She is appearing on LW today

Discuss

I feel for her. The media and people can be so cruel.

I've always hated the term "homewrecker". It's only ever applied to the woman involved and never the man.

I saw the interview and I think Kristina was quite surprised that they were so tough on her. Jane Moore in particular said that she'd seen interviews and photos of Kristina and Joe in Hello magazine and said that in her opinion you can't have privacy when it suits you and invite the press in at other times.

In the end they ran out of time, but I don't believe Kristina will be very happy with how it went.

I didn't see this but despite not being a big Kristina fan I feel really sorry for her. It sounds like the inteviewers were really horrible to her, and I don't really see how doing a few magazine interviews and photoshoots entitles the press to invade someone's privacy and dissect their private life! She has her faults I'm sure, as do we all, but she seems nice enough and I don't think she deserved that!

Journalist Jane Moore said Kristina was 'fair game' basically to take abuse from the press as she had done a previous Hello shoot about a Previous relationship. Total crap, the level of abuse, media bullying and lies written about Kristina is a disgrace. She has been pushed to the point of wanting to end her life . Nothing justifies this and I have never seen this level of abuse towards any pro . Anyone who thinks she deserves this then shame on them . She is far from the Siberian siren as they like to portray. One brief relationship with a guy who lied he was in a relationship and a four year serious relationship in 8 years hardly a siren . She is hard working talented and a fabulous teacher on Strictly . It's heartbreaking to see a lovely lady so vulnerable and devastated by all of this .

She's the best female dancer on the show, so I hope the trashy media don't try to force her out, it would be great to see her get a decent partner this year again because it will likely be a male celeb who wins this year.

Right show for her, "loose" been her middle name.

As a celebrity you can't have it both ways, you can't use the press when you went and complain when they publish stuff on your private life.

Every celebrity needs to be teached if you do interviews or anything in the media you are "Fair game" it has always been that way so why are people surprised!?

Do you need the extra cash/fame from magazines? no, it is just greed. So the press are right - if you choose to play the game you can't complain when they turn on you.

I think she should retire from Strictly and go live in Russia in the middle of nowhere on some farm to escape the media trappings of fame.. shes had a great stint of Strictly and doesn't need the hassle anymore.

She is getting old now to be doing this gig forever.

I've never read such biased xenophobic rubbish in all my life. No one deserves to be harassed by the media . Slightly scary and disturbing you believe everything written in the papers none of which is based on fact . How many more posts are you going to post about someone you have no knowledge of and clearly despise says more about you than it ever will her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZKTOuMrsfE

I thought everyone came across quite well. They mostly were just giving Kristina good advice. If you seek some good coverage from the press, you can expect them to put together some bad press too.

Kristina is right that women do get blamed for things more than men.

I think the simple comparison is between Ben Cohen and Rachel Riley. When Rachel's marriage broke down, Rachel got the blame. When Ben's marriage broke down, Kristina got the blame.

She should just ignore the bad press - she gives it more coverage by responding.

Rude and unnecessary comments. Kristina is entitled to speak her mind and to earn a living. The Strictly bosses clearly want her in the show.

I'm not sure that is entirely true. Cohen got a fair bit of stick too, and rightly, but his previously squeaky clean image allowed him to be a bit more bullish in his denials. I sort of feel sorry for Kristina in the sense she appears naive and for all she gets branded a siren, her choices in men seem increasingly poor. But, equally, you can't dance with the Devil (the press) when it suits you and then whine when they start hiding in the bushes to photograph whose coming out your flat first thing in the morning!

I've just watched it and I agree they were mostly giving her friendly advice on how the media works....they may have taken her to task a bit about her past, but you can't go on a show like that and expect a totally soft, sympathetic interview. Jane Moore as I understand has worked in the tabloids - so she knows how the media works....I don't think she herself said Kristina was 'fair game' - she was just explaining how the media/press would see her as fair game because she's sold stories about her private life in the past and is on a high profile tv show.

It's unfortunate for Kristina and I think she herself has acknowledged that she may have made mistakes in the past......it's also unfortunate for her as this story doesn't seem to be going away as Ben Cohen's mother in law has now used the media to lash out at Kristina....although she also lashes out at Ben too - so I'm not sure this interview has made much difference.

She was in court not long ago for harassment I think?

