Unexpectedly: this is what the son of actress Elena Yakovleva looks like

Denis Valeryevich Shalnykh turns 25 this year. The young man has a bright appearance, is making progress in bodybuilding, and his skin is more than 70 percent covered with tattoos. Looking at him, it's hard to believe that he is the son of actress Elena Yakovleva.

Denis Valeryevich Shalnykh was born on November 7, 1992 in the family of actors Elena Yakovleva and Valery Shalnykh.

As a child, the blond boy starred in the film "The Secret of the Wolf's Mouth". This was his first and currently his last film work as an actor.

Then Denis continued to work in the cinema, but already as a worker on the set, dragged scenery, was an assistant to the production designer. And when he graduated from school in the UK, he entered the directing faculty of the Humanities Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting.

In his youth, Elena Yakovleva's son became seriously interested in tattoos. Perhaps Denis's first love, Margarita, who worked as a tattoo artist, contributed to this.

The young man's mother, Elena Yakovleva, told reporters about his first tattoo experience: "When Denis wanted to get his first tattoo, he told me about it. Like, I want to fill a portrait of Dick, our dog, a family pet," the actress says. - I was surprised: "How is the portrait? Is this really possible?" It turned out to be possible — from the photo. And Denis made a very beautiful portrait of Dikuni on his hand. So the first tattoo turned out to be funny and touching. I remember I asked back then: "Did it hurt?" The son admitted that very much."

At first, parents were not very pleased with their son's fascination with tattoos. "But I don't drink or smoke," Denis reassured Mom and dad. And his parents followed his example. Denis's father, actor Valery Shalnykh, got a tattoo on his shoulder, and Elena Yakovleva pinned a butterfly on her lower back.

For several years now, Elena Yakovleva's son has been actively engaged in sports. Today he is more interested not in movies, but in the career of a fitness trainer, and he is making great progress in bodybuilding.

Denis studied at the directing faculty of the Humanities Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting, but dropped out in the third year, realizing that he did not want to connect his life with cinema. "My parents openly said that it was not worth following in their footsteps," says Denis. Now the young man is engaged in music and sports.

Elena Yakovleva stated that most of all she is afraid that her heir will take anabolics or steroids. The young man even swore to his mother that this would not happen in his life.

Denis met his first girlfriend Rita (pictured) for a long time, the couple lived together and even planned to get married. However, last year the young people still broke up. After parting in social networks, Rita changed the name of the groom of the Crazy to Miller and removed the ex-lover from friends.

Denis does not like media attention and prefers not to give interviews. But a few years ago, he still decided to talk to journalists after rumors about his drug addiction began to be actively discussed online. "I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke and I don't use anything at all," Denis Shalnykh said in an interview for the program "You won't believe it!".

The creators of the show decided to effectively announce the release of an already bright young man covered with numerous tattoos, and presented him as the "son of an inter-girl", beating the title of one of the most famous films of Elena Yakovleva. Denis was clearly not happy with the interview. On his page on the social network, he posted a screenshot of a video with a story about him and advised "media guys to kill themselves."

Elena Yakovleva and her husband Valery Shalnykh accept their son as he is and support him in all his endeavors. When Denis grew up and left his parents' house, their bond became even stronger.

The actress told reporters: "Distance has only strengthened the relationship between parents and child. We began to communicate more often and more than when we lived in the same apartment. Meetings and breakups are warmer. We call up with my son every day, we talk for 15-20 minutes. Just sharing the news: who was where, what they saw. I don't like to scold or teach him — I myself am too careless by virtue of my profession. Even because of his tattoos all over his face, we are not scandalous. I have already accepted — let it be the biggest misfortune that will happen to Denis in his life. Thank God, he does not use drugs, does not smoke, does not drink, does sports, well, the boy has such a flaw — tattoos."

And recently Denis introduced his new chosen one to his mother: after parting with the tattoo artist Rita, the young man began an affair with a graduate of the Institute of Journalism and Literary Creativity Victoria Melnikova. Elena Yakovleva, as always, accepted her son's choice.