Karleusa to Aunt Danijela: Stop Filming!

Footage from Atina Tosic’s eighteenth birthday party and the seventeenth birthday of her sister Nika, never meant for public eyes, surfaced on TikTok and went viral within a day. The clip, picked up by Telegraf and Kurir on September 10 and 11, captures exactly what guests were saying while Indira Radic and Seka Aleksic held the microphone.

The party, according to both outlets, was thrown by Jelena Karleusa and Dusko Tosic at a luxury Belgrade hotel, earlier reported to be the Hilton. Telegraf reported the couple spent around 50,000 euros on the event. Atina and Nika were born on the same date a year apart, so they celebrated their eighteenth and seventeenth birthdays together.

The footage, which first appeared on the Instagram fan page @megastarkarly before spreading to TikTok, shows the moment Indira Radic is singing. Standing beside her are Dusko Tosic, Jelena Karleusa and Karleusa’s aunt Danijela. At one point Seka Aleksic turns to Tosic and needles him.

“He definitely likes Dragana more, 100 percent,” Aleksic said, referring to Dragana Mirkovic, who performed earlier that evening, before Radic took the microphone.

Tosic replied that he liked them both, while Indira just laughed and asked, “Who likes who?”, still holding the microphone. Karleusa shot back that she adores Indira and isn’t buying that story, but then noticed her aunt filming the whole scene.

“What are you filming, Danijela?! Turn it off,” Karleusa said, reaching for the phone. The clip cuts off abruptly at that point.

Besides this scene, another clip from the same party had already circulated online, showing Karleusa stopping the musicians right before they launched into her song “Muskarac koji mrzi zene” (The Man Who Hates Women), telling them, “Please don’t, turn it off, turn it off.” As previously reported, Dusko performed his favorite song that night too, “Sta ce ti pevacica” (What Do You Need a Singer For), while Mira Skoric, Goga Sekulic and Milica Todorovic also took turns at the microphone, according to Kurir.

The day after the celebration, Karleusa made no secret of her satisfaction with how the party went, speaking to Kurir.

“I didn’t even get drunk. It was great, the impressions are fantastic. Thank you for the media support, the kind words and the emotional videos. We had a great time. Atina and Nika enjoyed themselves, just like the other guests. My colleagues rose to the occasion, Seka, Dragana, Indira, Mira Skoric, Goga Sekulic, Milica Todorovic… They sang perfectly, they really did me justice. Yes, and their dad sang his favorite song, ‘Sta ce ti pevacica’. I don’t know why that song of all songs, you know how the lyrics go, so judge for yourselves,” Karleusa told Kurir.

The singer then turned to her ex husband.

“Whatever we got from him, that’s fine! It’s enough that he even stood there, thanks to him anyway and thanks for the kind words. I was excited about that big day, about Atina and Nika, but as a parent you still can’t quite grasp it, to me they’re still babies,” Karleusa added, speaking to Kurir.

New photos from the celebration also surfaced on some of Jelena’s fan pages on Instagram, showing the former couple in warm moments with their daughters as they blew out candles on their cakes, as well as with guests such as Dragana Mirkovic and Seka Aleksic.

According to Karleusa’s earlier statements, Atina will soon leave Serbia to move to Milan, where she plans to study fashion management at a prestigious university. The singer said she intends to rent an apartment with her daughter and, alternating with Dusko, stay close to her until she settles into her new city.