Rule number 1. "Do not show your weakness to anyone"
For herself, she long ago withdrew the rule: "Whatever happens, to clench your teeth, do not show how painful that you are offended, crushed, and continue to work." Many, many times she had to remember this rule. It would seem that such a beautiful woman should be desired by all the men of the world, and she must be happy without fail. Irina wanted something to wish Irina, but to any choice the pop singer Irina Ponarovskaya treated with the utmost care, because of her principles, Sergei Mazaev even called it "the moral code of the Russian stage."
With marriage, Irina was unlucky. The first husband, the soloist of "Singing Guitars," began to openly change. Upon learning of this, the proud Ponarovskaya, without making hysteria, immediately filed for divorce. For a long time, Irina did not even close anyone close to herself. Then she seemed to be bewitched by Weiland Rod. She obeyed her husband without question, although at times it would be necessary to rebel. What is worth only a dirty story related to the loss of their son Anthony, when Irina found a boy in Voronezh, almost in a brothel with Weiland and two girls.
When she married Dmitri, a calm, intelligent doctor, it seemed that this was the long-awaited family happiness. But Dmitry, a man from another, not bohemian life, could not stand the onslaught of yellow publications, in which the name of his wife appeared, and left. The singer was depressed for a long time. In "between - the husband" there was a noisy affair with Coco Pavliashvili. But - again it did not work out. However, the audience never, under any circumstances, saw it not as in tears, but simply frustrated. Yes that the audience - no one in show business and did not know what was going on with this unassailable beauty in the shower.
This is the character!
She was a schoolboy since childhood. All the issues were decided by herself. She learned only from her mistakes, not listening to advice and warnings, she never obeyed anyone. And I never allowed anyone to shout at myself. Especially - raise your hand. Without tears, without shouts, without hysteria, she always knew how to look at a person (!) That he instantly understood: from now on he is an empty place for her. Parents have never seen a daughter whining. Unless she could cry in an adult way: silently, turning away, clenching her teeth.
Rule number 2. "Pleasure should be dosed - but without fanaticism"
Ira since childhood suffered from astigmatism and strabismus, wore round scary glasses with thick lenses, and in her teens weighed under 80 kilograms: the girl loved to eat well! Today she laughs: "You take a bun, cut it in half, you spread butter on every half, on top with jam, and wash down with a tasty lemonade." It's good that the aunt of pop singer Irina Ponarovskaya taught her niece to nicely serve the table and treat the meal as a ceremony. In the summer at the dacha near Moscow, the Ponarovsky-Arnoldi lived like the old-world landlords. In the morning, compulsory bathing in the lake, further discussion: "Where do we have breakfast today - on the northern verandah or on the south verandah?" And two hours of drinking tea with jam for secular talks. Ira instilled taste, taught the art of life. A small "young lady" was not accepted at the school. "When I was in the second grade, there was a morning at the school. What is the tights, then we did not know, we wore simple stockings in an elastic band. But to me they were short, reached only to the knees, since the legs are plump. It was necessary to quickly find a way out, and my mother bought the dimensionless - elastic. Although she did not have such. Then the teacher Marya Fyodorovna put me in front of the class, lifted her skirt with a pointer and cried: "Look at the pop singer Irina Ponarovskaya! What a disgrace! The teachers do not, and this one ... "I also cut my dress with a razor, because it was not simple, but pleated. Believe me, when I was going to school, I vomited. Doctors diagnosed: neurosis - an allergy to school. " Did Maryna Feodorovna remember Irina, being a famous singer, when she heard sarcastic remarks about the frequent change of clothes and elegant style?
To this day, her slender figure is the subject of discussion and gossip. What did she not attribute to, what kind of diets and other methods of weight loss! But only the iron will, with Ponarovskaya's serious inclination towards completeness, helps the singer to keep her figure for many years in strictly prescribed frames and sizes.
