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Irakli Makatsaria - the main character of Bachelor season 6

Handsome, tanned, with the figure of a young god, with shining eyes and a disarming smile. A person with charisma and charm that captivates from the first minute of meeting... Poor girls! There are many of them, but he is alone. A handsome Georgian who knows exactly what he wants from life and from his companion. Who she is, this lucky girl, is still unknown. Well, it’s all the more interesting to follow the twists and turns of the romantic show and understand for yourself who he is?

- Irakli, have you watched the previous seasons of “The Bachelor”?

Literally a couple of episodes from some seasons. Moreover, he paid special attention to the rose ceremony. It was interesting for me to look at the guys who had already gone through this. I thought, and still think so, that the hardest part of the project is the moment of saying goodbye. When you are forced to say “goodbye” to a girl, realizing that she is not too pleased to hear it. At least I haven’t seen a single girl who was left without a rose and was happy at the same time.

Based on my experience and character, I can say: it is very difficult for me to commit an act that will cause discomfort to someone, especially a girl. So I wanted to see how it happened with my predecessors. And looking at them, I was worried in advance. And when I started watching the broadcasts with my participation, I heard the girls’ faces, saw their tears, I experienced excitement again. - Who did you watch the first broadcast with?

I specially flew to Kyiv and watched it together with the film crew of “The Bachelor,” with whom I became very friendly during the project. Although at the beginning of the show, when on the eve of the first day of shooting I came to the location, I saw a huge number of people, equipment, I understood the full scale of what was happening, and, to be honest, I was a little confused.

- But you work in the film industry. For you, as a producer, the filming process should be your natural element.

All this is true. But then I felt a huge responsibility, because I am the main character here. Of course, I came to Ukraine to build a personal life, but it’s not like going to the movies with a girl: if something works out, that’s good; if it doesn’t work out, that’s also not a problem. Here the whole story is built around you: you need to pull yourself together, be absolutely natural, don’t lose yourself, don’t lose your head. After all, a “bachelor” feels colossal psychological pressure - he is surrounded by unfamiliar people, among whom he needs to somehow get comfortable and not get lost.

But by the end of the project, the entire team, from the driver to the manager, became a family for me, with whom we went through both good and difficult moments.

- So, were you satisfied with the picture, with yourself on the screen?

I was very worried, I hope the audience won’t notice. But it was more interesting for me to watch not myself, but the girls. After all, in front of me they were always white and fluffy, but when they played blitzes or communicated with each other, it was a completely different picture.

I can’t say that I was shocked or made any discovery when I learned something radically new to myself. Rather, I became convinced that my intuition basically did not let me down. I saw someone on the good side and only confirmed my feelings, and I began to respect someone even more. And I can say with confidence that the decisions I made were correct, I am happy with them. I wouldn't change anything after watching the broadcasts.

- You speak so delicately about the project participants. But there were, to put it mildly, not angels...

Indeed, there were moments in the behavior of the girls that I did not like - excessive aggressiveness, rudeness, and vulgarity. Things like this always turn me off. It is also unacceptable for me when a woman takes the initiative into her own hands and does what a man should do.

- Well, in my opinion, it’s in the blood of Ukrainian women - to take the initiative into their own hands.

I don't know, I wouldn't generalize. Many of my friends live here in Ukraine. They are married to Ukrainian women, and I have not noticed that they perform men's duties.

- In the entire history of the “Bachelor” project, there has not been a single happy ending in the “And they lived happily ever after” style...

Some people's relationships ended a few months after the end of filming, others chose one girl, and then realized that they were mistaken and started a relationship with another, but they did not end with anything. Did you find what you were looking for?

I don’t want to judge my predecessors - we are all human and we all tend to make mistakes. As for me, I confess: I am absolutely happy, I found the one I was looking for. And I can say that this is a mutual decision. During the project, I often repeated: “Girls, I don’t choose you - you’re not the car or TV that I came to the store for. You yourself should understand how compatible we are, feel whether there is mutual chemistry.”

