Ekuboneni kokuqala, i-Xenia Sobchak no-Maxim Vitorgan kubonakala sengathi ayilindelekile: umethuli we-TV okhukhumezayo nomculi, konke okwenza kube nokuthula nokulingana. Ikakhulukazi umehluko phakathi kwalabo abashadile kwakubonakala ezinyangeni zokuqala emva komshado. Namuhla, abalandeli bobabili bayaqiniseka ukuthi iminyaka emibili nesigamu, i-Vitorgan iphethe okungenakwenzeka - ukwenza uSobchak abe ngumfazi onothando nomnakekela ohlubukayo ophakade.
Kodwa-ke, ukuvukela kuka-Xenia akukapheli, nje kuphela "okwakungokuthi" i-blonde in chocolate Ngenxa yokuthi i-Xenia ne-Maxim bayibhulogi abakhuthele, abalandeli babo bangafunda izindaba zakamuva mayelana nokuphila kokubili kokubili. Ababhalisile bayathokozisa ukuhleka nokuhleka kokuhlelwa kwabalingani babo ukuphawula ngobuhlobo babo. Ngakho-ke, maduzane, u-Xenia uthumele isithombe ngezimpondo zezinyamazane ekhasini lakhe, futhi waphendukela kumyeni wakhe: "Maxim, konke kulungile?" Ukuzijabulisa komninimzi kwakuhlonishwa abalandeli bakhe, futhi isithombe sathola okungaphezu kuka-55 000 "ukuthandwa".Ukhulume efonini namuhla nomkakhe uKsenia. Ngesinye isikhathi, nganginomuzwa wokuthi isandla sami sasikhathele ngandlela-thile, nganginzima. Ukuhambisa ifoni ngakolunye uhlangothi, wabheka esikrinini. Ngehora elilodwa nemizuzu engamashumi amathathu nanhlanu yadlula ... Sinqume ukuhlehlisa ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka, kodwa-ke, ngokuzumayo, konke esingakuxoxa ngakho, sinqume, sixoxisane, futhi siphila kanjani? Vumela imibuzo kanye nezihloko zihlale zingacacile. Ekulondolozeni, ukukhuluma. Futhi lapho, ubona, nokuguga kuzofika