Journalist Tetyana Danylenko told me about her personal life for the first time.

On the air, we are used to seeing her as tough, principled, and inquisitive. Tetyana herself, meanwhile, avoided talking about herself, and even more so about her private life. In her 20 years of active work in the media, you will find only one publication written 18 years ago about the star of Channel 5, who is raising her daughter alone.

Today, Tetyana Danylenko is one of the most recognizable faces of Ukrainian media, the wife of a Hero of Ukraine and the mother of two children. She still hardly shares her personal life - and in this interview she explains why for the first time.

In our conversation, her usual public "armor" cracked. Tanya told how her romance with Andriy Biletskyi broke out so quickly, how Medvedchuk's arrival cut short her television career, and how today she tries not to go crazy, combining motherhood, work at Ukrainska Pravda, and helping the military.

Watch our conversation on the Marichka YouTube channel.

00:00 — Announcement
01:31 — Dismissal from "1+1" in 2017: emotions, resentment and a sense of freedom
03:37 — Searching for myself: "Who am I without a set-top box, a TV presenter"?
04:48 — The real reasons for parting with the channel and relationships with colleagues
06:54 — February 24, 2022: how I met the beginning of a full-scale war in Kyiv
08:01 — How I ended up first in Chernivtsi, and then in Britain
11:31 — "I was put in my place on the third day"
13:38 — First job in England: selling buns and working as a barista
15:00 — Illusions about a career at the BBC and adapting 20 years of experience
17:50 — How to change your perception of yourself from a "victim of war" to a person with decisions
19:06 — Success in a little English store: how it increased the number of customers
23:53 — The financial side of life in Britain: payments and rent
26:05 — Feeling like a “guest” in your own apartment in Kyiv and homesickness
28:48 — Raising your son Gordiy in evacuation: “I was lonely”
32:58 — How Marina is still recognized in Ukraine
33:58 — A new stage: love and friendship in England
38:27 — Memories of a divorce that happened almost live
43:21 — The main lessons after the first marriage
45:37 — Who were the novels attributed to: “I didn’t have a relationship for 10 years”
47:10 — Relationships with an Englishman and the reaction of his son
52:14 — How an Englishman is interested in Ukraine
54:30 — About support from the British
57:50 — Everyday differences: why the British don’t take off their shoes at home and how to wash dishes
01:01:55 — What does a date with an Englishman look like
01:03:40 — Saving in the British way: heating pads in bed
01:06:35 — What do you miss most about Ukraine in Britain
01:08:04 — How Ukrainians open businesses in Britain
01:11:08 — Working as a public communications trainer at University College London
01:14:40 — The difference between Ukrainians and British people: “We are very emotional”
01:17:50 — Feelings after 40 and stereotypes
01:20:54 — Plans for the future and returning to Ukraine
01:27:30 — What would you most like to do in Ukraine: dreams of your own YouTube project
01:29:54 — How would you react to a marriage proposal

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