A conversation with Ivan Urgant is like playing in. He counters many questions with a joke or an instantly invented story. In his stories about himself, frank confessions are sometimes hidden behind a mask of sparkling wit, although he himself assures that he is absolutely serious. The popular presenter of Channel One flips through an album with personal photos and comments on the most important.
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“My mother never forbade me anything. It helped me a lot in my life. She allowed me to walk for a long time, to stay overnight with friends. She drew certain conclusions, but never scolded. Nobody spanked me with a belt. The boys at school said that someone was flogged. And no one touched me. I sometimes flogged myself with a belt — just to understand how children feel. But parents never. Although I provoked them a lot, even called them to a fight, took away a change, smeared it with toothpaste in a dream. I love my mom very much. From my mother, I got kindness, decency, honesty, sincerity and a two-room apartment on the Griboyedov Canal.