Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN/@rudkovskayaofficial
This is the moment a six-year-old skating star asks his Russian millionaire mum for toys during a Paris photo shoot sparking accusations she is using the child for fame.
Self-made businesswoman Yana Rudkovskaya, 44, made the headlines last year when she revealed she beats her son and locks him in a closet in an attempt to make him ‘the best skater on the planet’.
Little Alexander Plushenko, who is also the son of Olympic figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, 36, has been thrust into the limelight by his producer mum since birth, according to local media.
In this video, little Alexander can be heard asking his mum if she was going to buy him toys as promised for taking part in a promotional photoshoot in Paris.
Video Credit: CEN/@gnomgnomych
Some netizens took this as meaning he is being manipulated and overworked.
Commenting on the video, netizen ‘malevisvetlana’ said: “She made a doll out of her son, which she uses for making money. Is there anything good about that? He doesn’t like whatever is happening, and you can see it in his eyes. He looks tired, angry.”
After apparently giving up on forging a career in skating for her young son, the former actress is now apparently trying to turn Alexander into a global modelling star.
However, many followers of Rudkovskaya, who boasts 2.4 million Instagram followers, believe she is overworking the six-year-old and robbing him of a childhood.
She also manages an Instagram account for the six-year-old starlet which already has 340,000 followers.
Rudkovskaya recently flew the youngster to Paris to take part in a Balmain kids photo shoot, as seen in the video footage.
The excited mother wrote on social media: “In Paris for the photo shoot. So proud! Thank you to the best agency in France ‘Success Kids’ for picking us.”
Success Kids is an agency that made stars of Lily-Rose Depp and actress and model Thylane Blondeau.
Netizen ‘Kulinich3522’ said: “The boy looks very detached from what is happening around him, he also looks exhausted. It seems as if he was doing his parents a favour while having zero interest in what was happening. He will never become a real star.”
‘Elena080982’ commented: “Poor child…”
and ‘ekatersherb1234’ added: “This boy looks pretty exhausted. I think he needs to get some rest.”
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