Discussion on Language and Identity

And that grated on me a little bit, to be honest with you.

Uh, when the intimate video was leaked, I opened it.

I watched the first few frames, admired your gorgeous figure,

and thought, a mother of three kids, I would also dream

of looking like that after three kids. Uh, but what grated on me, to be honest,

was your Russian. You know why?

I'll explain my position to you now. It frankly upsets me when

public figures publicly project such a patriotic, pro-Ukrainian

stance and talk about language, but at home they still

speak Russian.

I don't speak Russian at home.

Why did it turn out like that here?

Well, because he was speaking Russian.

He was speaking Russian, and I just didn't—

it— I don't know, it just happened naturally, I don't

know. Well, because he said he was also from somewhere in the East

or something. I saw that it was very hard for him.

Well, I just did that empathetically, yeah.

I did it empathetically. I know Russian.

I myself grew up in a Russian-speaking