'Am I That Guy Now?': China Call Interrupts Narod Pita
A viewer who called in from China told Narod pita why she gave up on having a baby through a donor, and Ivan Marinkovic grabbed his head in the studio.
A phone call from China cut through the studio conversation on Narod pita, TV Pink’s late night call in show, on the night of August 9. The viewer who phoned in said she had given up on having a baby through a donor, then in the same breath brought up Ivan Marinkovic. He grabbed his head in the studio and started laughing.
At the table that night were Ivan Marinkovic, Sara Stojanovic and Nenad Macanovic Bebica, with Dusica Jakovljevic hosting. The format is simple and unpredictable by design: viewers call and text live, guests answer without preparation, and the topic shifts with every new call. Almost every question that night circled back to relationships from the reality shows. The call from China didn’t.
The viewer said that a few years earlier she had considered having a child through a donor, and explained why nothing came of it.
Good morning from China. I gave up on those babies. I wanted psychological testing for the donor, but that wasn’t possible. A few years later I was watching Ivan on TV
The reason she gave was single and specific: she wanted the donor’s psychological profile and couldn’t get it. The rest of her story skipped forward several years, to the moment she saw Marinkovic on television.
The host spelled out the point for the guest, who was caught off guard himself. “The viewer was watching you, because she gave up on that,” said Dusica Jakovljevic. Marinkovic answered with a question of his own: “So I’m supposed to be that guy?” The viewer gave him a short “yeah.” He said nothing more, leaving the rest to the laughter in the studio.
Why she said good morning
The detail that played as a joke in the studio has a plain explanation. China is six hours ahead of Serbia in summer. While Belgrade was in the middle of a late night broadcast, it was already morning in China, which made the greeting as accurate as the clock on the wall. Viewers in that time zone catch these call in shows over breakfast, not late at night.
What happened before the call from China
Before her, another viewer texted straight into the relationship between Bebica and Teodora. “Teodora isn’t right for you. Let her go be with grandpa Era,” she wrote. Bebica answered briefly: “Maybe I’m not right for her. To each their own.”
The next question went to Sara Stojanovic, about how many boyfriends she’d had in Elita. “You say you’re college educated, Sara. How many boyfriends did you have in Elita?” the viewer asked. Sara said anyone who watched the show already knows, and the viewer offered her own count: four. From there the conversation turned to how Sara behaved on the show and how others had treated her.
The show was a challenge for me. I was insulted the most right at the start. I would have been the best version of myself if I’d been there alone
In that exchange Sara turned a question back on the viewer, “Imagine someone your granddaughter’s age insulting you the way Ivan does?”, and when asked about her past relationships said she was prone to falling in love and had made bad choices. Her mother later joined the show as well, answering Marinkovic sharply.
Footage of the call from China was published on news portals on August 10, before 9 a.m., as a clip pulled from the full broadcast. Of everything said that night, it’s that one minute circulating online, and it’s circulating because of the guest’s reaction, not because of what the viewer said about herself.
