Tatyana Lazareva why she left television. Lazareva and Schatz: On the radio you feel like a complete idiot, but an excellent worker! The thimblekeepers were left without money

13:12 29.11.2016

Four years ago, when famous TV presenters Tatyana Lazareva and Mikhail Shats were fired from the STS television channel, everyone understood why this happened, but only a select few knew how exactly the broadcaster got rid of politically unreliable people. In a fresh interview with Snob, Tatyana shared the details of that story:

There is, for example, Ivan Urgant, a witty man of great talent. He works at Channel One and makes permitted jokes. At the same time, he does a lot of real good deeds: he does charity work, tells an audience of millions what Down syndrome is, and helps the Center for Curative Pedagogy. How do you like this path?

This is the path that, one way or another, everyone chooses. What choice did we have then? I’m talking now about a specific time, about the protests of 2012, about the Coordination Council of the Opposition, about all that euphoria. Since we said A, we should have said B, but, unfortunately, B didn’t work out. It was a command of our conscience and soul, but it’s not like we had a choice, it’s not like we were told: “Guys, don’t go there, and then you’ll work on Channel One.” We have never worked on Channel One, that’s the thing. Ksenia - yes, and she, of course, in this sense lost even more than us. Therefore, there is no need to say that we “could be like Ivan Urgant.” Well, on the STS channel we could be like Ivan Urgant. But I say again that then no one imagined that it would all end like this. Moreover, Vyacheslav Murugov ( CEO media holding "STS Media". - Approx. ed.) swore to us: “I will be the first to know about this. And you will be the first to whom I tell if something happens.”

- Something - what is it? The go-ahead to remove Shats and Lazareva from the screen?

Yes. And then they simply quietly closed the program “This is My Child” under the pretext that it was not rated. And they told Mikhail: “Well, I’m sorry, everything is fine with you, you come to the shooting, but... there will be no filming. And also come to work.” And he comes to work, and they tell him: “Sign here, please.” This is a termination of the contract. That is, absolutely quiet and without incidents. Well, yes, Ivan Urgant is wonderful, he does a lot. But everyone forgets that, generally speaking, there should have been 25 people like Urgant. And there should have been five of these shows per week, about the same. Then there would be competition, and then no one would say: “Why is Ivan Urgant alone?” This is the same field cleaning, the same asphalt concreting. If not Urgant, then who? That's a cat.

Surely everyone knows who he is Mikhail Shats. His funny jokes, a funny smile and laughter have delighted us for many years in the O.S.P.-Studio program. But who does Mikhail work now, because he is practically invisible on television.

It’s hard to believe, but Mikhail is an anesthesiologist and resuscitator by training, who worked in his specialty for 6 years. His sense of humor and ability to amuse others began to appear during his participation in KVN, where he was a member of the institute team for eight years.

He began acting in entertainment programs on television in 1995, receiving overwhelming success with the public. He worked in many projects - after O.S.P.-Studio it was “Spite the Records”, “33 square meters", "Good jokes", etc. In 2010, Mikhail became a producer of special projects on STS, but since 2013 he has stopped interacting with the channel in any way.

Today Mikhail is engaged in slightly different activities. First of all, he maintains close cooperation with the “Creation” charitable foundation, with which he has not parted for 15 years. In addition, Mikhail Shats, together with like-minded people and his family, is trying to reorganize public utilities into own home. It also takes a lot of effort, time and energy.

As for television activities, he did not completely abandon it either. Today he runs his own sports and entertainment channel on YouTube, which occupies a leading position in Runet.

The comedian recalls that dismissal from STS TV channel was very quick and unexpected, he was simply given to sign papers, reading which, he understood that this was the end of his work at STS. But, unable to do anything about it, he began to look for other ways to keep busy, develop his talent and humorous gift.

Remembering his work at STS, Mikhail notes that at that time he was simply “on fire” with jokes, going crazy from the laughter of those around him, from the fact that they understood and perfectly accepted the works he wrote. Today, Mikhail feels that all this is just a thing of the past, that now he wants to do something else. Of course, humor has not disappeared from his life, but now it is only for his own pleasure, and not for making money.

