Shapovalov producer tattoo biography. Ivan Shapovalov: photo, biography, family, health status of the producer of the Tatu group

A year ago, Ivan Shapovalov announced his terrible diagnosis - the producer of Tatu was diagnosed with brain cancer. Even many relatives did not believe in his recovery.

Only one person out of ten who learned about his terrible illness can not fall into despair, but pull himself together and eventually rise to his feet. This one turned out to be Ivan Shapovalov, known to us mainly as the producer of the scandalous Tatu group. Shapovalov was able to cope with the disease and return to show business. Only now as a performer.

Few people believed that Vanya would be able to overcome the illness. Shapovalov felt the first symptoms a few years ago, but categorically did not want to be treated. And only after the intervention of Yulia Volkova, who personally took the former mentor to the oncology center, did he take up health. The doctors who examined the producer only shrugged. And his wife Valeria trusted in God: she regularly prayed in the temple. Shapovalov himself, after a course of chemotherapy, could only walk on crutches. Later there was a long treatment in China. There, the disease began to recede.

“Each disease is given to us as a test that needs to be passed,” the producer is sure. - Now I have started new life from scratch.

A child psychiatrist by profession, in the past the owner of one of the Russian print media, the head of a public organization, a marketer and advertiser for leading insurance companies in Moscow, and besides this, screenwriter and producer Ivan Shapovalov, in the recent 2012, found out what was in his head malignant tumor, and if urgent treatment is not started, then he will not live long. Many of his acquaintances even ahead of time "sent him to the next world" in their interviews, but not Ivan himself. He for a long time did not get in touch with the press, did not allow his friends and relatives to do the same. But, apparently, the famous producer had enough "well-wishers" who were just waiting for the right moment to merge the whole truth and untruth into the broad masses.

Here, for example, Ivan Irbis, one of the managers of Enrique Iglesias, who at one time was on rather friendly terms with Shapovalov, although he sympathizes with his former friend, he sincerely believes that this is the very retribution for the sins of youth. What are the sins? Well, if you believe the rumors, then Ivan has not so few of them.

Just a few years ago, everyone was just talking about the sexual promiscuity and bisexual inclinations of the star. The first thing that comes to mind is, of course, the path by which the obvious favorite of her mentor, Yulia Volkova, got into the Tatu project, and he apparently lies through the bed. Moreover, if we compare all the dates, it turns out that producer Ivan Shapovalov seduced her at a very young age. “Yes, and what is there to hide,” Ivan himself apparently thought, and boldly declared to one of the British publishers that underage girls attracted him most of all.

Photo by Ivan Shapovalov

Many are sure: terrible disease was sent to Ivan as a test. After all, in his time he made many mistakes. Ivan Irbis does not hide: this person is simply woven from sins.

“I saw how Shapovalov communicates with people,” says Ivan. - I remember once, when I came to his hotel, his pregnant mistress began to break in the door. She came in winter in torn jeans and a thin jacket in the cold. But Vanya did not want to see her. He then said to me: "Kick her out." I had to call security to get her out. And there were a lot of such cases.

Because of what brain tumors appear, official medicine cannot say for sure. Lifestyle plays a significant role. In Shapovalov's life at one time there was everything: alcohol, drugs, promiscuous sex. According to Irbis, battles for a place in the producer's bed took place every minute.

“I knew many girls who wanted to give Vanya at least a blowjob in the car,” continues Irbis. - And of course, by his behavior, you can tell that he was never against this. Everyone was in his bed: both boys and girls. What is there to say! Remember his interview, when he admitted that he created Tatu when he found out that the most requested on the Internet is sex with youngsters.

In addition to singing, Ivan became interested in horses, now he can often be seen at the stables. Shapovalov is rarely in Moscow, everything free time holds in the village of Konakovo, Tver region. It was here that work began on his new project.

The words of Shapovalov's songs, as in the songs of "Tatu", give away a provocation. The video will also be scandalous: in the video, Vanya shoots transvestites and freaks. Among the actors film set The media also found a participant in Dancing with the Stars, Danila Polyakov. The guy first walked in women's dress and heels, then changed clothes, leaving only a wide festive ribbon on himself. Through the translucent fabric, the audience could see not only his dignity, but also several pimples on his buttocks. But Polyakov paid no attention to this.

Shapovalov was satisfied with the work. And he promised that soon the video could be seen on music channels.

