Self-esteem, selflessness. I do not impose, but I tell them that in life there should be a family, children, that everything should be right. There – education, upbringing, beauty, intelligence.

Do you pamper girls?
Yes! I spoil the kids, of course. And although they have the same mother, each has a radically different understanding of the world! Including in terms of financial sensation. The other day I let my daughters go shopping alone. Gave them money and sent them to the mall (of course, under the watchful eye of the assistant). I was wondering what they would use them for. I was sure that these would be the next pets, of which we have a huge number, some balloons, dresses, sweets … And they bought socks! They brought a check and change, every penny. I didn’t teach them this. Probably, such an attitude has developed, first of all, to my mother’s work.

What is the difference in their perception of the world?
Somehow, Masha clearly understands the difference between a simple cafe and an expensive restaurant – and she wants to go to a restaurant. (Laughs.) Although simpler establishments usually have children’s areas and animators. She is also irresistibly drawn to the Central Department Store, sometimes she can’t even fall asleep. Where does it come from in a child? I have never prioritized in such a way that we certainly dine here and buy things there. It’s built into her on a subconscious level. Sasha does not suffer from this at all. She has a more rational approach.

Are there any prohibitions?
I have very smart girls – they understand a lot themselves. But, for example, Masha recently said that when she grows up, she will definitely make herself a tattoo. I ask: “And when, excuse me, are you going to “grow up”?”. She replies, “Well, in a year.” She will be eight then.

Marina, what is love?
I forgot. I mean love for the opposite sex. And so – this is something that rules everything and dictates all the conditions. Just because we feel love, we do anything at all.