A participant in a show on the Friday TV channel called Sevastopol a “hole.” After criticism of the city head, the editors stated that they did not agree with this opinion

One of the participants in the “Big Girls” show on the Friday TV channel called Sevastopol, from which she came, a “hole.” The Russian-appointed governor of the city drew attention to her words, after which the TV channel released a statement, and the participant herself apologized.

The episode of the show, in which the contestants try to lose weight to win a cash prize, aired on May 10. In it, one of the participants, Arina Kiseleva, saying that she stayed after filming in Moscow and did not have to return to Sevastopol, called it a “hole.” At the same time, she noted that this is her favorite city, but she has “slightly outgrown it.”

The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev , said that, having seen the outrage on social networks, “he cannot help but speak out.” “I am sure that the girl has already realized her mistake, seeing such a reaction from the public,” Razvozhaev wrote. According to him, he also had questions for the project management, which published this episode “the day after the great date - the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Sevastopol from the Nazi invaders.” “Producers and editors of the program must understand that broadcasting such statements is unacceptable on any day, and now it looks especially blasphemous,” Razvozhaev wrote.

After this, the Friday TV channel published a post in which it stated that its opinion did not coincide with the opinion of the participant in the show. “We assume that she called her apartment a “hole” and did not want to offend anyone,” the post said. The TV channel called Sevastopol an “inspiring and very beautiful” city.

Kiseleva herself wrote that she was not talking about the city, but about her home, from which she was never able to “make a home that she wants to return to.” “I didn’t mean to offend anyone and I apologize if my words offended anyone. I love Sevastopol! But not your own hole,” Kiseleva wrote .

TV presenter Tina Kandelaki, who collaborates with Friday, also spoke out about the incident. She called Sevastopol one of her favorite cities and expressed hope that what happened would be a “big lesson” for the participant in the show. “Because today, when our enemies are vigilant about who says what about their country, it is especially important to choose words so that there is no possibility of speculation,” Kandelaki wrote.

Razvozhaev, in response, thanked Kandelaki “for the prompt response and understanding of why this topic is so sensitive for Sevastopol residents.” “All participants in this story drew the appropriate conclusions,” he concluded.