Hanka Paldum on Her Son in Prison: We Are Not on Good Terms
The singer told In Magazin she is not on good terms with her son Mirzad, who is serving a prison sentence, and that she does not want to discuss his problems.
Singer Hanka Paldum told In Magazin that she is not on good terms with her son Mirzad Brkic, who is serving a prison sentence. Asked about his problems, she said she does not want to talk about them.
Paldum rarely speaks about her private life, but this time she made an exception and described her relationship with her daughter Minela and with her son. With her daughter and son-in-law, she says, relations are excellent.
What did Hanka Paldum say about her son Mirzad?
Asked how things stand between her and her son, her answer was short:
“Unfortunately, I am not on good terms with my son.”
The next question was how she coped with his problems. Hanka Paldum told In Magazin:
“These are such painful problems for any mother, and I really don’t want to say anything about it.”
That was where her conversation about Mirzad ended. The singer added nothing more about her son.
Daughter Minela as her right hand
When it comes to her daughter and son-in-law, the tone is different. Paldum describes how they share responsibilities and stresses that there is no resentment between them:
“Thank God, my daughter is my right hand in everything, and of course, so is her husband. So sometimes I’m the locomotive, and sometimes they are. It all depends. What I feel I can do, I don’t need them for. If I feel I can’t, I simply take that burden off myself and pass it to them. Here you go, now it’s your turn. And it works. There is no anger or dissatisfaction there, nobody is upset with anybody. That goes without saying.”
Messages, letters and gifts
In the same conversation, the singer also said she receives messages, letters and gifts. She says she pays no attention to marriage proposals, and by her own account she has already tried marriage and given up on it. “Quite simply, I love freedom and space. I don’t like any restrictions,” she said.
What does a neighbor from her street say about Mirzad?
In the same piece, Kurir recalled an earlier account from an unnamed neighbor of Hanka Paldum, whom its team found in Sarajevo, on the street where the singer’s family home stands. According to him, Hanka is seen less among people, and he blames her son for that:
“I know she visits her son regularly at the Zenica correctional facility. She brings him packages with food and clothes. What can a woman do, it’s not easy for her.”
Informer also reports that the singer regularly brings her son packages of food and clothing. The neighbor also claimed that last year Mirzad beat up another inmate and a police officer, after which he ended up in solitary confinement. That has not been confirmed by a second source, so it remains his claim. He also said this:
“She cried for days when they told her he had ended up in solitary.”
Of the daughter, the same source said she is “always by her mother’s side” and helps her a great deal in her career and in life, adding that Minela never liked appearing in public.