Crazy fame, bags of money, string foreign countries, luxurious parties turning into orgies, homosexuality, sex with minors, drugs, scandalous projects and stories about it to journalists in boastfully shocking interviews - now the famous producer of the Tatu group has all this in the past! Life today Ivan Shapovalov- endless drips and constant communication with people in white coats. Doctors took out a still young, 46-year-old man terrible sentence: he has three months left to live!

"God, forgive me!"

A cap on his head to hide baldness after chemotherapy, quiet speech, a haggard face, crutches and terrible thinness - that's what's left of the once daring and outrageous Vani Shapovalova.

The producer of Tatu had a huge bump on his forehead eight months ago. The doctors' diagnosis sounded scary - brain cancer!

— Vania at first he refused to be treated, says a friend of Shapovalov Leonid Dzyunik. - I was going to resort to unconventional Chinese medicine! I tried hippotherapy - therapeutic horseback riding. But relatives still persuaded him to go to the Burdenko hospital.

Shapovalov underwent a course of radiation therapy and was allowed to go home. By adding this:

“We did everything we could, but the chances are slim. Most likely, you have no more than three months left ...

news about deadly disease scandalous producer shocked the entire show business.

"God punished!" - enemies and friends repeated in horror.

— U Vani success really blew the roof off, says sadly Elena Kiper, former co-producer of Tatu and ex-lover Shapovalova. - I could not somehow influence him, although we had a close relationship. Ivan is an adult, especially a psychologist by education! What will you tell him? How can you convince? Much later, meeting with him, I said: “Listen, well, let's finish all this already!” But my words didn't change anything. And then, in the midst of the wild popularity of Tatu, I just left! She left because the bacchanalia began! I was tormented by the conscience for everything we did! And I had to go to church to be cleansed!

Elena almost every day she asked the Almighty: “Lord, forgive me!” And after all, she begged for forgiveness: now Keeper lives in harmony with herself and the world around her. And he tries his best to help his former lover in a desperate struggle with death! But Shapovalov himself is not going to repent! On the contrary, he is sure: God loves him, since he sent him such a monstrous illness as a reward!

Love... sickness

- I believe that brain cancer is my reward, not retribution! - says the creator of Tatu. - Reward for what? Well, for what ... For what is! For what was! And for sins or good deeds - it's not for me to decide! You see, everything in my life suits me. And there is no desire to change anything. I have learned to appreciate the simple human joys in life. Black bread and tea - do you know how delicious it is?! And why do I need money and fame now? I have the main thing - a piano on which I can play, bread and tea, a small house on the banks of the Volga ... Friends come to me, here are the “tatushki” girls recently: and Lena, and Julia…

It looks like during the fight against the cursed disease Shapovalov read psychology books Valeria Sinelnikova. One of them is called:

"Love your disease." In it, the author assures: as soon as a person realizes what exactly in the spiritual plan caused his illness, thinks about the purpose and meaning of his life and changes his way of thinking, getting rid of everything nasty, then recovery will begin immediately. And despite the sad prognosis of doctors, not only alive, but, according to his friends Elena Kiper and Leonid Dzyunik, feels better!

Is the former brawler and sinner really recovering? Not only in body, but also in soul...

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We are sitting in the Correa's restaurant on Voykovskaya - Shapovalov lives nearby. There are crutches at the table, it is still difficult for Ivan to walk without them. He drinks mineral water with gas and flips through his iPhone contacts, dictating one name after another.

Nine out of ten people, upon learning that they have a brain tumor, fall into despair. 46-year-old Ivan Shapovalov, who was diagnosed with this last summer, managed to get back on his feet by this spring. He is still in treatment. It is expensive to be ill now - even for those whose life from the defense seems secure. Ivan's friends understood this and organized an online campaign "Vanya for you", created a page in social network"In contact with".

Members of the group helped raise money for treatment. StarHit joined the action. They asked Ivan: “How else can you help? Maybe publish a checking account? Shapovalov replied: “I need money for treatment - I don’t refuse. But it is better to announce a fundraiser to those who need it now. And I went through this, and thanks to everyone who helped me with this.

Write down... Valeria Shapovalova, every day, Vera Shapovalova, my sister, Yulia Volkova, well, you know her, Borya Rensky, my partner in the t.A.T.u project... Vlad Agulnik, long time no see, Artem Suslov, poet from St. Petersburg, Anna Merkusheva , the person who has always helped me, Olya Maslikhova, she is a rarity ... Sergey Bobza, warmly Krasnodar Territory, Vadim Gorbachev, you also know Lena Katina, she sang a song for me, Yuri Bardysh, the most romantic producer, Martyn with Traction, they brought flowers ... "

Ivan’s eldest son, Volodya, comes up to our table, his father nods with a smile: “You see, I’m renting everyone!”

