Boris Moiseev, the king of shocking Boris, was one of the first Russian artists to announce his gay orientation, which caused a flurry of negative criticism. In 1991, he returned from the USA, where he spent 1.5 years, and firmly understood the main principle of show business: it is necessary to tell an extravagant story about yourself that will attract the attention of the public. Boris chose the image of a gay man and maintained this image for many years. In the early 90s, the “blue” theme was still a novelty on the Russian stage, and Moiseev’s shocking image hit the top ten.
Boris created the image of a gay man, 1994
For belonging to a sexual minority, the dancer and singer received “slaps” from both heterosexuals and gays. However, he achieved what he started coming out for: they talked about him, discussed his performances, and came to concerts. The artist got so accustomed to the stage image that the audience was 100% sure of his gay orientation.
The hit “Blue Moon” finally secured the title of gay for Moiseev
At the same time, activists of the gay movement have a negative attitude towards Moiseev’s image: they believe that he denigrates the image of a representative of sexual minorities. The singer, in turn, condemns gay pride parades and the legalization of same-sex marriage.
In 2010, Boris Moiseev admitted that the story about his unconventional orientation was just a successful PR stunt that bore fruit for several decades.
The mysterious son of Boris Moiseev
A few years earlier, the king of outrageousness announced another sensational news: he had a child. According to Boris, son Amadeus was born in the late 70s. His mother was the Lithuanian actress Eugenia Pleshkite, whom Moiseev met in Kaunas. The singer stated that his son is deaf and mute; he inherited this disease from his grandmother, Boris’s mother. Amadeus lives in Krakow, works in the theater for the deaf and dumb. Moiseev is interested in his son’s life, but does not see him - there are reasons for this that the artist refused to name.
Martynas Tsibiras, who was considered the son of Moses
In 2021, Boris Mikhailovich revealed his secrets in the “Secret to a Million” program and abandoned Amadeus. Eugenia Pleshkite actually has a son, Martinas, who was born in 1968, 10 years earlier than the alleged child of Moiseev. Although there are certain similarities in their appearance, Martinas's real father is director Vytautas Cibiras. So, the stories about Amadeus turned out to be another hoax of the extravagant singer.
Eugenia Pleshkite. Boris's first and strongest love
In 2002, Boris Moiseev became the godfather of Ksyusha Iratova, daughter of Alena Apina. According to the singer, he adores his goddaughter, spoils the girl, and buys expensive gifts.
Ksyusha, goddaughter of Boris Moiseev
Boris Moiseev: “In fact, I’m not gay, it was just PR”
- Boris, what gossip that you heard about yourself made you laugh?
- Oh, for example, that I am a homosexual. It makes me laugh, it really does. They write and say this as if one of them could be physically with me. What kind of homosexual am I? I just had a performance - “Child of Vice”, after which it all started. But if a person plays Hitler or Stalin, they don’t say about him that he is the Fuhrer or Stalin, right? Why then am I considered a homosexual in life?
- Excuse me, but you somehow announced this yourself without hints!
- But it was PR! I have defended people who were wronged by society, and I will continue to defend them.
- Boris, in one of your interviews you admitted that you can only buy love for yourself... Why don’t you start a family with some good woman, especially since you deny gayness?
“I chose this path, and I do not renounce it. I’m generally a reserved person, I lead an isolated lifestyle outside the stage, but I feel good. As for women, I sometimes invite prostitutes by phone. And what? I spent the money and got everything I wanted. But I cannot give myself to one woman and take me away from my audience. I can not…
— You are 55 years old on March 4. When did you feel better - now or when you were 25?
— At 55. I know what I want from life, the stage, the public. And now life is more interesting: I have a lot of experience behind me. I know what kind of people are needed for me and my career, starting from Igor Krutoy, Alla Pugacheva, Kobzon... I know who I should focus on.
— You are considered a shocking Russian pop artist. Have you always been so bold as to shock the public?
— Actors are people who always put on some kind of dress. I never wear a dress that is not my size, I know how much life is worth and how much truth or legend to tell her in percentage terms. I began to understand what exactly needs to be given to the viewer somewhere around perestroika, when I came from America (I worked for several years in Europe and America). In 1992, when we, in Russia, had a kind of revolution, I realized that freedom of thought and action had arrived. I paint my image all the time. But you know, this is not shocking, I just don’t hide behind, I have long had the courage to go out to people and show them what I consider necessary, my truth. You know, there’s a crisis right now, and all the people and artists are being squeezed: can you give the audience something so that they won’t stop coming to see you, buying you. And I’m always thinking about how to tune myself (in January, Boris told Segodnya that in the last two months, before the anniversary, he had several plastic surgeries. - Author) in order to remain interesting both in appearance and in content. And people come to look at me. Although, of course, I worry about my colleagues who are used to making money only from corporate events, but now they sit at home and no one buys them.
-Who exactly do you mean?
- I will not say! The main thing is that I am not one of this number.
— Was it difficult for the first time to step over your fears and go out to the people in an extraordinary way?
- Very hard! I remember that there was a huge bright article about my attitude to life and to people in one of the Moscow newspapers about my art. And this then caused a lot, a lot of talk! I have experienced very serious persecution in my life. Now some people like my work, some don’t. But once in Kyiv, in front of the Ukraine Palace, before my concert, they burned my effigy. What is this - nice? Many of those who burned probably wouldn’t have survived this, but I did! I am a very strong person and have never responded to aggression with aggression.
