Slovak writer Jozef Banáš and actress, diplomat and politician Magda Vášáryová have a long-term strained relationship, which stems from their different political, social and worldview attitudes. Their public disagreements and verbal spats have been going on since the 1990s and are often expressed in interviews or on social networks.
Their dispute came to life some time ago after Banáš talked about their strained relationship in a podcast. “I don’t want to get into a situation where I will now talk about Vášáryová, that will be the same as I caught about 3-4 weeks ago that Magda gave an interview and they were also covering Banáš. Magda spewed provable lies at me, like provable. If, Magduš, while you’re watching this, if I sued you, you wouldn’t get away with it. Probable lies that Mečiar called her, asking about Banáš. Well, complete bullshit, I have it documented,” he said at the time.
Vášáryová responded to his words for the newspaper. “Let him sue me. After all, I have whistleblower letters that he wrote against me in which he confesses to everything. So be it. That’s all I can say about it. Let him say what he wants about me. I know why I kicked him out of diplomacy at the instigation of Austrian journalists, and I also know that he could never return there,” she declared.
Settlement of old disputes is out of the question. “I’m sorry, but he has every reason to hate me. I kicked him out of diplomacy at the instigation of Austrian journalists, so he could never go back there. When I came to the club and he was sitting there, I said it was either him or me. So he has every reason to hate me, whatever he likesVášáryová added.
Despite long-standing disputes, Banáš’s daughter Adela Vinczeová and Vášáry’s daughter Hana Lasicová have been very good friends for many years. In the podcast, the two famous ladies met and also talked about their parents’ dispute. “Hana Lasicová is here. It reminded me of my childhood again, because we have known each other since childhood and every time she came to us, she moved, broke, dropped something.” Adela remembered their childhood.
Lasicová openly admits that she does not think that things will ever be resolved between their parents. “I think that the dispute has actually lasted since 1992. And it probably will, I think it’s a dispute that will last forever. I didn’t deal with it. I don’t even know why it should be solved actually. That everyone should get involved and say their own thing – that’s bullshit,” she said honestly.
The dispute between Vášáryová and Banáš was closely watched by the Slovak public. “I had the feeling that, whether it is justified or not, everyone perceives it as justified from their point of view. Everyone has their own view of it, their own truth, but I think to myself, why on earth is this happening, what does it actually bring to society, and what effect does it have on our friendship, for example,” declared Vinczeová.
Lasicová hopes that this does not affect their relationship. “It’s like it doesn’t concern us. It doesn’t concern you, it doesn’t concern me, because you are not your father, so I think that somewhere, when something is under the surface, it sometimes bubbles up. I don’t know even now who actually started it, it was probably your father, but I don’t know. And does anyone care? I don’t know, maybe it’s interesting, because then it probably wouldn’t be anywhere if nobody was interested, but I think the younger generation probably isn’t interested anymore,” thinks the daughter of Milan Lasica († 81).
The presenter herself admits that she does not understand why her father reacts to certain things. “Maybe I’m just wondering if you’re talking… I have a feeling that why? And then I think, what if I, maybe even when I’m older, I get into such a situation. You know that we have a tendency, the older generation, to judge, so gently, as if with our eyes, why you are solving this, why are you commenting on this. I sometimes have this against my father, that he likes to express himself so much,” Adela Vinczeová revealed the truth.
Lasicová dug into Banáš. “But he expresses himself in such a way that I, for example, find it strange,” she said directly to Vincze’s eyes. “I’m sorry, but your mother also has such bold statements, I don’t think she’s always like that.” she defended herself, but immediately asked Hany if she ever reacts to her mother’s statements.
“No, I think from a certain age, and I really do that mother really went through all that and no matter what the speech was, it is still in some way on the level of the democratic and liberal values that I also profess. Now that he will be 78 years old, let him tell himself what he thinks” Lasicová concluded the topic.