The list of close friends, which Shapovalov called “my Facebook”, includes more than 30 names, and those who took part in the online campaign “Vanya for you”
It's hard to list hundreds! Behind each name is a story of true friendship, relationships that have been tested over the years. “They gave me the opportunity to sit here, talk to you and see the sun,” says Vanya. And here are just a few of those stories.

Valery's wife was with him every day - both in intensive care and in the hospital ward. She is a pediatrician at the SM-doctor clinic for children and adolescents. “You know,” Ivan smiles, “our youngest son Vanya is often asked by the parents of classmates: “Are you Ivan Shapovalov? Ivan Ivanovich? Yes? Is that your mom, the doctor at our clinic?” Not a word about me."

Hearing the question of how much effort it took for her to hold on, Valeria clarifies: “You mean, am I an iron woman? No, I cry, and quite often. It’s just that I don’t have a person closer to Vanya, and I hope he doesn’t have anyone closer to me either. I adjusted my schedule at work, I didn’t take vacations, because I had to live on something. We always came with younger son Vanya, he is 10 years old. When dad was in intensive care for a month and a half, his son sat next to him and read fairy tales to him - Japanese, Indian. Then, already in an ordinary ward, the son told dad jokes, funny stories. Whenever possible, we tried to take Ivan away from the hospital for a while. Between chemotherapy courses, which lasted 2-3 weeks, he spent 5 days at home, and then every day was like a holiday for us.”

Many acquaintances, having learned about Shapovalov's illness, prayed, lit candles for his health. “I am a doctor myself and I believe in my colleagues,” says Valeria. – But subconsciously I still rely on the power of prayers, although I don’t know them. Vanya's sister Vera went to church, brought an icon to the clinic. I am grateful to everyone who supported us then! Even complete strangers called me and offered any help.

Ivan managed to surprise the doctors of the Hematological scientific center RAMN. “Vanya is certainly a bright personality, it is interesting with him, but for his behavior I give him a deuce! – Shapovalova’s attending physician Anna Morozova shares with StarHit. – Either he listened to Indian music in the intensive care unit, terribly annoying to the staff, then they found prohibited products in his ward - lemonade or Exotic fruits. Our head of the department Evgeniy Evgenievich Zvonkov gave him such a blast! But it is useless to fight Vanya. He was absolutely not afraid and is not afraid of his illness, it is difficult to scare him with some consequences.

On the one hand, this simplified our work, but on the other hand, it made it more difficult. He used to control the situation, he tried here too. And the predictions were dubious. And we must give Ivan his due: he had some kind of maniacal desire to get up and go. Nine out of ten people in his situation
hands would have dropped, and he didn’t even have to cheer him up. Other patients, when you tell them about the slightest improvement, do not believe their happiness. And Vanya, when a miracle happened and positive dynamics appeared, was not even surprised. Or maybe he was so masterfully hiding his joy - they say, he always has everything under control!

Shapovalova's mother, Nadezhda Richardovna, was watching a program on the Kultura channel and accidentally found out that there was a Bechstein piano in the conference room of the Center where her son was lying. I told Ivan about it. He asked the head of the department, Yevgeny Zvonkov, to give him the keys.

- Imagine what a coincidence: there are ten buildings in the hospital, and this musical exclusive is located in the same building and even on the floor where Ivan Nikolayevich is lying! - says Shapovalov's friend, pianist Luka Zatravkin. - And the ward next to the entrance to the conference room, in general, no one lay closer to Vanya than this piano. I came to the hospital with my friend Sergei, he is a tuner, and Bechstein sounded even better. Evenings came when it seemed that hell was around, but we did not want to notice it. Vanya and I worked together on my concert program - I played Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff. Vanya made comments to me or sat down at the piano himself, and we played four hands.

In Goa in the winter of 2009, Ivan met Evgeny Nizhemetov, the owner of Express.ru. “Somehow, friends asked me to shelter a Russian guy with two children. He forgot the child's passport in the guest house, and because of this he had to fly on another flight, - Evgeny recalls.