Irina declared the war an extra kilogram in the tenth grade. I found out that the ensemble "Kalinka" is looking for a soloist and went to audition. There she was not even allowed to open her mouth. Roughly put out the door: "Where are you with such a figure on the stage climbing? "Then I enrolled in rhythmic gymnastics classes. The teacher also did not want to take a fat woman, but Ira finally persuaded her to accept, promising to lose weight and achieve a good result - and eventually became a candidate for master of sports! Ira came up with a fat-burning compress: in a 30-degree heat she cuffed her feet with cotton wool, wrapped them with polyethylene film and ran around the stadium. The girl's daily ration consisted of a glass of juice and one egg. Tablets "Forest harmony" cost 20 kopecks, which without a prescription were sold in any pharmacy and did not have instructions for use, swallowed handfuls.
My mother said: "Her harmony is my wrinkles." Such a sharp artificial weight loss led, first, to the dependence on tablets, and secondly, to consequences much more terrible - diseases of the stomach and liver, heart failure, and sometimes blindness. Ira was losing weight in front of her eyes, but she liked herself more and more, she was all fanatical about herself, not for a minute relaxing. But then she did not know the main thing - what a terrible price she would pay for mockery of the body: she would have a kidney trouble that would strike terrible blows when Irina became a famous singer. But she did not complain to anyone. Only the closest know what intolerable torments deliver a woman a kidney colic, how many times the "ambulance" took her to the intensive care unit right from behind the scenes. For one year alone, Irina twice suffered a clinical death, the doctors returned the singer from the other world. Like all people who have passed through a similar test, it has revised a lot in itself, began to relate to being differently: "Believe me, there are so many real tragedies in life that you should not be nervous over trifles. The main thing is that you woke up and realize that you are alive, thank God, your close ones are still alive and well, who still love you. The rest is nonsense and fuss. "
Irina has ceased to exhaust herself with meaningless and destructive diets, but today her diet is tightly regulated. "It is generally accepted that food is one of the pleasures of life. But is it possible to live every day in pleasure? That's what it's worth starting with. Today I do not have special diets, there is a certain way of life. Due to the fact that I have been in the same mode for many years, I fell out of love once and for all. For example, sweet, dessert, chocolate. What I can not refuse is coffee. Although there are periods when I can give up everything, and it happens - on the contrary. But if suddenly the appetite cuts, I eat a cake in the hunt. I love Italian spaghetti, they do not get better, unless you chew cream sauce. I love Japanese and Chinese cuisine, because there is almost no fat. I love sharp Indian dishes, you can not gain weight from them. What's important is not what you eat, but how much. Once I was seriously ill, and we do not know how to treat, we had to get down to business. First of all, I carefully studied various nutrition systems, cleansing the body, starvation. With the help of the latter she brought herself in full order. I recommend a cocktail to everyone, which I often do myself: you need to mix the juice of fresh cucumber and lemon. This is a tonic, and vitamins. Especially good is the drink in the heat. At home I prefer light vegetarian soups. No fat, no oil. Onion is not fried - it is cooked. I love thin cabbage pancakes. "
Rule number 3. "Stand out from the masses"
She was always a "non-Soviet" appearance. Each of her appearance on the stage was impeccably stylish and was for the audience akin to a bursting bomb: this sexy hoarse voice, these chic outfits, these shocking hats and jewelry ... Ponarovskaya was known as a trendsetter. She was called "unrecognizable": she changed her images with frightening frequency. The first among the singers became a blonde, infecting colleagues with a wave of general lightening of the strands. As soon as all were repainted, I was carried away by multi-colored wigs. When, after the illness, the pop singer Irina Ponarovskaya began to drop her hair, she tightly and tightly pulled them on the back of her head. Hairstyle was called "pony tail". Soon, with such "tails" went half the country. Irina was the first to use false nails. And on her hands, unlike other women, this innovation did not look vulgar.
