At one point, Natasha Koroleva and Igor Nikolaev were considered one of the most romantic couples in Russian pop music. Their duet song “Dolphin and Mermaid” became closely associated with their tender relationship, which, according to fans, was full of affection.
As a result, fans of Nikolaev still struggle to forgive Natasha’s current husband for allegedly coming between the couple.
However, stripper Sergey Glushko, who performed under the stage name Tarzan, dismisses these accusations. He states that he did not break up the marriage.
“I might upset some people, but I didn’t steal Natasha from Igor. When we started talking, they had already been living apart for a year. That was just the nature of their relationship. I know half the country still hates me, but I wasn’t the cause of their breakup,” Glushko said in the “Toxiki” show on VK Video.
He added that he had come to terms with the widespread animosity towards him, explaining that when he met Natasha, she was essentially a free woman.
“They hadn’t been living together for a year for their own reasons. I was talking to a free woman, practically,” he emphasized.
Despite this, it doesn’t change the fact that at that time, Natasha was still legally married to Igor Nikolaev. Natasha was only 16 when she met the 29-year-old Igor Nikolaev. After two years, they married, but nine years later, they divorced.