People's Artist of Ukraine Stepan Giga, who passed away on December 12, rarely shared details of his personal life with the public, and yet one day he decided to somewhat violate his principle. The performer took part in the popular reality show “Changing a Woman,” where he showed his life with his then chosen one, the owner of a chain of jewelry stores, Nadezhda.

Stepan Giga became the main character of the project “Changing a Woman” in 2013. Then he opened the doors to his house for all of Ukraine and showed his family. However, as a result, this sincerity backfired on the artist and all because of the editing. As the celebrity said in an interview for the Rozmova project, the reality team showed him as a bad father who spends almost no time with his children, although in reality the situation is completely different.

" After that, I refuse any offers that come from “1+1”. The installation itself is done like this. It was planned to just put me down. It was just a setup and that’s all,” noted the performer.

According to Stepan Giga, when going to the project, he asked the authors to avoid bluff and show a real picture. However, his words were ignored; moreover, the reality episode with his participation was brought to the first places on the YouTube platform.

“Everything was built on the fact that I was pushing my children away. And my children are with me every single day, my children and grandson perform on stage with me, I raised my children from the cradle. “This all hit my image very hard,” the artist said.

It is worth noting that after the show aired on television, Stepan Giga never mentioned Nadezhda anywhere else. It is known that the artist tied the knot twice. The celebrity's first girlfriend was his school friend, and the second was a woman named Galina, who avoids publicity..

Let us remind you: on November 19, representatives of Stepan Gigi reported that he was admitted to the hospital.

The artist underwent emergency surgery, after which he was in serious but stable condition. At the time, the performer's family or team did not disclose the nature of his illness..

Over time, blogger Bogdan Bespalov, citing his own sources, noted that Stepan Gigi’s condition became more complicated due to diabetes mellitus. Because of this, doctors were forced to amputate his leg.. However, unfortunately, it was not possible to save the singer’s life. On December 12, his heart stopped.