- Who helped you get through all these attacks?
- Pugacheva, Kobzon, Babkina, Zykina... My friends.
— By the way, at one time, when there was a conflict between Alla Borisovna and Joseph Davydovich, as far as I remember, you clearly took Pugacheva’s side...
— I don’t know what conflict you are talking about.
- Well, this is, in general, a well-known fact: Kobzon in his book did not speak about Alla Borisovna in the most flattering way, even hinted at her age in an ungentlemanly manner, but she was offended and a little later, they say, did not invite her to the main event. that moment New Year's show “Songs of the Year”...
“It seems to me that such iconic people as these cannot have conflicts at all.” Both Joseph and Alla are such smart people. I won't comment on this!
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The Vice Speaker of the State Duma dreamed of Ukraine as part of Russia - Have you ever quarreled with Alla Borisovna?
- No never. Of course, at different times we had disagreements over certain things, but there were never any quarrels between us.
— By the way, only Alla Borisovna allows you to make fun of yourself.
- Well, Alla is a woman, and I am a man. And if I am a smart man, then I need to approach a woman’s mood very smartly and subtly. That is if I'm a man and not some rooster! So, of course, I think that she can be allowed some weaknesses. You know, I love Kristinochka (Orbakaite. - Author) very much, madly. Alla, Christina and Joseph are my family. That’s why I don’t think about who is making fun of me and why. You know, in a family there is often someone so funny that they love to laugh at. In our family of artists, it’s me, if you accept me like that, then yes, then yes, and if not, then no.
— Meanwhile, Boris, when you came to us just last fall for a hodgepodge concert, you gave us a comment where, I remember, you used to say that you don’t like these hodgepodges, because at them all the artists meet and smile at each other, and behind the scenes they are just waiting to discuss each other and called the whole show business like a ball of snakes.
“I couldn’t say that, I couldn’t, never!” Because I’ve been in this show business for forty years and I’m always responsible for my words.
- And no one has ever stung you in this environment?
- Oh, I always get stung. Of course, many people don't like me. But I'm neither warm nor cold. It happens that people make faces behind my back, but what should I do? Well, I don’t accept everyone either.
- Good good. But I can’t help but ask you directly about another quarrel. About your recent disagreement after many years of friendship with Lolita Milyavskaya. Well, why are you doing this?
- I didn’t quarrel with her! Why was she offended by me? Because the yellow publication stole half a sentence from me and presented me in such a light as if I said that I would never ride on stage on a golden toilet like her? In principle, I wouldn’t talk about this topic, because I didn’t see her room with the toilet. But they asked me a question, could I do that, and I said that - no, I would not leave, but at the same time I had the ending of the phrase: “because I am not as strong and brave as Lola.” And they twisted it all out and didn’t write it down. As a result, we don’t communicate now, she’s probably offended by me. But for me she still remains my friend, a dear person to me. And I will invite her to my anniversary; if she wants, she will come.
- Then, continuing the conversation about family... What was the story with your illegitimate son Amadeus?
- ABOUT! And you too! I’ve said a thousand times that I don’t have a son, no, how many times can you come up with! I even told everyone that he died, I made up a story so that you all would get away from me and this son.
“But at least your brothers aren’t ducks?”
- I have brothers. I have two wonderful brothers, one lives in Lithuania, the other in Israel... They are already adults, pensioners, and we have excellent relations with them. One, the older brother, had already died, and the second began to live with my first partner from the Express trio, Lyudmila. I love them very much.
— What would you like to receive from the Diva as a gift for your 55th birthday?
“I always want to receive only love from women.”
— What will you give her for her 60th birthday?
“And I love giving antique trinkets purchased in a good store as gifts.” True, for the anniversary I haven’t yet decided what exactly it will be, but I’m just going on tour in Germany, and I’ll choose something there. But I remember once I gave her a gramophone, I gave her an old medallion... So that’s it! And I already received an invitation to her party.
TRUTH AND FANTASIES OF THE ARTIST. Boris Moiseev has always been a man of mood, and the degree of fantasy in the interview depends on this. Today, for example, he can talk about how he had plastic surgery, and tomorrow he can completely deny any surgical intervention. By making a statement to us that he found gossip about his homosexuality funny, Moiseev was probably lying. In the mid-90s, he became the first singer to admit to being gay. However, he is annoyed when it is used as a fashion statement. For example, the artist supported the ban on the gay pride parade in Moscow, planned in May 2006. “We want to achieve tolerance, and such actions can only anger the broad masses of the population,” he said then.
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Adele Todd, American bride of Moiseev
In 2010, Boris announced that he intended to marry American Adele Todd. He has a long-standing romantic relationship with a businesswoman, and he decided to legalize their civil marriage. It was assumed that this would be a family in two countries - Adele would not leave her business unattended, and Boris planned to continue his concert activities.
Boris and Adele. New York, January 2021
But the celebration did not take place due to Moiseev’s illness - in December 2010 he suffered a stroke, the consequences of which are still felt. Fans of the singer can only guess whether he really intended to get married, or whether it was just another PR stunt.
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