Famous Ukrainian actress and The Bachelor star became a mother for the first time at 39: what her Russian-born husband says about the war

On January 1, The Bachelor contestant and Ukrainian actress Victoriia Varlei became a mother for the first time at the age of 39. The Ukrainian and her American husband named their daughter Michelle, which means "gift from God" in French.

The star said that she decided to name her child this way many years ago, so she did not hesitate. Varlei told Viva magazine more details about her care, childbirth and relationship with her husband.

The artist hid her pregnancy for a long time and declassified it after giving birth. The first photos of her big belly appeared on her blog just a week ago, while little Michelle is already 10 days old.

Due to the full-scale war, Victoriia Varlei moved to Miami, where she found her beloved. The reality star had a partnered birth with him, although at one point the man had to sit down because of stress.

"In general, I refused to have him present at the birth, but when the doctor came in and said: "We're going to give birth," everything started to develop so rapidly that before my husband could even realize it, he was holding my leg. And I was watching it all as if it were a cartoon and listening carefully to the nurses' instructions. At some point, my husband asked to be changed: he needed to sit down. He couldn't stand the strain," said the new mother.

Interestingly, Mr. Varlei's elected representative is Russian by birth. At the age of 14, he moved to New York with his parents, and now he says he feels "disgusted and disrespected by the Russian Federation."

The Ukrainian actress's husband already has two children from a previous marriage, so the actress is confident that he has experience and will be a good father.