Now you are based on the feelings that arose during the filming and after it. But you’re just starting to watch broadcasts that can bring you surprises. Is it possible that after watching the programs to the finals, you will change your opinion about your chosen one?

Irakli Makatsaria: Photo Instagram

I accept that I may learn something new or that there will be moments that I probably won't like very much. But I believe that, on the contrary, I will see confirmation of the correctness of my choice. In general, our relationship is still in the process of formation. After all, in the project we were within certain circumstances. Now we cannot openly appear together, which means we do not have the opportunity to observe each other in a natural environment, in our usual social circle. The evolutionary path that couples usually go through will begin after the finale of “The Bachelor.”

- Well, yes, you are forced to play spies in your homeland, both for yourself and for your girlfriend.

That’s the point - “The Bachelor” is watched both in Ukraine and Georgia. We have a great desire to spend as much time as possible together, but we have to restrain it. We can’t go out into the city like normal people, sit in a cafe, go to the cinema, theater, meet friends, but once we couldn’t hide and we are in a vacuum. And it's stressful. But people don’t want to understand this. They just see a beautiful picture on TV, and if then something doesn’t work out for the characters, the viewers are disappointed. Let them go through it all themselves and then talk. There is no need to make the “bachelor” and his chosen one ideal people. Everyone can make mistakes.

In general, the word “ideal” was invented to simply fantasize. There is nothing ideal in this world - there is what is acceptable to us and what is unacceptable. Ideal is a very subjective concept. - Irakli, you introduced your chosen one to your parents?

Of course, this happened during the project. Meeting the parents was part of the “mandatory program” (smiles). In general, I am very grateful to my parents for coping with their anxiety. After all, I put them in a difficult position by bringing not only the girls, but the entire film crew into the house. The only camera they had looked at before was my phone when I was filming them. And here is a large-scale shooting! At first, mom and dad were confused, didn’t know how to behave and kept asking: “Can I say this?”

Meeting the project participants with their parents is a completely new experience for me. Because before, I had never officially introduced my girls to them like this, I never said: “I have plans for the future, and I’m interested in knowing your opinion about my chosen one.”

-And what did mom say?

Maternal instinct prevailed over embarrassment, and mom, completely forgetting about the presence of cameras, began to communicate with the girls and ask them questions. She understood that a very important moment was happening and she could not make a mistake. Mom openly shared her thoughts: what she likes about this or that girl, and what worries her. She is a straightforward person, so all the participants knew what my mother and my sister thought about themselves. -After talking with your mother and sister, did the girls draw conclusions and try to change something in their behavior? Perhaps change tactics?

Fortunately, I didn't feel it. Otherwise, this would not indicate the sincerity of their feelings, but a clearly developed strategy of behavior. If I noticed that some changes were happening, I would be very unhappy about it.

- Is your parents’ opinion important to you?

Of course, because family is the closest and dearest thing a person has. But it’s still me who makes the choice, not my family. And even if my family didn’t like something, I tried to be the girls’ advocate and explain that one day of communication is not enough for final conclusions, that they don’t know many of the nuances. -You said that you never introduced your girlfriends to your parents. Does this mean that you weren’t serious about your previous lovers?

Of course not! My mother and sister knew my ex-girlfriend. But so that at a set table, officially: “Mom, dad, I’m getting married, bless me” - no, that didn’t happen. You might be asking why? The point is in my character, I am a rather reserved person, and I try not to really dedicate anyone, even my family, to the details of my personal life.

By the way, this also applies to work: when I have any questions, I try to solve them myself. Everyone has their own problems - both friends and family - why put your own on them? Yes, they can listen to you, but it won't change anything. If you want to change something, you need to start with yourself, you need to think and find ways out of the current situation. There was no official introduction of the girls to the family, because I did not think that the time had come for this. - Irakli, you had a serious relationship with a girl for two years, and you didn’t consider it necessary to tell your parents about these “problems”?