"You have to be able to intrigue and know what to stand out from the masses - it's better to have a small detail that will make a furor. I go out, for example, on the stage in a long narrow black dress under my chin. The monk is a nun. But at the end of the song I turn sharply to the hall with my back, and there is a deep cutout. Relations with fashion I have since childhood, I constantly invented and remade my modest clothes. I always wanted to be different from others. When only flared trousers came into fashion, I put them on first. But quickly put it off forever in the closet - those were flaunted on many. From the change of costume, I change the style of singing, behavior. On stage I can be different, but I would never go out with a guitar, I would not sing rock'n'roll. Maybe it's for someone, but not for me. Has anyone seen me in concerts with a naked stomach, a mass of chains? Is it similarly elegant? "
Once on one television "Ogonek" his presenter Alla Pugacheva, pretending not to recognize the pop singer Irina Ponarovskaya from the back, threw from the stage: "She is so changeable, she likes to change clothes." Irina shaved off this remark: "Dressing up is my hobby. I have a very fashionable mother. " Pugacheva did not lag behind: "This is blue-ah-ah-i blood." - "Yes, it seems," - cut off Irina.
"On that" Ogonyok "I, unlike many, I did not get drunk, did not lead round dances in the general mass. Maybe because "she was brought up in conservatories". My parents are like that. Although I grew up in a communal apartment, and not in a villa with bonnies ... Well, as for blue blood, does it exist at all? Although, if such a concept exists, and it applies to me, I'm happy. Blue blood is not arrogance, not a disregard for everything in the world. This is primarily noble behavior, upbringing. And I generally do not like hangouts, I rarely go to banquets and even more so I never get drunk. When I had a slight hoarse voice in my voice, they immediately invented a legend that this is the result of drunkenness. But getting drunk is losing control. And then for his behavior will be ashamed. All that is shameful is not for me. "
Rule number 4. "Do not change yourself"
Of course, a beautiful stylish woman could not ignore the strong world. And if some artists for their promotion enjoyed using (and enjoy!) A high position, Ponarovskaya flatly refused to even admit the very idea of such a thing. "Once in Bulgaria, at the festival" Stars of Sofia, "the director approached me and quietly asked:" You seem to live with me on the same floor. Is not it true that tonight we will have dinner in my room? "To which I smiled and answered:" No ". To drink and sleep with the authorities is not my way of receiving benefits. Let the work that requires such humiliation burn with fire! After Bulgaria, I was suddenly and permanently ceased to be invited to all the musical programs without exception, to government concerts. But I'll never, for anything, let the familiarity towards me. I will not stand if someone slaps me on the shoulder: "Irka, hello!" I hate rudeness. In response, not Hamly - you can answer quietly, but so that a man ill-bred to you for a gun shot will no longer come close. "
In the mid-90s, goggling, with a vulgar makeup, gossipless, asexual creatures poured onto the stage in a crowded crowd. Then the stage was in demand unisex. Ponarovskaya flatly refused to lower her bar, roll down to primitive like "You kiss me everywhere". She wanted to sing "Prayer", and "Spell", and "You are my God." In addition, it was necessary to pay for the broadcasts. For Irina, this seemed humiliating. She did not want to change herself, and gradually began to go into the shadows. Less and less often she was invited to concerts, to television programs, rarely interviewed. In one of the TV programs Ponarovskaya admitted: "I am an insanely proud person. Although many argue that pride is not for my profession. I was always wanted to put in a row with the crowd, to make such, as all. But why, I ask, can not I remain as it really is? "
Soon Irina remained practically without work, without ethers, without a family - without anything. But she, as always, did not lose her hand: she invented a fashion magazine, tried herself in the modeling business, created her own fashion salon, became a designer. But she could not sing, and a year and a half ago Ponarovskaya returned to the stage with a new program. A huge stadium applauded his beloved singer standing. As always, she looked like a queen. "What can make me leave the stage forever?" Probably, an age that nobody has managed to win yet. And I will never allow myself to look defeated. "