- Sure, not a problem! I rented a huge house alone, for five people. That guy with the kids was Shapovalov. The following year, they met again in Goa, and then they saw each other two or three times a year in Moscow or St. Petersburg, shared their plans. “When I found out that Ivan had brain cancer, I immediately dialed his number and heard a suppressed voice. Vanya asked to contact him later, - Evgeny continues. “A couple of weeks later the phone rang and I recognized a playful set of familiar interjections. Well, thank God, I thought! We agreed to meet when I return from Sochi - in early January I was visiting friends there. They slipped me a few bags of local elite tea with them on the road.

When I arrived at Ivan's house and unpacked the tea, we were amused: rustling plastic bags with greenish grass inside could create difficulties at any other airport, except for Sochi, where they were already used to it, most likely! For three hours we talked about plans - Ivan has no less of them than I do. For example, latest project, over which he thinks, is aimed at combating Moscow traffic jams.

: Five recent years Shapovalov did not communicate with an old friend, the owner of the Chaihona No. 1 network, Timur Lansky. No, they didn't fight.
“It’s simple,” the restaurateur told StarHit, “it happens that you don’t see friends for years.” But as soon as Timur found out about Ivan's illness, he immediately offered money for treatment, began to pay for medicines, and was ready to send Shapovalov to any clinic in Germany or the USA.

“Money is money, but it was important to give him hope,” says Timur. - Although Vanya is a man marked by God, and he was not going to give up. “As it happened, so it shall pass!” he repeated. And I wanted to do something special for him. And I asked my cooks to cook pilaf for our dear patient, then I sent it to him with a driver. Vanya had a million ideas even during his illness, we developed one restaurant project together, connected with environmentally friendly products, so we will launch it together.

She has known Ivan for more than ten years, but even for her he opened up during this difficult period from an unexpected side.

“The disease has changed Vanya a lot,” Tatyana shared with StarHit. - He became more attentive and sensitive to the people around him. He began to show participation and interest in the problems and affairs of close and dear people. When I faced the deterioration of my health, Vanya gave me a very useful advice. “Sometimes you need to stop and rethink your life,” he said. This helped me a lot. From myself I would like to add: take care of those who are dear to you, be attentive to each other!

Bakhyt Kilibaev, the screenwriter of the film The Needle, has known Shapovalov for about ten years.

“Timur Bekmambetov introduced us,” he told StarHit. – Previously, we often talked, vacationed in India with our children. And last year, they called up more and more, agreed to meet, but ... I found out about Vanya's illness just before he was put in intensive care. Came to his house. The conversation was short: “Do you understand what is happening to you?” - "Understand". His determination to resist the disease made an impression on me.

He's stubborn! I visited Ivan in the hospital, a lot interesting people I saw him - they continued to start some projects together ... I think it was the interest in life that made Vanya so strong. Once I brought him a book called The Shaman's Experience - it's about what Vanya thinks about. When Ivan began to recover, I offered to make a film about his recovery. Vanya himself was ready for any experiments, but Lera and other relatives were not allowed -
maybe out of superstition. And we didn't argue with them.

Ivan Shapovalov asked to thank all the people on our website who helped him. StarHit is happy to convey to these people:

// Photo: Personal archive of Ivan Shapovalov

For almost a year, the whole country has been watching the health of the ex-producer of the Tatu group, Ivan Shapovalov. He was diagnosed with brain cancer last summer. But in recent times the affairs of the legendary producer went on the mend.

At first, only relatives and friends knew that Ivan Shapovalov had a terrible disease. For about a year, Ivan was between life and death: he could hardly move and speak. Few people know that when the disease made itself felt for the first time, he flatly refused to go to the doctors. I relied on the help of alternative medicine and even went to China for treatment.

“Despite the fact that Vanya is a doctor by profession, he was not going to go to the hospital,” says Ivan Irbis, a friend of the producer. He is a young man in his prime. At this age, they do not worry about their health.

Irbis met Shapovalov when he was a member of the Tatu group. At the age of fifteen, he first met him in the legendary "Celestial Empire" - the group's office in the capital's Beijing Hotel. Ivan still remembers this time with a shudder.

“What happened there can be called in one word - hell,” Ivan explains. But as a child, I liked it. Although his appearance in my life, this whole story with the "Celestial Empire" shifted my life priorities and values in the wrong direction. But I don't regret anything. I now have a good income, I have a favorite job. But ten years, while I was going to this, were hell. When we began to communicate closely with Shapovalov, he already had health problems - on a nervous basis. For example, psoriasis. But Vanya was in no hurry to go to the doctors.