We were 25 years old, we were young, we had a stable relationship, and we felt good together. We walked through life together, but didn’t make concrete plans to start a family: we’ll get married in a year, get married in two... You can never plan anything - you don’t know what will happen in a couple of minutes. That's right: if you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans... - Your relationship ended tragically. Your friend's ectopic pregnancy ultimately led to your breakup.

This is wrong. That's not why our relationship ended. After that tragedy, we were together for another six months, but gradually our relationship began to decline, omissions, suspicions on her part, and jealousy began. At some point we realized that we stopped understanding each other and decided to break up.

Irakli Makatsaria: Instagram photo

You experienced the loss of your child very painfully - you went to a monastery, it took you a year to come to your senses. To be honest, a strange reaction for a 25-year-old guy.

Does age somehow affect the significance of what happened? I think that even at 8 years old, some event can be very difficult to bear, at 15, and at 65. We are all different: someone can forget a certain tragic incident in a week and enjoy life, never remembering it. And there are people who need time and some effort to cope with pain. Apparently I belong to the second category. I'm not a fan of sitting depressed and deliberately giving up the joys of life, but this happens regardless of me. Of course, I said: “Pull yourself together, go forward, think about the good, concentrate on the positive” - but I realized: until everything calms down on its own, it is impossible to speed up the healing process.

I have many friends who became parents at the age of 20. So what happens if some tragedy happens, they will be told: “Come on, you’re not yet at that age to perceive everything so painfully”?

- Irakli, how do you feel about children?

I love children! I have six godchildren. And it is a great happiness for me to communicate with them. Children are the main incentive in life. Everything we do: get a higher education, look for a decent job, achieve success in our careers, buy a car, a house - ultimately we do it for the sake of children, to whom we want to give the best in the world. There is nothing more important than children. For me at least. I think that the desire to have a soul mate and a stable, strong relationship should lead to the appearance of heirs.

- So why did you come to the project?

I came to find my soulmate, and children are a logical extension of this (smiles).

Ukrainian and Georgian blood

- the children will be beautiful. Irakli, is the “Bachelor” project possible in Georgia?

I think that in the Georgian “Bachelor”, with each of the 25 girls, two or three more brothers, dad and uncle would participate (laughs).

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Bachelor Irakli is the main participant in the 6th season of the Ukrainian version of the popular show “The Bachelor”. But what is he like, that prince, for whose heart so many girls had to fight?

The American franchise “The Bachelor” has become very popular all over the world. Its analogue, “The Bachelor,” appeared not only on Russian television, but also on Ukrainian television. The hero of the 6th season of the beloved television show was Irakli Makatsaria. He was born on March 24, 1985 in the city of Batumi.

From early childhood, the boy demonstrated his leadership qualities and enjoyed authority among friends and classmates. Many were confident that he would go far and be able to reach heights. And so it happened. For the past 15 years, the man has been living in Batumi and running his own business. He is the owner of Maq Entertainment.

The man received his education in the United States, after which he returned to Tbilisi to graduate from university. Throughout his life, the man managed to work in a variety of fields. He became famous in the celebrity circle, worked in the advertising business, construction, and was even associated with banking.

Makatsaria assures that family and traditions are very important to him. He loves family holidays and would really like that in the future his entire large family would gather at one festive table on holidays such as Christmas, Easter, and New Year.

Irakli is confident that today he is completely ready to become a husband and father. In addition, the young man assures that he will not be upset at all if his betrothed is already with a child. Since this obviously will not be an obstacle to the relationship.

Irakli Makatsaria - participation in the Ukrainian Bachelor

The bachelor admits that participating in this kind of TV show is a non-standard test for him and at times it was not just interesting for him, but actually difficult. But despite this, the man was ready to go to the end. As the participant himself says, he believed that this project would really help him find true love.

