Danica Ristovski: He Should Be Ashamed
Lazar Ristovski's ex-wife is back in the headlines a day after his wedding to Anica Lazic, 39 years his junior, through an old quote to colleagues on set.
Danica Ristovski has not appeared on camera or spoken to any outlet about her ex husband Lazar Ristovski’s wedding. Still, her stance on the matter has surfaced secondhand, through an unnamed source from the set of the series the actress is currently filming. That source, as Kurir reported at the time and as Telegraf and Espreso relayed on September 4, said Danica had complained to some of her colleagues about Lazar’s behavior and, according to the account, said he should be ashamed.
Lazar and Danica Ristovski were married for 42 years. They divorced in 2022, after the public had long known their marriage as one of the longest in Serbian acting circles. The two actors have children together, who, according to the quote, have themselves been following everything written lately about their father. Lazar Ristovski remarried on September 3. His new wife is Anica Lazic, an actress 39 years younger than him. The wedding, according to both outlets, took place among immediate family and the couple’s best man and maid of honor.
According to the source who spoke to Kurir, Danica had not hidden her dissatisfaction with her ex husband even before this, in conversations with colleagues on set. Telegraf and Espreso ran the quote identically, citing the same source.
“Danica has complained to some of her colleagues on the set of the series that she doesn’t understand what Lazar needs all this for at his age, or why he’s compromising himself in public like this. She also said he should be ashamed of all of it, because of their children, who are seeing and reading all of this,” the source told Kurir at the time.
It’s worth noting that neither Telegraf nor Espreso carries a direct, fresh statement obtained from Danica Ristovski for this occasion. Both pieces recirculate an older quote from the unnamed source, revived because of the wedding that took place the day before. As far as is known, Danica rarely comments publicly on her ex husband. Neither Telegraf nor Espreso reports any denial or further comment from her camp regarding the quote.
The wedding of Lazar Ristovski and Anica Lazic itself passed, based on available information, largely outside public attention while it was happening. Model Sofija Milosevic served as maid of honor and posted about it on social media after the ceremony. She shared a video of the newlyweds, and earlier that same day, a selfie from the elevator as she got ready for the wedding, holding a glass of champagne she said was used for a toast after the ceremony. That is how the public learned the first details of the wedding itself, since the couple gave no official statements to the media.
The age gap between Lazar Ristovski and his new wife, 39 years, was already a topic of discussion before the wedding, when the first news of their relationship became public. It is precisely that part of the story, according to the quote, that Danica’s remark addresses: that it isn’t clear why her ex husband, at his age, is putting himself under that kind of public scrutiny.
For now there is no information on whether Danica Ristovski will react further to the wedding, or whether she plans to speak publicly in her own words. Lazar Ristovski has also not commented on the claims about his ex wife. The story of their divorce and long marriage remains one that periodically resurfaces in Serbian public life, most often around some new development in his private life.