According to Mikhail, in life from work he needs the demand and love of others, because it is extremely important to be needed by others. He feels this very well at the charity foundation. Mikhail often said in his interviews that while working at Constellation, he seemed to cleanse his soul, help others find happiness, and lend a helping hand to everyone in need. He feels how great it is, and what a strong return it comes from in the form of happy faces.

The comedian devotes a lot of time to his family - Tatyana Lazareva and children. As before, he is interested in politics, sports, and the search for new inspiring things that will bring, first of all, pleasure and joy, and only then financial well-being.

51-year-old TV presenter Tatyana Lazareva no longer lives with her husband, 53-year-old comedian and TV presenter Mikhail Shats. The star spoke about the breakup in an interview channel“What about talking?” on YouTube.

Now Tatyana lives in the Spanish city of Marbella with her daughter Sonya. Lazareva explained why she made this decision: “I said: “That’s it, I can’t do it anymore.” I don’t have a job there, and I don’t have a job here, so I’d rather be here.”

Mikhail decided to stay in Moscow. “It so happened that he and I are living some kind of new life separately,” Tatyana admitted.

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The TV presenter was experiencing severe depression. “Last summer I really wanted to hang myself. Olympus, which we had in everything... And the creative union is very powerful. We worked with him, lived with him, we felt very comfortable,” recalls Lazareva.

It was hard for Tatyana to live outside her comfort zone: “We were brought up in such a way that you have a profession for life, a marriage for life, we even had an apartment for life.” The TV presenter noted that she sees no point in a golden wedding if the spouses “live a parallel life.”

“He has his own story, and it’s cool for him, I have mine, and it’s cool for me too,” said the star. Despite the separation, Tatyana considers Mikhail a member of her family: “This is the most close person for me, and I certainly do for him too.”

Let us remember that Tatyana Lazareva and Mikhail Shats began dating in 1998. In 2011, the couple legalized their relationship. The couple are raising three children - 23-year-old son Stepan, 20-year-old daughter Sonya and 12-year-old daughter Antonina.

Previously, Tatyana Lazareva admitted that she suffers from ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease): “I was diagnosed in 2014. Now I understand that there is no need to be ashamed of this disease. The problem won’t go away if you pretend it doesn’t exist.”

Published 09.28.18 16:57

The TV presenter frankly answered questions from the general director of the Dozhd TV channel.

Famous TV presenter and showman Mikhail Shats attended the filming of an interview with Natalya Sindeeva on the Dozhd channel and talked about his relationship with his wife Tatyana Lazareva, leaving TV and his plans for the future.

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In a conversation with the general director of the TV channel, he emphasized that he had not broken up with Tatyana, although they family life really changed a lot - wife with youngest daughter now lives in Spain, and Mikhail remains in Moscow.

"Tanya wants intkbbach to live there... I want to live here, because I am more satisfied with the dynamism of this city. Some of the opportunities it provides. I’m bored there,” Schatz said.

According to the celebrity, serious changes in his and Tatyana’s life began after they lost their jobs.

“It was both business and creativity. All together. It held us together as one whole. And then it all collapsed. And we were each left with the feeling that something needed to be changed, and something new needed to be done. And in In this sense, each of us decided to do something different,” he explained.

Schatz explained that after his harsh dismissal from the STS television channel, a “emptiness” came in his life, which he first partially filled with work on the NTV+ channel. Then he went to the Olympics, and upon his return “Ukraine began,” after which he “received a shaft to the head” for a post on Facebook.

For the entire time after his dismissal, he received only two job offers - from the now serving ex-governor Kirov region Nikita Belykh and the editor-in-chief of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" Alexey Venediktov. According to Mikhail, he is immensely grateful to them for this. However, Schatz rejected both proposals, since both options were “not for us.”