Irakli himself believes that he does not need an ideal girl, and he is not going to describe what she should be like. He will simply be suited to someone who will be warm, comfortable and who will understand him.

Anna Kalina, the project manager, admits that at first she doubted the sincerity of Irakli’s intentions. Because I was sure that this was a man who was not at all deprived of female attention, and perhaps this would affect his attitude towards the participants. However, she was wrong. Irakli treated the girls very carefully and reverently. Therefore, he managed to win the hearts of not only the participants, but also the multi-million audience.

As Irakli himself says, he has been preparing to participate in the project for a long time. He watched several previous seasons and paid special attention to the rose ceremony. The man was convinced that the hardest thing was saying goodbye to someone. Therefore, in turn, he tried to make the moment of farewell to any of the contenders the least traumatic for her.

Despite the fact that Irakli often has to take part in various projects as a producer, participation in the show was a test for him. He says:

The complexity of the project lies directly in the fact that the whole story develops around you - the main character, and therefore you need to tune in, pull yourself together, not only not lose your head, but also be as natural as possible.

Irakli admits that after watching all the episodes, he was convinced that his intuition had not let him down. He was really able to weed out the applicants who were affectionate, kind, “white and fluffy” in front of him, but in fact revealed their true selves to the other participants.

How did the bachelor’s parents react to Irakli’s choice?

It is worth noting that Irakli’s parents accepted the choice of a bachelor. The man claims that at first it was very difficult for them to communicate with the applicants, or to evaluate them in any way, since the mother

The opinion of the family is of great importance to Irakli

and dad were very constrained. After all, not only the participants, but also the entire film crew were in the same room with them.

But the bachelor’s mother quickly pulled herself together, as she realized that now was a very important moment and there was no way she could make a mistake. Irakli’s relatives were honest with both the participant and the girls and supported the man’s choice.

Irakli admits that, of course, the opinion of his family is very important to him, because his family is close and dear people. But at the same time, he still had to make a choice. After all, not they, but he would have to live with the future winner. Therefore, even if his choice did not please his relatives, the man would try to explain to them that he felt good with this girl.

Irakli had a really warm relationship with Alena. Many fans of the popular project were very happy that the young people managed to maintain their love after the project. For a whole year, the lovers delighted fans with joint photographs, went on vacation, and attended social events.

Exactly a year after the end of the project, Alena announced that they were breaking up. The girl noted that she had been preparing for this decision for months and finally took the risk of breaking the union. Such a decision by her beloved touched Irakli to the depths of her soul.

It is worth noting that information appeared online that even before the breakup, Irakli allowed himself to go on vacation with another finalist of the 6th season of the Bachelor project, Anetti. It is possible that this was also the reason that the young people broke up.

To date, neither Alena nor Irakli have commented on the current situation. The only thing is, the partner thanked the girl for all the wonderful moments that were in their relationship and said that he did not regret anything, since it was a wonderful time.

Thus ended another fairy tale that began on the Bachelor project. Unfortunately, these participants were unable to preserve their feelings. We can only hope that the next heroes of the popular television project will be able to become happy and keep their love.

The other day, a casting for Irakli Makatsaria’s film “Groom from Georgia” took place in Kyiv. More than half a thousand girls expressed a desire to star in the leading female role. The Ukrainian-Georgian romantic comedy, which is currently being filmed, will be released in cinemas in Ukraine and Georgia, and will also be sold to foreign countries.

According to the script, the hero of the film, David, is forced to urgently find a bride, but in real life, Irakli Makatsaria has been looking for an actress for the main role for several months.

