Sanja Marinkovic on Her Son Studying in Spain
The TV host says she is very scared now that her son lives apart from her and reacts if he does not reply within 30 minutes. Strahinja studies in Spain; the university is not named.
TV host Sanja Marinkovic has admitted that she is struggling to get used to her son no longer living with her. In a statement to the media, reported on October 12, 2026, she said that Strahinja recently started studying in Spain and that it is the first time he has lived apart from her. The city and the university are not named, and the quoted remarks do not say where or when they were given.
What did Sanja Marinkovic say about her son leaving?
Marinkovic began by saying her son is doing well, and only then described how she is coping with the separation. The full passage reads:
“He has separated from me for the first time, and from our life together, but he is studying and he is happy there, and that is the most important thing. Honestly, I am very scared, I keep texting him to ask where he is, what he is doing, how he is. When he does not answer me for 30 minutes, I make a mess of it, but he is good, hardworking, obedient, and he is learning to be on his own now.”
The host told this to the media. By her account, half an hour is the point at which she gets anxious: if her son does not reply in that time, she says, she “makes a mess of it.”
She describes him as good, hardworking and obedient, and his time in Spain as a period in which he is “learning to be on his own.” She mentions no problem in Spain, only that he is studying and that he is happy.
What did she say earlier about Strahinja’s interests?
In an earlier interview with Hello! magazine, the date of which the sources do not give, Marinkovic talked about what interests her son. At that point he was still looking for a university:
“Strahinja is curious and energetic, he loves entrepreneurship and creative challenges. He is still exploring which university he would study at, but it is clear that he is drawn to fields that combine innovation and practicality, communication and business. I will do my best to support him in every choice he makes.”
That interview suggests he was drawn to entrepreneurship, innovation, communication and business. Which university he finally chose in Spain, the host did not say in the statement now being reported.
How does she see her child going out into the world?
Marinkovic also presented the separation as part of growing up, not only a personal burden. She said she is aware of how hard it is to let a child go alone:
“Letting your child go out into the world is not easy, and I believe we have given him wings that will carry him wherever he wants to go.”
So the same statement holds both worry and trust: a mother who keeps asking where her son is, but believes he will find his feet. By her account, Strahinja is far from the family home for the first time, while she gets used to a life in which she does not see him every day.
What his student life in Spain will look like, and which university he attends, is not known for now. The host has said publicly only that he is studying, that he is happy, and that she texts him constantly.
