'I'm Not Doing This Show Again': Mina Vrbaski Leaves Pink

Mina Vrbaski played a clip during Wednesday’s, August 26, broadcast of “Narod pita” (People Ask) on TV Pink in which her ex boyfriend Viktor Gagic can be heard shouting at her and insulting her, then admitted on air that she had slapped him. The show was hosted by Ivana Sopic, and alongside Mina and Viktor in the studio sat Lepi Mica, their former castmate from “Elite 9.”

Mina and Viktor’s relationship began inside the reality show, and Viktor publicly confirmed their breakup on August 19. Since leaving “Elite,” the two have repeatedly fought and made up in front of cameras and in media appearances, and Wednesday’s appearance followed the same pattern. A viewer who called into the program noted that both of them were “impulsive and very jealous” and asked how things had been since the show ended. Mina answered briefly that “everything is still exactly the same,” and a real argument broke out immediately after.

Viktor went on the attack first, claiming Mina was trying to twist the story on camera. “She was trying to spin the story here,” Viktor said, adding that this was exactly why he had played the clip: so that, in his words, his name would not be “dragged through the mud.” Mina fired back that the video captured him insulting her and, as she put it, choking her.

“He grabbed me and started choking and insulting me, his aunt rushed in and started begging him to stop,” Mina told the show, and immediately explained why she had hit Viktor. “I slapped him because he called me a prostitute and a whore,” she said.

The accusations flew in both directions. Mina told Viktor her head had been “ringing” because of him, then compared him to her former partner Mensur Ajdarpasic, admitting on camera that she had financially supported both men. “Yes, I financed him too, just like I financed you,” Mina said. Viktor responded that, in his view, all of her exes had been violent. “Mensur was a violent man too, they’re all violent with you,” Viktor said, while Mina held her ground: “You’re the violent one.” Viktor’s defense was brief: “I’m a good person.”

Why did Mina leave the studio?

The fight escalated further when a viewer who identified himself as Milan called in and claimed that Mina’s fourteen year old brother Boris is gay. Instead of denying the claim, Viktor confirmed it on camera, which pushed Mina over the edge.

“So you’re admitting my Boris, who is 14, is a f*ggot?” Mina asked through tears, before breaking down crying in the studio. Host Ivana Sopic tried to calm the situation, saying: “I understand you may not like someone, but let’s leave the kids out of this.” It was too late to stop Mina. She grabbed her things and, with one last message for the viewers and for Viktor, walked out of the studio before the broadcast had ended.

“I’m not doing this show again! Having viewers drag my brother into this and call him a f*ggot, shame on you! I’m done!” Mina Vrbaski said on her way out of the studio.

The broadcast continued without her after she left, while outlets had already begun publishing accounts of the studio chaos by that morning. According to what she said on the show, Mina announced she would file lawsuits over the claims made about her brother. As of this writing, it is not known exactly who she intends to sue or when any such lawsuit might be filed.

Viktor Gagic has not commented publicly beyond what he said during the broadcast itself, where he maintained that he played the clip to disprove Mina’s version of events, not to escalate the fight. Even before Wednesday’s clash, the former couple had repeatedly made headlines since meeting and falling for each other on “Elite 9,” and this confrontation on “Narod pita” was simply the latest in a string of public arguments the two have had since their breakup in mid August.