Irakli Makatsaria with a casting participant

Irakli Makatsaria and his company “Maq Entertainment” are producing the film. Despite being extremely busy in his homeland, where he hosts a program on the main TV channel, Irakli specially flew to the casting and was amazed by what he saw:

“The main character is a true Ukrainian who embodies the independent spirit and beauty of this country. We realized that we couldn’t find her in casting agencies and decided to give ordinary girls a chance to try their hand. To make it easier for them to understand the proposed circumstances, we created a real Georgian feast, with a toastmaster, singers and dances, and the girls were asked to give a toast. Once again I want to thank them, I am incredibly happy and grateful to each of the beauties who attended our unusual screen tests. This film is very personal to me and I saw several girls who could play in the film. Now I’m returning to Georgia, but I continue to think about them,” Irakli said.

Casting for the main role in the film of ex-Bachelor Irakli Makatsaria

Girls from different cities came to the casting and even flew from Poland, and one of the participants came on her birthday. Considering that even after several hours of waiting, not everyone managed to pass the casting, as well as a huge number of applications, co-producer of the film Anna Palenchuk admits that Irakli and his team will go with the casting to other cities of Ukraine: “Even now, after the end of the casting, girls continue to call from all over the country and we are thinking of coming to other cities so that every Ukrainian woman has the opportunity to get into our project. After all, the full-length film is a new step in relations between Ukraine and Georgia, since the goal of the future film is to strengthen relations between countries and remind that love has no nationality and distances.”

His friends came specially to support Irakli with him: the representative of Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Anri Jokhadze, singer Nini Badurashvili, Georgian producer of the project “Dancing with the Stars” Noe Sulaberidze, model and designer Salome Gveniashvili, the Georgian choir, as well as the head of the tourism department of the City Administration of Kyiv Anton Taranenko.

About the film:

Georgian David is a convinced bachelor who does not believe in love. He is the heir to a wine company. His father is ready to transfer the family business to his son on the condition that he gets married. David rushes in search of a fake bride, but accidentally meets an independent and talented Ukrainian artist Maria, who is not at all ready to be “the next one.” David falls in love for the first time in his life, refuses the contract and rushes in search of his beloved.

The idea for the script was presented at the Odessa International Film Festival in 2016. Filming of the romantic comedy is planned for 2017 in Ukraine and Georgia.


In the sixth season of the Ukrainian reality show “The Bachelor,” viewers watched the passionate and unpredictable relationships between the main character and 17 contenders for his heart. However, did the couple manage to maintain love and tenderness behind the project? Irakli Makatsaria and Alena Lesik – latest news, rumors of pregnancy and separation.

Fairytale story for Alena Lesik

In the first episode we saw beautiful girls, one of them, a brunette in a chic red dress, was remembered by the audience for her spontaneity, dreaminess and belief in fairy-tale love. This was Alena Lesik - 20 years old, a student, studying in Kharkov to become a Chinese translator. In addition to studying, the girl participates in modeling shoots.

Her parents are an example of a real, strong family. The father is a businessman, and the mother is a caring housewife. Alena Lesik– the eldest daughter, she also has a brother and sister.

When Alena came to the project, she did not yet know who would be the Bachelor. It turned out to be Irakli Makatsaria – thirty-year-old Georgian businessman. He studied business both in America and in Tbilisi. Having tried himself in various fields, Irakli decided to found his own production company, Maq Entertainment, which is mainly engaged in filming advertising and cinema.

Alena Lesik and Irakli Makatsaria – life after filming

The finale of the sixth season came as a surprise to many. Many believed that Kharkov resident Alena Lesik had no chance of winning; the bright and charismatic Anetti was more suitable for the wayward and courageous Georgian. Someone saw in the final decision not the will of the groom himself, but the desire of the organizers to arrange a beautiful finale. There were also rumors that during the project Alena managed to get pregnant and this is what influenced the final show. That's why fans are so interested in the couple's life Irakli Makatsaria and Alena Lesik, and the latest news about their relationship.

After filming, the couple posted tender pictures together for a long time. It was clear from them that the guys had very tender feelings, they clearly enjoyed each other. Like many “Bachelor” couples, they had to live in two countries, constantly experiencing flights and long periods of separation.

