Karleusa on Tosic: 'Bad Husband, but Wonderful Father'

Jelena Karleusa opened up about her relationship with Dusko Tosic in a show produced by Fullscreen Media, with the footage airing on August 25. The occasion was Tosic’s appearance at her birthday and a concert in Belgrade, where their daughters Atina and Nika were also present. Speculation about a reconciliation followed soon after.

According to Kurir, Karleusa and Tosic have been the main media topic for several days, while Republika adds that their relationship has intrigued the public for years, with many ups and downs along the way. Kurir published her statement on August 25 at 11:12, in a piece by writer Naja Vjestica. Republika reported the same day at 10:20 that Karleusa had spoken out “after a reconciliation,” while Kurir presented her statement as a denial of reconciliation. The two outlets read the same statement in very different ways.

”No one will ever love Dusko the way I did”

The singer also looked back on how her relationship with the former footballer began.

I loved Dusko more than anything in the world, and I think no one has ever loved him, or ever will, the way I did.

She added that she didn’t feel loved during the marriage, but that this doesn’t mean there was no love at all.

“I didn’t feel loved, but in his own way he showed that he loved me,” Karleusa said.

She also explained how the two met, and that money wasn’t on his side of the story. She says that while Tosic was building his career, she pushed him forward herself and was happy about every success he had.

I married for love, it was a marriage of love. When we met, I already had the money and the fame, he didn’t.

Bad husband, but wonderful father

Karleusa judges Tosic through two entirely different roles. As a husband, she says, he wasn’t what she needed. As a father to their daughters Atina and Nika, she has no complaints.

“He’s a wonderful father, I have to say. A bad husband, but a wonderful father,” the singer said.

That line is the reason her statement is being reported as news in its own right. Karleusa isn’t trying to smooth over the picture of her ex husband, she openly splits him into two: a marriage she rates poorly and a fatherhood she praises without reservation. She judges the husband and the father by different standards, and doesn’t hide that the gap between the two is wide.

What about the reconciliation speculation

The singer says she doesn’t know where the stories about a new closeness between them are coming from.

Dusko has his own life, other girlfriends, and I truly wish him all the best. I don’t know where the reconciliation speculation is coming from.

Tosic spoke out himself after Karleusa’s statements, issuing his own comment to the media. According to Republika, he said he came to her concert and birthday out of respect for someone he spent a large part of his life with, and stressed that the two of them are no longer married.

“I have no intention of exposing my private life to the public any further,” Tosic said.

He also said his love life had been written about publicly over the past few days, and that he decided to speak out because of the calls and messages he had received, as well as the need, in his words, to state clearly what he thinks, leaving no room for misinterpretation.

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