Mikhail also recalled his recent meeting with Sergei Svetlakov, because of which he experienced the “last burnout” of his “painful passion” associated with returning to television. According to him, not so long ago the STS channel decided to return to its air the show “Thank God, you came!”, which Shats hosted for 4 years. According to him, the updated release does not mention his last name anywhere, which, of course, greatly hurt the TV presenter.

“I’m flying out of Sheremetyevo and suddenly I meet Svetlakov at the door (one of the producers of the show “Thank God, you’ve come!” - editor’s note). We said hello and even hugged. He says: “Mish, I’ve been wanting to call you for a long time - there was no phone." I answer him: “Well, what are you talking about!” I dictate the phone. He dials me, and “Mikhail Shats” is displayed,” he recalls.

Mikhail Grigoryevich Shats is a Russian showman, TV presenter, founder of the OSP-Studio project, author of the programs “Good Jokes”, “Thank God, you came!”, winner of the TEFI award.

Childhood and youth

Mikhail Shats was born on June 7, 1965. Father Grigory Solomonovich Shats, a Jew by nationality, served in the Air Force, mother Sarah Bronislavovna Milyavskaya worked as a pediatrician. Mikhail’s parents met in the early 50s in Kazakhstan, where Grigory Solomonovich served and Sarra Bronislavovna was serving exile on the doctors’ case. For several years the couple wandered around the garrisons, and later the family settled in Leningrad.

The boy grew up in his own way happy family Soviet intellectuals. He studied at school, played football with the boys and dreamed of becoming the coach of Zenit - the showman still supports this team.

After school, Schatz entered the Faculty of Anesthesiology of the First St. Petersburg Medical Institute, completed his residency there and got a job in his specialty. Resuscitator Mikhail Shats has saved dozens of lives.

IN student years Mikhail began playing in the institute KVN team, and in 1994 young man invited to the CIS KVN team. During the same period, Schatz moved to Moscow. I wanted to get a job in my specialty, but I didn’t succeed. In parallel with his search for work, Schatz was thinking about a comedy project for television and came up with the idea of ​​OSP Studio. The television project played an important role in creative biography Mikhail, making the comedian a popular media personality.

Career

"OSP-studio" has become the most popular and commercially successful project Shatsa. The program aired for eight years, from 1996 to 2004. As part of this project, the series “33 square meters” was filmed, in which Mikhail Shats played Tanya Zvezdunova’s brother, the head of the military registration and enlistment office, a postman and other roles. A close-knit team gathered around Mikhail Shats, which included,.

Mikhail Shats in the series "33 square meters"

Since 2004, Mikhail Shats and his wife moved to the STS channel, where they hosted the author’s program “Good Jokes.” Their co-host was a showman. Viewers loved the project, in which comedians could improvise and compete without rules. Participated in the show a large number of guest show business stars, which also influenced the increase in the program’s ratings. The difference in height also added to the comedy of the couple’s image: Tatyana Lazareva is 6 cm taller than her co-host (Mikhail’s height is 172 cm).

Alexander Pushnoy, Mikhail Shats and Tatyana Lazareva - “Good Jokes”

In addition to his own projects, Mikhail Shats becomes the hero of the program “Fort Boyard”, an analogue of the French adventure project, which was broadcast on the Rossiya TV channel. In addition to Mikhail Shats, the TV game featured: famous figures show business - Tatyana Lazareva, who, under the leadership of the TV presenter, competed for the main prize - 1.2 million rubles.

Two years later, Mikhail appeared as the TV presenter of the program “Thank God, you came!” The judges of the project were: Soon followed by the release of a new project - the show “More good jokes“, but the program turned out to be a failure, and after two weeks the program was closed.

Mikhail Shats and Alexander Tsekalo - “Thank God, you came!”

Mikhail Shats did not stop. In 2009, the showman began hosting the daily program “Song of the Day” on the STS channel, and a year later he took up the position of producer of special projects for this channel and took the place of TV presenter interactive show"Random connections". Among Schatz’s other projects are the shows “Meet the Parents”, “Sing!”