After filming ended, Alena Lesik decided to take advantage of the resulting popularity and try herself on television. Soon, those around her began to notice that the girl appeared without her engagement ring, which looked gorgeous in the final episode. As it turned out, the fans’ worries were not in vain - the guys broke up.

You can read about the breakup on Instagram Alena Lesik. There she mentions constantly taking initiative, which the “little princess” is tired of. The girl was ready to move to her lover’s Georgian house, become an ideal wife and a wonderful mother, but Irakli Makatsaria , Looks like he hasn't gotten enough yet.

Latest news about other bachelors of the Ukrainian project

By the way, for fans of the couple Irakli Makatsaria and Alena Lesik, latest news their breakup did not come as a surprise. After all, this show knows few successful couples that have formed on the television set.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Alexandra Shulgina, the first couple, broke up pretty quickly. Soon followed by news of the engagement of the former bachelor to an Australian dancer, and they had a son.

Francis Matthew and Elena Ryasnova broke up, because their feelings cooled down, and the foreigner left back to his homeland. He is single and works as a photographer.

Andrey Iskornev and Anyuta Kozyr were unable to maintain the fire at a distance, although for a long time they seemed to be a harmonious couple. For a long time he dated another participant, Irina Skorikova.

Konstantin Yevtushenko went to the project for PR - he already had a fiancee. Therefore, the unapproachable Anna Selyukova could not get into his heart. Now the businessman is married and has a son.

Well, and a football player Sergey Melnik left the beautiful Marina Kishchuk and continues to do what he loves.

Handsome, tanned, with the figure of a young god, with shining eyes and a disarming smile. A person with charisma and charm that captivates from the first minute of meeting... Poor girls! There are many of them, but he is alone. A handsome Georgian who knows exactly what he wants from life and from his companion. Who she is, this lucky girl, is still unknown. Well, it’s all the more interesting to follow the twists and turns of the romantic show and understand for yourself who he is, Irakli Makatsaria?

- Irakli, have you watched the previous seasons of “The Bachelor”?

Literally a couple of episodes from some seasons. Moreover, he paid special attention to the rose ceremony. It was interesting for me to look at the guys who had already gone through this. I thought, and still think so, that the hardest part of the project is the moment of saying goodbye. When you are forced to say “goodbye” to a girl, realizing that she is not too pleased to hear it. At least I didn’t see a single girl who was left without a rose and was happy.

Based on my experience and character, I can say: it is very difficult for me to commit an act that will cause discomfort to someone, especially a girl. So I wanted to see how it happened with my predecessors. And looking at them, I was worried in advance. And when I started watching the broadcasts with my participation, I heard the girls’ faces, saw their tears, I experienced excitement again.

- Who did you watch the first broadcast with?

I specially flew to Kyiv and watched it together with the film crew of “The Bachelor,” with whom I became very friendly during the project. Although at the beginning of the show, when on the eve of the first day of shooting I came to the location, I saw a huge number of people, equipment, I understood the full scale of what was happening, and, to be honest, I was a little confused.

- But you work in the film industry. For you, as a producer, the filming process should be your natural element.

All this is true. But then I felt a huge responsibility, because I am the main character here. Of course, I came to Ukraine to build a personal life, but it’s not like going to the movies with a girl: if something works out, that’s good; if it doesn’t work out, that’s also not a problem. Here the whole story is built around you: you need to pull yourself together, be absolutely natural, don’t lose yourself, don’t lose your head. After all, a “bachelor” feels colossal psychological pressure - he is surrounded by unfamiliar people, among whom he needs to somehow get comfortable and not get lost.

But by the end of the project, the entire team, from the driver to the manager, became a family for me, with whom we went through both good and difficult moments.

- So, were you satisfied with the picture, with yourself on the screen?

