Sofija Janicijevic Apologizes to Dane, 70, on Live TV

Sofija Janicijevic publicly apologized to 70 year old Dane and his mother on the show Narod pita on Pink, hosted by Anastasija Budjic. It was the first time the former Elita contestant admitted fault in the months long story about her relationship with the older man, instead of simply denying the claims as she had before.

“I publicly apologize to him for insulting his mother and him,” Sofija said in the studio, sitting alongside Danilo Daca Virijevic and Uros Stanic.

The show carried a tense atmosphere from the start, since Dane himself, 70, joined by phone, followed later by a man who introduced himself as Dane’s friend, Sasa from Subotica. Sofija was accused by Nena Opozicija, a viewer who had called in earlier in the show, of having been intimate with Dane. She firmly rejected the claim.

“Nothing that Nena says worries me, nothing that Dane says worries me. The man is not capable of having any kind of relationship,” Sofija said, adding that the messages Nena Opozicija had presented earlier were accurate, but that they did not prove any intimacy between her and Dane.

What Dane’s Friend from Subotica Revealed

The most attention was drawn by Sasa’s call in, in which he said Dane had asked him to be his best man and that he had followed their relationship from the inside.

“He arranged the apartment in Palic that was supposed to go to the young lady,” Sasa said, claiming Dane had planned to transfer the property to Sofija.

According to him, the two of them spoke on the phone three times: once about the engagement, once while Sofija was in the hospital, and once over problems at her company. Sasa also described what the relationship between Sofija and Dane looked like before she entered Elita.

“The love there was at a high level, and it was blossoming,” Sasa said.

Sofija denied ever discussing an engagement with Sasa and claimed Dane’s friend had come to the show already coached on what to say. She also fired back with a suggestion that his appearance had been paid for.

“Dane told me that he’s his errand boy,” Sofija said, implying that Sasa had no role of his own in the story and was simply repeating what Dane told him to say.

Dane Confirms Part of the Story Live

Dane himself called in from home, and when asked whether it was true that he and Sofija had bathed together at his place, he did not deny it.

“Yes, it’s true, at my place,” Dane said, confirming at least part of what had been attributed to him in the media and on the reality show over the past several months.

The story of the relationship between Sofija Janicijevic and 70 year old Dane has followed the former Elita contestant since before she entered this year’s cycle of the show. She has changed her version of events several times, from flatly denying knowing him to admitting they had spoken on the phone, and last night’s apology marked the first time she took on part of the responsibility instead of shifting it onto others.

The story about the call in was published on August 28 at 9:15 a.m. by 24sedam, followed at 10:19 a.m. by Kurir, both noting that the episode drew a strong reaction because of how many people, beyond the studio guests, phoned in throughout the night.

As of this article’s publication, neither Sofija nor Dane had announced whether the story would continue in upcoming episodes, and the question of what exactly happened with the Palic apartment remains unanswered, since Dane did not comment on that topic live.