Vladimir Kopylov, the father of Zhanna Friske, has stated clearly that he will not watch the series Crybaby, in which his grandson Plato makes his debut. He told reporters that anything linked to Dmitry Shepelev holds no interest for him, so he will skip the show altogether, a stance confirmed by several outlets in reports cited by Interfax.
It has been learned that Zhanna Friske’s 11-year-old son Plato has secured his first acting role in Crybaby. Reports indicate that this season of singer Sergei Zhukov’s project features Plato in scenes connected with his family, and that he appears alongside Dmitry Shepelev in the second installment, as noted by global entertainment coverage.
In 2011 Friske met TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev. Two years later, their son was born at a clinic in Miami. In multiple interviews, Shepelev discussed how Friske’s parents and sister reportedly forbade her from seeing the child, a point that kept resurfacing in public discussions about their family dynamics.
Vladimir Kopylov spoke in July about not having seen his grandchild for more than five years. The family follows his life through photographs shared by friends, while relatives cannot view Plato’s most recent images on their accounts because Shepelev has blocked them on social networks, a situation that has persisted for years and is often referenced in media roundups.
Friske passed away on June 15, 2015, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. Had she lived, she would have reached the milestone of turning 50 on July 8, a fact that continues to resonate in remembrances and public discussions surrounding her artistic legacy.
Earlier reports noted controversy surrounding the erection of a monument on Zaitsev’s grave, which ended up as a subject of scandal in media narratives about public memory and commemoration.