I was very worried, I hope the audience won’t notice. But it was more interesting for me to watch not myself, but the girls. After all, in front of me they were always white and fluffy, but when they played blitzes or communicated with each other, it was a completely different picture.

I can’t say that I was shocked or made any discovery when I learned something radically new to myself. Rather, I became convinced that my intuition basically did not let me down. I saw someone on the good side and only confirmed my feelings, and I began to respect someone even more. And I can say with confidence that the decisions I made were correct, I am happy with them. I wouldn't change anything after watching the broadcasts.

- You speak so delicately about the project participants. But there were, to put it mildly, not angels...

Indeed, there were moments in the behavior of the girls that I did not like - excessive aggressiveness, rudeness, and vulgarity. Things like this always turn me off. It is also unacceptable for me when a woman takes the initiative into her own hands and does what a man should do.

- Well, in my opinion, it’s in the blood of Ukrainian women - to take the initiative into their own hands.

I don't know, I wouldn't generalize. Many of my friends live here in Ukraine. They are married to Ukrainian women, and I have not noticed that they perform men's duties.

In the entire history of the “Bachelor” project, there was not a single happy ending “And they lived happily ever after”... Someone’s relationship ended a few months after the end of filming, someone chose one girl, and then realized that I made a mistake and started a relationship with someone else, but it didn’t end with anything. Did you find what you were looking for?

I don’t want to judge my predecessors - we are all human and we all tend to make mistakes. As for me, I confess: I am absolutely happy, I found the one I was looking for. And I can say that this is not only my decision. During the project, I often repeated: “Girls, I don’t choose you - you’re not the car or TV that I came to the store for. You yourself should understand how compatible we are, feel whether there is mutual chemistry.”

Now you are based on the feelings that arose during the filming and after it. But you’re just starting to watch broadcasts that can bring you surprises. Is it possible that after watching the programs to the finals, you will change your opinion about your chosen one?

I accept that I may learn something new and that there will be parts that I probably won't like very much. But I believe that, on the contrary, I will see confirmation of the correctness of my choice. In general, our relationship is still in the process of formation. After all, in the project we were within certain circumstances. Now we cannot openly appear together, which means we do not have the opportunity to observe each other in a natural environment, in our usual social circle. The evolutionary path that couples usually go through will begin after the finale of “The Bachelor.”

- Well, yes, you are forced to play spies both in your homeland and in your girlfriend’s.

That’s the point - “The Bachelor” is watched both in Ukraine and Georgia. We have a great desire to spend as much time as possible together, but we have to restrain it. We cannot, like normal people, go out into the city, sit in a cafe, go to the cinema, theater, or meet with friends. We are in a vacuum. And it's stressful. But people don’t want to understand this. They just see a beautiful picture on TV, and if then something doesn’t work out for the characters, the viewers are disappointed. Let them go through it all themselves and then talk. There is no need to make the “bachelor” and his chosen one ideal people. Everyone can make mistakes.

In general, the word “ideal” was invented to simply fantasize. There is nothing ideal in this world - there is what is acceptable to us and what is unacceptable. Ideal is a very subjective concept.

- Irakli, you introduced your chosen one to your parents?

Of course, this happened during the project. Meeting the parents was part of the “mandatory program” ( smiling). In general, I am very grateful to my parents for coping with their anxiety. After all, I put them in a difficult position by bringing not only the girls, but the entire film crew into the house. The only camera they had looked at before was my phone when I was filming them. And here is a large-scale shooting! At first, mom and dad were confused, didn’t know how to behave and kept asking: “Can I say this?”

Meeting the project participants with their parents is a completely new experience for me. Because before, I had never officially introduced my girls to them like this, I never said: “I have plans for the future, and I’m interested in knowing your opinion about my chosen one.”

- And what did mom say?

