Andrei Malakhov for a long time carefully hid the news about his relationship and wedding. But in the end, the journalists still managed to scout out all the information of interest about the presenter's chosen one. Natalya Shkuleva, the daughter of a famous businessman, became his wife.
Presenter Andrei Malakhov regularly tries to find out the secrets of the personal life of other people in his programs. But he prefers to remain silent about his relationship. For a very long time it was completely unknown that Malakhov had already found his soul mate. Everyone was sure that Andrei was an inveterate bachelor. And suddenly there was news of his wedding.
Successful business lady
Today, many fans of Malakhov are sure that his wife Natalya chose him for his stardom and a good salary. But in fact, during the meeting of the future spouses, the girl herself was already quite famous in the journalistic ranks, and also managed to achieve serious career success.
Natalia Shkuleva is the daughter of a well-known businessman, owner of a large company "Hearst Shkulev Media". The whole family, the future wife of Malakhov, worked in the publishing house. And daughter, father and mother. From childhood, parents planned to entrust the business to Natalya, so they paid much attention to her education. Shkuleva Jr. is an experienced lawyer and editor. For her parents, she managed to become the very "right hand" as they dreamed.
Viktor Shkulev offered Andrei Malakhov to also work in his publishing house. Then the man did not even imagine that he was giving a place to his future son-in-law. It was in “Hearst Shkulev Media” that Andrey met Natalya, but initially the young people communicated exclusively for work.
Today Malakhov often says in an interview that he liked Shkuleva immediately. But it was not the appearance of a new acquaintance that attracted the man, but her professionalism, business acumen, strength of character, dedication and ability to solve a variety of problematic issues. Andrei never hid that he saw next to him an extremely successful working woman. His ideal has always been a business woman who, at the same time, manages to devote time to her husband and children.
The TV presenter is sure that it was precisely because of his high demands that he remained lonely for a long time. There were even rumors in the press about Malakhov's unconventional sexual orientation. But he always immediately refuted such assumptions. The girls who paid attention to Andrei before Natalia seemed to him too empty and uninteresting. They were attracted exclusively by their appearance. And only Shkuleva was able to hook the star much deeper.
From friendship to love
Natalia immediately liked Andrei, but at first she herself treated the TV presenter exclusively in a friendly manner. Young people increasingly talked about work issues, and Malakhov was strongly attached to his young, but such an experienced professional colleague (the girl is 8 years younger than him). As a result, Andrei decided to invite Natasha on a date. And the girl unexpectedly agreed. From that first romantic evening, the relationship between the future spouses began.
Malakhov and Shkuleva very carefully concealed their romance from prying eyes. For the first time, lovers openly appeared together at the wedding of Plushenko and Rudkovskaya. After the event, Andrey received many questions about his charming companion. The TV presenter began to frankly reply that this was his chosen one, but did not disclose any details of the relationship. At one time, news even began to appear in the press that Malakhov and Shkuleva had parted for a long time, for so long there was no information about this couple. And suddenly it turned out that Andrei and Natalya had been married for more than a month.
Wedding at Versailles
A businessman father could not agree to a modest celebration for his beloved daughter. Therefore, the wedding turned out to be truly luxurious. The holiday took place on June 11, 2011 - two years after the joint appearance in public.
Versailles was rented for the celebration. For such a "hall" for celebrating a wedding, the Shkuleva family paid about 150 thousand euros. By the way, Andrei made an offer to his chosen one a year after the beginning of the novel. It happened during a joint romantic trip to New York. After some time, the lovers signed at the Moscow registry office and only then organized a gorgeous celebration.
Many guests of Andrey and Natalia gathered at the wedding in Paris. There were also many famous people among them. But the journalists were not invited to the holiday. The information about the wedding was kept in great secret by the newlyweds themselves and by all those invited.
Soon after the marriage, the newly-made spouses moved together to a separate apartment on the Arbat. There is a version that the apartments were also given to the newlyweds by Shkuleva's parents, who issued them exclusively for Natalia. Interestingly, even after the wedding, the husband and wife periodically leave to live separately. They are sure that in this way they will be able to preserve the novelty of the relationship for a long time and avoid conflicts.
In the fall of 2017, the firstborn was born in the Malakhov family. The hero was named Alexander. By the way, it was the viewers of one of Andrey's programs that helped him choose the name. After the birth of her son, Natalya even wanted to become a housewife, but her husband categorically forbade her to do this. Therefore, the girl did not stay on maternity leave for a long time and soon went to work. The spouses still live together and periodically delight fans with their photos with little Sasha.
