The 23-year-old Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov is a professional player of the shooter Counterstrike: Global Offensive (Steam). Just in 2021, he earned $832,000 in prize money from tournaments in CS:GO. Now he shares in an interview how the turbulent relationship with a woman ruined his life and career.
This was the “dream career” of Boombl4:
- The now 23-year-old Russian played for Natus Vincere and was the in-game leader of the team. He led NAVI to many successes in 2021: The team consists half of Russians and half of Ukrainians, including s1mple, a great player.
- Overall, Boombl4 has earned over one million US dollars in prize money with CS:GO: In 2021, he won over $830,000 in prize money (via esportearnings).
- Especially in 2021, things went great for NAVI: In November 2021, the team won a major tournament in Stockholm, and Mikhailov proposed to his then-girlfriend on a big stage.
Only a few months later, however, Boombl4 was fired, his wife divorced him, and she published a video of him doing something through his nose.
Now Boombl4 speaks about his fateful relationship.
Emotional moment: A proposal on a big stage.
Where are the statements from? In a YouTube interview in Russian, Boombl4 now talks about his relationship with his ex-wife, who appears on Instagram as LiQueen (via youtube). We at MeinMMO refer to a translation and summary of the interview in English (via blix).
Player broke up with girlfriend because she didn’t congratulate him on his victory
This is how he met his girlfriend: He said he had broken up with his then first girlfriend in March 2021 because she did not congratulate him on winning a CS:GO tournament. He then wanted to take the relationship a bit more lightly.
But he met a woman with whom he immediately felt a connection and wanted to spend more time.
Still in the early stage of the relationship, he flew with his new acquaintance to Mexico and promised her there that he would propose to her one day if he won the championship. After the stay in Mexico, the two officially became a couple.
CS:GO is one of the most lucrative and largest esports titles in the world, especially in Russia and Eastern Europe:
Promise becomes a player’s downfall
How did the proposal come about? According to the player, he and his later wife had a turbulent relationship from the start:
- They kept breaking up with each other,
- But also spent very nice moments together.
- Boombl4 intended to be a good stepfather to his wife’s son from a previous relationship.
Just before the start of the tournament in November 2021, they moved into a shared apartment. However, his new stepson did not live with them:
We moved into our first shared apartment. I felt so good, I moved out of my parents’ place for the first time and lived my life with my wife – it was great. But the bootcamp before the Major was coming up, and she wanted to have a serious conversation. We had just played BLAST Online, and everything was good, then she says: We need to break up. I ask: Are you sure? Let’s pretend you didn’t say that and never say something like that again.
Girlfriend breaks up first, reminds player of his promise to marry her
While Boombl4 was training at the bootcamp and during the championship, he had no contact with his girlfriend. But it is said that as the world championship intensified, his girlfriend repeatedly reminded him of his promise to propose to her if they won.
Ultimately, all his teammates warned him not to propose to her, but he says: He decided with his heart, not with his head.
How did the relationship break up? Immediately after he proposed to his wife, rumors surfaced on Telegram that the woman was a former high-class escort who also worked as a porn actress between 2018 and 2021 (via gamesread).
He and his wife contradicted these rumors at the time. Boombl4 says today that he wanted to do what was right for his wife. He loved her very much.
Just a few months ago, the couple appeared happy:
Woman posts on Instagram pictures supporting the war in Ukraine
How did she ruin his life? His wife is very active on social media, especially on Instagram and Telegram. This ultimately became Boombl4’s downfall. Because she posted photos on Instagram where she could be seen with the Russian flag and in front of tanks. Apparently, she wanted to support Putin’s war in Ukraine.
However, NAVI is a Ukrainian team and could not tolerate that. His wife’s behavior led to Boombl4’s dismissal, as he now confirms.
Boombl4 says:
Those were mentally the hardest days for me: The photo with the flag. She showed me that she took the picture. I said: Don’t post that. She asked me: Why not? I said: It reflects negatively on my career. Two weeks later she posts the picture. I ask again: Why? But she doesn’t answer, only says I had to swallow it.
Ultimately, these photos led to his dismissal from NAVI, but the wife had no understanding for that:
I woke up, and the boss of NAVI called me and told me that I was no longer part of the team. I took it without emotion. I went to my wife and told her, but I didn’t tell her it was because of her. And she didn’t understand that.
He says that when he tells his friends that he was fired because of his wife, they only say: “Good, you have to know exactly why this happened.”
Much better than for him went the relationship of Twitch streamer Asmongold with an influencer:
A WoW nerd and his girlfriend are the celebrity couple of Twitch
This is how the divorce came about: Boombl4 says he decided to divorce his wife after being fired from NAVI:
I made the decision myself. As a joke, before we started dating, I told her: If I have to choose between you and the team, I will choose you. And that backfired. After I was kicked out, she acted as if everything was okay, but for me, that was a blow. I lost everything I worked for my whole life: my entire career because of her. She denies that. That was a big blow for me.
Since the divorce, his ex-wife presents herself in strong poses on Instagram – solo or with her son from a previous relationship:
Woman posts video after divorce showing Boombl4 using drugs
This is what he says about the relationship: Boombl4 says that during his time with his wife, he transferred about $530,000 to her to clear her mortgage, finance her various cosmetic treatments, take care of her child, and buy her clothes.
Once, she came out of the shower without her teeth in her mouth. When he saw that, she was startled and ran back into the bathroom. After the incident, she filed a report about domestic violence with the police.
Later he learned that his wife had slept with another man just before he proposed to her. For him, that was fine since they had just been separated.
Even during the divorce, she seized his phone and searched for messages. Apparently, she believed Boombl4 was gay. He says, however, that he only has a close friend.
After the divorce, she tried to blackmail him for money and ultimately posted a video of him using drugs through his nose. The player says: That happened once during their vacation in Mexico when he also made her the promise to marry her.
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This is his lesson from the marriage: The player says:
You need to listen more to your friends, your family and relatives, but unfortunately, I listened to my heart. Today I know that I should have listened to my head.
Now he really wants to play for a top team in CS:GO again. Which team, he says, does not matter to him at the moment. He is still young and wants a chance to prove himself.
Much better than for him went the relationship of Twitch streamer Asmongold with an influencer:
A WoW nerd and his girlfriend are the celebrity couple of Twitch