Maternal instinct prevailed over embarrassment, and mom, completely forgetting about the presence of cameras, began to communicate with the girls and ask them questions. She understood that a very important moment was happening and she could not make a mistake. Mom openly shared her thoughts: what she likes about this or that girl, and what worries her. She is a straightforward person, so all the participants knew what my mother and my sister thought about themselves.

After talking with your mother and sister, did the girls draw conclusions and try to change something in their behavior? Perhaps change tactics?

Fortunately, I didn't feel it. Otherwise, this would not indicate the sincerity of their feelings, but a clearly developed strategy of behavior. If I noticed that some changes were happening, I would be very unhappy about it.

- Is your parents’ opinion important to you?

Of course, because family is the closest and dearest thing a person has. But it’s still me who makes the choice, not my family. And even if my family didn’t like something, I tried to be the girls’ advocate and explain that one day of communication is not enough for final conclusions, that they don’t know many of the nuances.

You said you never introduced your girlfriends to your parents. Does this mean that you weren’t serious about your previous lovers?

Of course not! My mother and sister knew my ex-girlfriend. But so that at a set table, officially: “Mom, dad, I’m getting married, bless me” - no, that didn’t happen. You might be asking why? The point is in my character, I am a rather reserved person, and I try not to really dedicate anyone, even my family, to the details of my personal life.

By the way, this also applies to work: when I have any questions, I try to solve them myself. Everyone has their own problems - both friends and family - why put your own on them? Yes, they can listen to you, but it won't change anything. If you want to change something, you need to start with yourself, you need to think and find ways out of the current situation. There was no official acquaintance of the girls with their parents, because I did not think that the time had come for this.

Irakli, you had a serious relationship with a girl for two years, and you don’t think it’s necessary to tell your parents about these “problems”?

We were 25 years old, we were young, we had a stable relationship, and we felt good together. We walked through life together, but didn’t make concrete plans to start a family: we’ll get married in a year, get married in two... You can never plan anything - you don’t know what will happen in a couple of minutes. That’s right: if you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans...

Your relationship ended tragically. Your friend's ectopic pregnancy ultimately led to your breakup.

This is wrong. That's not why our relationship ended. After that tragedy, we were together for another six months, but gradually our relationship began to decline, omissions, suspicions on her part, and jealousy began. At some point we realized that we stopped understanding each other and decided to break up.

- You went through this situation very painfully, you went to a monastery, it took you a year to come to your senses. To be honest, a strange reaction for a 25-year-old guy.

Does age somehow affect the significance of what happened? I think that even at the age of 18, some event can be very difficult to bear, and at 15, and at 65. We are all different: someone can forget a certain tragic incident in a week and enjoy life, never remembering it. And there are people who need time and some effort to cope with pain. Apparently I belong to the second category. I'm not a fan of sitting depressed and deliberately giving up the joys of life, but this happens regardless of me. Of course, I said: “Pull yourself together, go forward, think about the good, concentrate on the positive” - but I realized: until everything calms down on its own, it is impossible to speed up the healing process.

I have many friends who became parents at the age of 20. So it turns out that if some tragedy happens, they will be told: “Come on, you’re not yet at that age to perceive everything so painfully?”

- Irakli, how do you feel about children?

I love children! I have six godchildren. And it is a great happiness for me to communicate with them. Children are the main incentive in life. Everything we do: get a higher education, look for a decent job, achieve success in our careers, buy a car, a house - ultimately we do it for the sake of children, to whom we want to give the best in the world. There is nothing more important than children. For me at least. I think that the desire to have a soul mate and a stable, strong relationship should lead to the appearance of heirs.

- So why did you come to the project?

I came to find my soulmate, and children are a logical extension of this ( smiling).

- Ukrainian and Georgian blood - the children will be beautiful. Irakli, is the “Bachelor” project possible in Georgia?

I think that in the Georgian “Bachelor”, with each of the 25 girls, two or three more brothers, dad and uncle would participate ( laughs).