Dara Bubamara to Seka Aleksic: That Is Pure Provocation

Dara Bubamara answered Seka Aleksic in front of reporters on October 5, before the taping of a new episode of “Zvezde Granda”. The trigger was a comment Seka made about one contestant: that she sang the song “Zidovi” better than the original. The original is sung by Dara herself.

Her reply is short and to the point. According to the statement carried by Telegraf, the singer said:

What can I say, she wants a story, I’m one of the best vocalists, this is pure provocation, a call to war and a grab for media attention, but she won’t get it.

Kurir carries the same answer in a slightly different form, so the two versions differ in wording but not in meaning. In Kurir’s account, Dara said:

What can she do? She wants a bit of drama, a bit of a story. I mean, I’m one of the best vocalists, so this is pure provocation, a call to some kind of war and some kind of media attention, but she won’t get it, I’m sorry.

In both versions the substance is the same: Dara sees the comment as an attempt to stir up a conflict and draw the media’s attention.

What did Dara say about the six kilograms?

She arrived at the taping in a red jumpsuit, driven, as usual, by her boyfriend. The singer revealed that she has lost six kilograms and described her method without any secrets. Kurir recorded her saying: “You know, my appetite, water, vegetables, torture.”

Telegraf carries the rest of that thought, which mentions Seka Aleksic:

I lost 6 kilograms - water, vegetables, torture… It’s not like Seka Aleksic, but okay, anyone who loses weight and takes care of how they look, hats off. I’m planning to lose more.

So the remark does not stop at the comparison. Dara added right away that anyone who loses weight deserves credit, and that she plans to lose more herself.

Her partner, the jumpsuit and the car door

A private topic came up in front of the cameras too. Dara did not step out of the car until her partner opened the door for her, and there was no kiss this time, so she joked with the reporters:

Let me tell you something honestly, and privately, I’ve often opened the doors myself. I say: ‘Come on, it doesn’t matter’. Yes, yes, he is a gentleman.

She said her partner liked the jumpsuit: “He says it’s the best combination so far.” Asked whether he gets jealous when she picks more provocative outfits, she answered: “He loves that I’m sexy.” She also admitted that he sometimes comments on her styling, and that she listens to him only when she agrees herself: “Sometimes he says: ‘Hey, I don’t like this, it’s a bit tight…’ I listen to him when he’s right, when I also think it’s not good.”

An earlier statement about Dragana Mirkovic

The question of who is irreplaceable on “Zvezde Granda” is not new. Over the summer there was talk that Dragana was joining “Zvezde Granda” in place of Dara, and Dara said at the time that nobody could replace her, not even Dragana. Part of the public read that as a “dig”, and at the taping the singer said:

I’m sorry if she took offense, I only told the truth. The truth hurts.

That statement comes from the earlier conversation and refers to Dragana Mirkovic. In today’s statements to Telegraf and Kurir, Dara did not apologize to Seka Aleksic. The only “I’m sorry” in Kurir’s account comes at the end of the sentence saying that Seka won’t get the war and the attention.

The wedding of Keba’s son

At the end of the conversation Dara also answered a question about the wedding of Dragan Kojic Keba’s son. She says she has not received an invitation yet: “He didn’t invite me. I’m expecting a call.”