Many are sure: a terrible disease was sent to Ivan as a test. After all, in his time he made many mistakes. Ivan Irbis does not hide: this person is simply woven from sins.

When the situation became hopeless, Shapovalov nevertheless went to the hospital. The diagnosis that the doctors gave him sounds like a sentence for many. But Shapovalov did not give up and began to fight. Ivan underwent several courses of chemotherapy, after which there was an improvement. The disease stopped progressing. Between courses of treatment, Ivan was in country house in the suburbs: there is nature, which, as you know, has a positive effect on health.

- Recently, Vanya, as far as I know, has taken up horses, - continues Irbis. “There were close people next to him. Friends came. Although, knowing Vanya, I can say that a lot more people consider him a close person than he does.

The only problem Ivan faced was money. Funds from Tatu are long gone. And the treatment required a huge amount. Close people created a fund where they entered cash from around the world. Many Tatu fans tried to help him spiritually: they went to church, lit candles for health. Even the official wife of Shapovalov recently admitted in an interview that she always believed in the power of prayers and daily asked God that Ivan get better.

- Our mutual friend recently saw him and asked: “Vanya, how are you? How do you live?" Irbis says. He replied: "Thy prayers." The disease is severe and complex. It takes about five years to be able to talk about a complete recovery. But now, of course, he is doing much better. And we are all happy for him. Despite the fact that we have not communicated for a long time, I have always been and will be grateful to this person for being in my life.

Ivan Shapovalov was born on May 28, 1966 in the city of Kotovo Volgograd region. Father - Nikolai Alexandrovich, artist. Mother - Nadezhda Richardovna, school teacher of physics. He graduated from the Correspondence Physics and Mathematics School.

In 1990, Shapovalov graduated from the Saratov Medical Institute, specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry, after which he was engaged in private psychiatric practice in the city of Balakovo. In 1992, he created the organization "Service for the Formation public opinion"Context"". Some publications report that the campaign headquarters of Dmitry Ayatskov used her services during the gubernatorial elections.

In 1992-1994, Shapovalov worked in the advertising and marketing department of the Slavia insurance company and the Russian Capital non-state pension fund. Since 1993 he has been working in the Moscow branches of companies. At this time, he met the composer Alexander Voitinsky.

Since 1994, Shapovalov began working as a screenwriter for commercials. In 1996, he produced a commercial for the R&K computer company, in the script of which Norbert Wiener appeared, since the computers produced were released under the Wiener brand in honor of the founder of cybernetics. The video was voiced by Oleg Efremov. One of the founders of R&K, Boris Rensky, later became a financial sponsor and co-producer of the group. In 1998, Shapovalov shot a commercial soft drinks“Drink drinks from Chernogolovka without stopping” by the OST company, voiced by Lena Katina, the future soloist of the group. On the set, he met Elena Kiper, a journalist for the NTV television company (program "For the future") and the future co-producer of the group.

Since 1996, he worked at the Russian Wine and Vodka Company (RVVK). In 1997-1998 he worked for the advertising agency Ark J. Walter Thompson.

Producer of the Tatu group

In 1999, Shapovalov and Voitinsky held a casting for the role of a soloist, as a result of which Lena Katina was chosen. Several songs were recorded (including "I am your enemy", "Yugoslavia" - on the theme of NATO military aggression against Yugoslavia). Later, another girl was invited to the group - Yulia Volkova. Shapovalov becomes the producer of the Tatu group and the director of the Neformat company (the production center of I. Shapovalov). Subsequently, Voitinsky refused to cooperate, citing the fact that the project, in his opinion, is immoral.

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In 2000, the song “I went crazy” was recorded, the authors of the text were Elena Kiper and Valery Polienko, the music was written by 17-year-old schoolboy Sergey Galoyan. A video was filmed the same year. In 2001, the album "200 in the opposite direction" was released. In May 2001, Shapovalov signed a contract with the Russian branch of the Universal Music label. Under the contract, Shapovalov must release three albums, while one of the conditions of the contract was a clause according to which the producer could not change the composition of the group. Shapovalov later filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Russia, accusing the record label of violating the contract and demanding additional remuneration. In September, a single was released and a video clip "Half an hour" was shot. In 2002, the English-language album "200 km / h in the Wrong Lane" was released. In 2003, the single and video clip "All the Things She Said" were released. The group is very popular, there are numerous tours.

