Kristina Spalevic After Firing: I Got the Boot, Not Support

Kristina Spalevic spoke out for the first time on July 26 after being fired from television, saying that instead of the support she had expected, she got the boot. Her statement came just hours after Zeljko Mitrovic’s decision left her without an engagement.

“After I publicly presented my experience and called on the competent institutions to react regarding everything I reported and documented, I was left without an engagement on television,” Kristina wrote in a statement she sent to the media.

For context, over the past few days she has spoken publicly about violence she claims to have survived, a case she says she also reported to the police. Kristina and Kristijan Golubovic were removed from the programming by the same decision.

Why does she say she got the boot instead of support?

Kristina insists the firing had nothing to do with her work, and everything to do with the fact that she spoke up. Her message is clear, she stands by everything she said.

“Regardless of everything, I stand by what I stated publicly, because I believe it is important to speak about violence and to report every behavior that endangers people or animals,” she said. “I believe institutions should do their job impartially and in accordance with the law, and I will continue to exercise my rights exclusively through legal means.”

She added that she does not want the whole story reduced to sensation.

“I do not want this to be a story about sensationalism or conflicts. I want it to be a reminder that no person should suffer consequences because they decided to speak up and seek protection,” Kristina said.

What Kristina says she is holding

Kristina insists she is not talking off the top of her head. She claims she holds concrete evidence of abuse, which she says she saved on a USB drive and handed over to the authorities. That material, in her words, should help the institutions do their part.

At the same time, Kristina says that after her public statement, threatening messages began to arrive. She did not go into detail about who is behind them, but said she is not afraid and will not abandon the legal route.

The whole situation raises a question that goes beyond show business. If someone publicly reports violence and then loses their job, what message does that send to everyone thinking about speaking up about the same things?

Kristina says she will continue the story in the institutions, not in the media. Her lawyers, we learn unofficially, are already preparing the next steps.

Do you think Kristina Spalevic really lost her job because she spoke up about violence, or does the story have another side we have yet to hear?