The charges against her were dropped as they decided there wasn't enough evidence - Ben's decision to press charges in the first place along with the rumours in the press has obviously stirred up a lot of ill feeling with mother in law - hence her lashing out in the press today.

It is not uncommon for Russian women to choose partners who are masculine, muscular men (both Ben Cohen and Joe Calzaghe qualify on that score); men who are in touch with their feminine side might be an attractive quality to British women but in Russia, arguably the most homophobic country in Europe, such men are of little interest to women. Perhaps a case of choosing looks and muscles over the really important qualities?

Of course, Russian women are very feminine, much more so (generally speaking) than British women, and Kristina adheres to this stereotype. I understand this is because Russian women believe they have to appear like this to be attractive to men (a Russian lady once told me that when it comes to romance and relationships men like to see, women like to hear) and there are more clearly defined masculine and feminine roles in Russia (and Eastern Europe generally) than in the UK. British women take a different view, of course, and my partner feels that the looks-are-everything attraction is very shallow. Most of us would probably agree with that, but we are looking at it through Western eyes.

Reading those articles, it sounds as though there are more issues than just this one - and that really any reconciliation isn't going to be found in the pages of a tabloid. Airing dirty laundery in public is never going to be a wise move if that's what you are after.

LOL... they should probably have just opened a tabloid newspaper.

Yes it seems there were issues between Ben and in his mother in law even before he split from his wife, but even if she was haranguing him about the split, I'm don't think it was the wisest move on his part either to press charges against her, as all it seems to have done is caused a lot more anger and resentment - hence her now wanting to give 'her side' of the story to the tabloids.

It amazes me that the press allow Ms Bassouls to vent without giving info on her background, which is where her bitterness lies. She tends to overlook that the marriage was over way before Ben was on the show. Some facts about Ms Basouls:
* Her first husband cheated on her with her best friend & left her
* Then had 15 yr relationship, just before they were to marry he told her he had been cheating on her for 10 yrs left her
She then went off the rails
* Moved in to Ben's house, where she placed adverts to meet guys who she took back to "entertain"...... (no wonder she was asked to leave, anyone using my house as a knocking shop esp when kids live there would have been thrown out)
* She met her current husband on line & moved to the highlands.
* Her family has nothing to do with her, several (not just Ben) have harassment cases against her.
She says she is such a family person, and yet she has sold them down the river at every opportunity.
She needs to shut up, sort out her own life, and allow others to get on with theirs.

What a total cop out - so you're basically saying that anyone in media is fair game - so we have learnt nothing from the death of Princess Diana?

There's a difference between printing info on a celebs private life and launching a full on character assassination, day in day out, reprinting the same lies & misrepresenting totally what a person is all about. The reporting has in no way been balanced. It has been sexist, vindictive, self serving.

Doing magazine spreads has nothing to do with money - do the Beckhams/Pitt & Jolie/Royal family etc etc etc need the money? No, it's about PR and actually having a voice, having some control over what is printed rather than the bullshit put together from gossip, twitter, just plain made up info that the papers use. A lot of the current media people are so lazy they just lift info from twitter! That's how accurate their pieces are.

You seem to have no grasp of what motivates the press, what motivates people in the public eye and its taught not teached.

I feel so sorry for Kristina, she is a consenting single adult free to live her life as she chooses. From what I gather she does a huge amount for children charities in this country, she financially supports her family in Russia. She has reached the top in a very top competitive field, and brings huge joy through her dancing and choreography to millions. And yet our British press think she's fair game to tear to shreads, push to the brink of suicide, awful, just absolutely awful.

I feel sorry for ever body concerned it is bad enough when any marriage breaks down but when it is done in public I feel sorry for his wife she knows the truth and I am sure as do all the family and if it has been going on for a long time at lease be honest to go to the newspaper and on Loose woman I don't no what her agent is playing at it is best to say nothing because when it comes out and it will she is going to look like an idiot. If it is true about Russian woman what did she see in that creep Vincent to be fair to her it must have been hard to come to uk and not no any body I think it could be very bitchy in the world that she lives in and I think he took full advantage her 4 years with Joe what is wrong with that I wonted her to win SCD with Simon I think he is lovely and he was there for her I don't no Ben he comes over vain and big headed but it is their life and I hope what ever the out come I hope all this upset has been worth it