KEY POINTS

  • Marina Balmasheva is a Russian lifestyle blogger
  • She first made headlines when she revealed her relationship with her 21-year-old stepson
  • Her ex-husband has accused her of seducing his son

Russian weight loss and lifestyle blogger, who ditched her husband of 10 years to marry his son, has given birth to the baby of her now-husband. Marina Balmasheva announced the birth of their baby on her Instagram account.

35-year-old Balmasheva married her now-husband Vladimir ‘Voya’ Shavyrin, 21, ahead of the birth of their baby girl. She has known Vladimir since he was seven as she was married to his father Alexey Shavyrin, 45, for nearly 10 years.

Alexey has been caring for their five adopted children ever since Balmasheva left him for his son, said a report by Yahoo. Alexey has reportedly accused the Instagram influencer of “seducing his son when he came home on a holiday from university.”

The blogger has been keeping her more than 500k fans updated with her pregnancy journey by posting several pictures of herself flaunting the baby bump with her new husband by her side. On Friday, she informed her followers that her water broke and the contractions have just begun.

The following posts include baby girl’s pictures from the back as the father did not want his child’s face to appear on social media yet

“Dad does not want to show our daughter yet,” she wrote. "That’s why the view is only from the back… We are thinking about the name."

Meanwhile, the father of the child was reportedly absent during the time of the baby’s birth. While the reason for Vladimir’s absence remains unknown, it is believed it could be due to COVID-19 restrictions or the couple’s personal choice.

In her recent posts, she even revealed her childbirth story and said that she was a “complete mess” afterward.

Balmasheva and Vladimir first made headlines when the influencer shared a picture of herself with seven-year-old Vladimir. She was 22 when the picture was taken. The blogger’s revelation of her affair with her 21-year-old stepson was received with massive criticism with many questioning the morality of their relationship, as per the report.

Meanwhile, Balmasheva said that her previous marriage with her husband’s father was “not living but pretending." She said, "Did I have regrets that I destroyed the family? Both yes and no."

In one of her posts, she has also admitted to having undergone plastic surgeries to look younger for her young husband, according to Daily Mail.

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