Bojana Ristivojevic Hospitalized: 'I'm Okay, I'm Fine'
The Prva TV morning show host was hospitalized at the Clinical Center of Serbia. After a photo from her hospital bed surfaced, she addressed the reports by phone.
Bojana Ristivojevic, host of Prva TV’s morning show, has been hospitalized at the Clinical Center of Serbia. Telegraf broke the news on September 1 at 9:46 a.m., after a photo of her lying in a hospital bed appeared on social media that morning.
The photo shows Ristivojevic in a hospital bed while a nurse assists her. It was first posted by a friend on Instagram, along with a short message of support.
- Stay strong, hang in there - the friend wrote alongside the photo.
The post spread quickly and drew public attention, though it gave no indication of why the host had ended up at the Clinical Center of Serbia. What stood out immediately was that Ristivojevic kept smiling despite being in the hospital.
Reporters who spotted the photo moved quickly to reach the host and find out how she was actually doing. Ristivojevic answered the phone in good spirits, the same as she always appears on screen, but she did not want to go into detail about the reason for her hospitalization.
- I’m okay, I’m fine - Ristivojevic told reporters on the phone, adding that there was no reason to worry.
That remains the only statement the host has made about her hospital stay. She declined to discuss her diagnosis, treatment, or how long she would remain under care, and none of the outlets that reached her got any further explanation.
Republika carried the statement at 10:14 a.m., noting that the story originated with Telegraf and that its own text was republished in full with a link to the original source. Magazin Novosti also ran the story that morning, with the same details about the photo, the nurse, and the smile Ristivojevic never lost.
A reader comment wishing her a speedy recovery had already appeared under the first stories about the hospitalization, while the Instagram post with the photo continues to circulate.
Ristivojevic is one of the more recognizable faces of Prva’s morning program, where she appears before viewers every weekday morning. So far there has been no official word that she will miss the show because of her hospitalization, and no one from her team has confirmed or denied it. It is also unclear when she might return to work.
This is the first report on her health since the hospital photo surfaced on social media, and the outlet had not previously covered the story. Judging by the tone of her statement and the smile in the photo, the situation does not appear alarming for now, though Ristivojevic herself was unwilling to say anything beyond that she was fine.
All three stories about the hospitalization, from Telegraf, Republika, and Magazin Novosti, rely on the same photo and the same brief statement, without a single additional detail about her diagnosis. None of the outlets managed to get more than what Ristivojevic said herself on the phone, and the hospital has not issued any statement about her stay either.
The fact that she agreed to take the call and comment on her own condition at all, even in just two sentences, is itself notable, given that the hospital bed photo was unplanned and was posted by someone close to her rather than by Ristivojevic herself. She neither denied nor confirmed the seriousness of whatever brought her to the Clinical Center of Serbia, sticking instead to her brief message that she was fine.
Until the host speaks up with more details, the only certainty remains what she told reporters herself: that she is okay, that she is fine, and that there is no reason to worry.