In January 2004, the reality show "Tattoo in the Middle Kingdom" started on the STS channel, in live the band planned to record a new album. On the 13th floor of the Beijing Hotel, Shapovalov set up a studio, where he also received demo recordings of young performers, from which the collection "Celestial Empire No. 1" was compiled. However, in the end, the album was not recorded, Shapovalov resigned as the general director of the Neformat company, which owned the Tatu brand (t.A.T.u.), the name of the group remained with the singers. Boris Rensky became the new producer.

In October 2004, at the BMI Honors Top European Songwriters and Publishers at Annual London Awards ceremony, Shapovalov was awarded a medal in the Pop Awards nomination. The composition All the Things She Said, of which he was a co-author, was aired more than 2 million times and took first place in the pop music category, ahead of No Doubt's It`s My Life.

2004-2008

In 2004, Shapovalov began producing the singer Nato - Natalya Shevlyakova from Chelyabinsk, who met Shapovalov during his work in China. In his plans was the performance of the singer in the outfit of a suicide bomber. On the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in the United States, Shapovalov tried to organize a concert in the Hall of Columns, where the singer was scheduled to perform in a shahid dress. In this regard, a representative of the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation expressed his concern, the action was called politically incorrect, and the concert was canceled. After the seizure of a school in Beslan by terrorists on September 1, Shapovalov did not rule out the possibility of holding a concert in this city. Shapovalov tried to hold a similar concert in England. The Muslim Council of Great Britain condemned the idea, calling it "an attempt to make money from the tragedy of other people", and called for the concert to be ignored. The performance took place in January 2005.

Shapovalov also produced the rock group 7B. In 2005, Shapovalov announced that he intended to film a reality show on an icebreaker that would produce a tour of the Arctic Ocean, but the project remained unrealized.

In 2007, he became a co-owner of the online store Mp3search.ru. In the same year, the record company Gala Records filed a lawsuit against Mp3search.ru, accusing it of illegally distributing Maksim's recordings.

Notable promotions and criticism

Shapovalov used various provocative techniques to draw attention to his projects.

In the video clips of Tatu, in addition to lesbian themes, there were stories related to masturbation and terrorism (explosion of a children's carousel). One of the main objects of criticism was the image of lesbians used by the group. So, the doctor Dilya Enikeeva, commenting on the work of the group, wrote: “this is a well-thought-out policy against the nation, against healthy sex, family and motherhood. At the same time, a number of sources noted that, despite their image, Tatu was not perceived as a lesbian group in the lesbian community itself, and Shapovalov was subjected to sharp criticism. One of the reasons for this attitude was that the group actually operated within the framework of a heterosexist culture: “in building stage image The group of lesbians is guided by a patriarchal frame, in which a woman is always an object for receiving pleasure, an object of gaze, and the role of the beholder belongs to a man ... The image of the group is more likely to correspond to the “woman for a man” model than “a woman for a woman.” Sociologist Igor Kon singled out another component of the group's image: "In my opinion, the success of Tatu is due not so much to a demonstrative game of forbidden lesbian relationships, but to the fact that an image of self-sufficient tough girls has been created."

In 2003, in the UK, Shapovalov made various provocative statements on the topic of pedophilia, which caused protests from a number of public organizations(in particular, from the organization for the protection of children from violence Kidscape). Kidscape director Michelle Elliott said: “We object and don't find it funny at all that Ivan is portraying them as a childish sexual fantasy. These girls are talented. It is a pity that they are advertised at the expense of hundreds of thousands of sexually abused children.” In an interview with a British tabloid, Shapovalov stated that he "prefers underage girls." British Channel 4 presenter Richard Madley called the duet "nauseous", describing the video for the song All the Things She Said as "the standard of sweet dreams for all British pedophiles." In response, Shapovalov on the group's official website called for a discussion "on the growth of pedophilia in the UK" and expressed his readiness to provide medical care Madeley himself. A similar reaction to the appearance of the group was due to the fact that at that time various anti-pedophile campaigns were carried out in the UK.

In May 2003, Shapovalov was going to shoot a video on Red Square featuring several hundred girls in school skirts. However, the police stopped the event, forcing out all those gathered and detaining the producer himself. On this occasion, Shapovalov noted: “Apparently, the Kremlin does not need Tatu at Eurovision.”

In 2003, Shapovalov tried to nominate Tatu soloists as candidates for the President of Russia. The start of the collection of signatures was announced by Russian television. To overcome the age limit of 35, he suggested adding up the age of the singers.