Andriy Danilko has remained one of the most recognizable Ukrainian artists for over two decades, yet his personal life has always stayed outside the public eye, unlike his vibrant stage persona Verka Serduchka. The singer has never married and has no children, while repeatedly sharing in interviews that in his youth he wanted to start a family, went through failed relationships, and experienced unrequited feelings. XAB.info editorial staff has gathered key statements by the artist himself from various interviews over the years to trace how he explains his decision to remain a bachelor and where persistent rumors about his personal life come from.
“Why does it always turn out this way for me: either you are loved, or you love”
One of Danilko's most candid statements about his personal life was given in an interview with the newspaper «Vysokyi Zamok» on May 23, 2013. The journalist pointed out that the artist was about to turn 40 and was still unmarried. In response, Danilko shared that he is comforted by an old fortune-telling prophecy according to which he was allegedly supposed to have two children. He joked that he does not know how they are supposed to “appear in this world.” At the same time, the artist openly confessed that in romantic connections he regularly found himself in a situation where one person loved while the other did not reciprocate. “Why does it always turn out this way for me: either you are loved, or you love,” he formulated. Danilko added that he still hasn't met a person capable of accepting and loving his true self, and stressed that he is not going to publicly reveal the names of those he dated and who left whom.
Childhood, weddings, and the inability to picture himself as a father
In May 2025, Danilko returned to the topic of his personal life in an interview with the BBC. He shared that back in childhood he could not picture himself as a groom: watching someone else's wedding, he did not see himself in the place of a husband next to the bride. The artist mentioned that the last time he attended a wedding was at the ceremony of Inna Bilokon, which took place back in the 1990s. According to him, even back then he felt that he himself would never have a similar wedding. To a direct question of whether he would like to have a family and children, Danilko replied that he cannot even imagine himself as a father, calling it a feature of his own nature rather than a consequence of any specific conscious decision.
Inna Bilokon: stage kinship and persistent rumors
Most speculations about Danilko's personal life are linked to Inna Bilokon. She has worked with the artist for many years, plays Verka Serduchka's mother, and accompanies him at concerts and public events. Their stage interaction is so natural that viewers have repeatedly assumed that off stage they are bound by more than just friendship. Danilko himself does not hide his special affection for his colleague. In an interview with Olesya Batsman in March 2018, he called Inna a close person and his best friend. The artist recalled an amusing episode: after jointly celebrating his birthday, he asked Bilokon why she didn't marry him, to which she replied with a counter-question — did he ever propose to her in the first place. Danilko also recounted that he loves when Inna visits him, describing their relationship as a “special kinship.” At the same time, it is important to keep in mind that Inna Bilokon has her own family: she is married to Oleh Bilokon, with whom she raised a daughter.
“Lie to Slava” and Radmila Shchegolyova: when a game turns into a headline
In February 2020, in an interview with Slava Demin for the YouTube project «Slava+» during the segment «Lie to Slava», the host asked if Danilko had an affair with his colleague. The artist answered “no,” but according to the rules of the segment, this meant he lied. It was this exact moment that the media began to present as a hint of an affair with Bilokon, although the game format itself does not imply a literal confirmation of facts. In the same interview, Danilko explained that even if a partner appeared, he would not want to live together constantly: his ideal option is two apartments side by side so that everyone has their own space. Another colleague, Radmila Shchegolyova, who played the silent Gelya on «SV-show», was also rumored to have had a romance with Danilko. In December 2021, the actress herself commented on these assumptions on the air of the program «Do not lie to me»: she stated that she perceives Danilko as a close person and felt a special intimacy with him, but did not confirm the presence of full-fledged romantic relations and emphasized that there were no sexual relations between them. Shchegolyova also reported that after leaving the «SV-show» she did not communicate with Danilko for some time due to misunderstandings, but later they managed to restore contact.
A family story from childhood
In August 2025, Andriy Danilko gave an interview to the YouTube channel «Hremotvod», in which he shared a family story he remembers from childhood. According to the artist, his grandmother came from a rich family, but fell in love with a poor man. This story, like other personal memories, became part of what Danilko gradually reveals in the public sphere, while maintaining a principled restraint regarding names and details that he considers private.