In 2012, the contract with STS ended, and the channel’s management did not renew it. At one time, Mikhail Shats was the co-host of the “Ankle Show” program on the “Our Football” channel, and in 2014 he appeared on the “Olympic Channel”.

The charismatic comedian has tried himself more than once as a film actor. In addition to participating in the author’s project “33 square meters,” Mikhail Shats starred in a television film for the first time in 2005. The actor played the role of a psychotherapist in the series “My Fair Nanny.” In 2008, viewers saw the TV presenter in the role of a criminologist in the black comedy “A Very Russian Detective” about the work of two provincial detectives Johnny and Bret Pidd (and) to capture a maniac killer (Dmitry Brekotkin). The pathologist was played by Vadim Galygin.

In 2013, with the participation of the TV presenter in the role of a polar pilot, the comedy film “Chapaev-Chapaev” was released on movie screens, where he played the main character. Schatz also had to voice cartoons: “Monsters on Vacation,” “Bee Movie: The Copper Conspiracy,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”

Mikhail Shats in the comedy "Chapaev-Chapaev"

In 2003 and 2006, Mikhail Shats was awarded the TEFI Prize as the author of the best entertainment program and the best presenter.

Mikhail Shats has been involved in charity work for many years. Together with his wife Tatyana Lazareva, the showman helps hospitals and boarding schools, actively cooperates with charitable foundations"Creation" and "Downside Up".

Mikhail Shats adheres to opposition views. Together with Tatyana Lazareva, the showman participated in the 2011 rally “For Fair Elections,” which took place in Moscow on Prospekt. A few days before the rally, video messages from show business stars to Russian citizens appeared on the Internet with an invitation to come and support the protesters.

After the demonstration political position Mikhail Shats and Tatyana Lazareva were forced to resign from the STS TV channel at the insistence of their managers. There was also a scandal: Schatz accused another STS employee of informing, who in turn promised the showman trial By this issue.

Mikhail Shats with his wife at a protest rally

In 2014, Mikhail Shats was among the cultural figures of the Russian Federation who spoke out against the political position Russian authorities and supported Ukraine. In 2015, together with his wife Tatyana Lazareva, he was included in the SBU White List. In addition to Russians, the list included foreign stars cinema - Wim Wenders, .

Maxim Konovalov, Yuri Stoyanov and Mikhail Shats on the set of the film "A Very Russian Detective"

After leaving big television, Mikhail Shats began developing a sports channel on the YouTube video hosting site, which now occupies a leading position on the Runet. On the Disney channel, the showman directed the broadcasts of the program “Is This My Baby?!”, but at the beginning of 2016, the project was closed due to unprofitability. In the same year, faced with problems in the housing and communal services sector, the showman temporarily went to create an HOA for his own house.

Personal life

The showman's personal life is connected with one woman. Mikhail Shats lives in a marriage with Tatyana Lazareva. The comedians don’t remember the date they met, but they know for sure that at the Sochi KVN festival in 1991 they already knew each other. Then Tatyana played for the Novosibirsk University team, and Mikhail Shats for the St. Petersburg team.

Shats and Lazareva were friends at first, but at some point they realized that they couldn’t live without each other. Mikhail helped Tatiana, who by that time was still married, but lived separately from her husband. For Lazareva’s son, Shats became both a father, a personal physician, and a friend.

On July 17, 1998, the wedding of Tatyana Lazareva and Mikhail Shats took place. The marriage produced two common children - daughters Sofia and Antonina.

Sometimes there are rumors in the newspapers that the couple is getting a divorce, but Shats and Lazareva hold on. Mikhail admits that there are conflicts and misunderstandings in the family. It happened that the marriage showed cracks, but humor and constant work on the relationship always saved.

Mikhail Shats does not reduce his activity in public life. In early autumn 2017, the showman took part in a protest against the arrest, which attracted 500 people near the Basmanny Court in Moscow.

At the end of September I took part in the big triathlon race, which took place in Sochi. The TV presenter ran the “iron” distance for charity. The money from the fees went to a fund to help children from low-income families.

Mikhail Shats has his own website, as well as pages on